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title: "Article 36 — Access to regulated markets"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 6 June 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606)*

1. <a id="p-1"></a>Member States shall require that investment firms from other Member States which are authorised to execute client orders or to deal on own account have the right of membership or have access to regulated markets established in their territory by means of any of the following arrangements:

    <a id="p-1-a"></a>**(a)** directly, by setting up branches in the host Member States;

    <a id="p-1-b"></a>**(b)** by becoming remote members of or having remote access to the regulated market without having to be established in the home Member State of the regulated market, where the trading procedures and systems of the market in question do not require a physical presence for conclusion of transactions on the market.
2. <a id="p-2"></a>Member States shall not impose any additional regulatory or administrative requirements, in respect of matters covered by this Directive, on investment firms exercising the right conferred by paragraph 1.

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[Title II — Authorisation and operating conditions for investment firms](../titles/ii.md) · [← Article 35](35.md) · [Article 37 →](37.md)
