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Article 10 — Positions qualifying as resulting from mandatory liquidity provision

Financial servicesLevel 2RTSMiFID IIIn forceOfficial source

10(1)

1.For the purpose of Article 9(1), a position held by a person in an agricultural or a critical or significant commodity derivative traded on a trading venue qualifies as resulting from transactions undertaken to fulfil mandatory liquidity provision obligations where the position directly results from transactions in a commodity derivative undertaken in compliance with obligations required by regulatory authorities in accordance with Union law or with national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, or the written agreement entered into with the trading venue and identified as such by the trading venue.

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10(2)

2.For the purpose of Article 9(1), a qualifying position resulting from mandatory liquidity provision is one for which the person holding the position contains the following in its internal policies:

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10(2)(a)
(a)the types of commodity derivatives included in the portfolios in which mandatory liquidity provision is provided;
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10(2)(b)
(b)the link between the position held in a commodity derivative and the transactions undertaken to fulfil mandatory liquidity provisions in that derivative in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article;
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10(2)(c)
(c)the measures adopted to ensure that any position not resulting from transactions undertaken to fulfil mandatory liquidity provision or serving a different purpose can be clearly identified.
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CHAPTER III — METHODOLOGY FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES TO CALCULATE POSITION LIMITS

SECTION 1 — Determination of baseline figures