--- title: "Article 47 — Organisational requirements" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606" source_retrieved: 2026-09-28 shortTitle: "Article 47 — Organisational requirements" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive 2014/65/EU" instrument: mifid2 celex: "32014L0065" regulation: MiFID II regulation-full: "Directive 2014/65/EU" article: 47 status: in_force object_id: eu.mifid2.legal_text.article.47 text_version: "Consolidated version of 6 June 2026" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *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. Member States shall require the regulated market: **(a)** to have arrangements to identify clearly and manage the potential adverse consequences, for the operation of the regulated market or for its members or participants, of any conflict of interest between the interest of the regulated market, its owners or its market operator and the sound functioning of the regulated market, and in particular where such conflicts of interest might prove prejudicial to the accomplishment of any functions delegated to the regulated market by the competent authority; **(b)** to be adequately equipped to manage the risks to which it is exposed, including to manage ICT risk in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, to implement appropriate arrangements and systems for identifying significant risks to its operation, and to put in place effective measures to mitigate those risks; **(c)** [Deleted by [Directive (EU) 2022/2556](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2556/oj) of 14 December 2022.] **(d)** to have transparent and non-discretionary rules and procedures that provide for fair and orderly trading and establish objective criteria for the efficient execution of orders; **(e)** to have effective arrangements to facilitate the efficient and timely finalisation of the transactions executed under its systems; **(f)** to have available, at the time of authorisation and on an ongoing basis, sufficient financial resources to facilitate its orderly functioning, having regard to the nature and extent of the transactions concluded on the market and the range and degree of the risks to which it is exposed; **(g)** to have arrangements in place to ensure that it meets data quality standards pursuant to Article 22b of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014; **(h)** to have at least three materially active members or users, each having the opportunity to interact with all the others in respect of price formation. 2. Member States shall not allow market operators to execute client orders against proprietary capital, or to engage in [matched principal trading](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mifid-ii/matched-principal-trading) on any of the regulated markets they operate. *** [Title III — Regulated markets](../titles/iii.md) · [← Article 46](46.md) · [Article 48 →](48.md)