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# Article 8 — Type and minimum size of orders held in an order management facility (Article 4(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014)

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587 · binding · OJ L 87, 31.3.2017 · dated 14 Jul 2016 [in force]**

*In force · Consolidated version of 2 March 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02017R0587-20260302)*

1. <a id="art-8-p-1"></a>The type of order held in an order management facility of a trading venue pending disclosure for which pre-trade transparency obligations may be waived is an order which:

    <a id="art-8-p-1-a"></a>**(a)** is intended to be disclosed to the order book operated by the trading venue and is contingent on objective conditions that are pre-defined by the system's protocol;

    <a id="art-8-p-1-b"></a>**(b)** for orders other than reserve orders, cannot interact with other trading interests prior to disclosure to the order book operated by the trading venue;

    <a id="art-8-p-1-c"></a>**(c)** once disclosed to the order book, interacts with other orders in accordance with the rules applicable to orders of that kind at the time of disclosure.

2. <a id="art-8-p-2"></a>Orders held in an order management facility of a trading venue pending disclosure for which pre-trade transparency obligations may be waived shall, at the point of entry and following any amendment, have one of the following sizes:

    <a id="art-8-p-2-a"></a>**(a)** in the case of a reserve order, a size that is greater than or equal to EUR 10 000 ;

    <a id="art-8-p-2-b"></a>**(b)** for all other orders, a size that is greater than or equal to the minimum tradable quantity set in advance by the system operator under its rules and protocols.

3. <a id="art-8-p-3"></a>A reserve order as referred to in paragraph 2, point (a), shall be considered a limit order consisting of a disclosed order relating to a part of the amount and a non-disclosed order relating to the remaining part of the amount where the order on the non-disclosed amount can be executed only after the order on the disclosed amount is executed.

**Section 2 — Pre-trade transparency for systematic internalisers and investment firms trading outside a trading venue**
