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\"ESMA Q&A 1686 — Q&A — Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) [Answer Published]\"\nshortTitle: \"ESMA Q&A 1686 — Q&A — Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) [Answer Published]\"\nanswer_id: ESMA_QA_1686\ntopic: \"ESMA70-1861941480-56 Questions and Answers on MiFIR reporting\"\nstatus: \"Answer Published\"\ntype: qa\ninstrument_type: qa\nauthority: ESMA\nbinding: false\nbinding_character: non_binding\nlegal_status: in_force\nregulation: \"MiFIR\"\nmifir_level3: true\nmica_level2: false\nlegal_basis: \"MiFIR\"\ndate: 2 February 2017\nsource_link: https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1686\nlifecycle: \"Answer Published\"\ntext_version: \"ESMA Q&A register, 2 February 2017\"\nsource_url: \"https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1686\"\ncheck_status: matched\nverified: true\nlast_checked: 2026-10-26\nchecked_against: \"the ESMA publication\"\nsource:\n  prepared_by: \"ESMA\"\n  published_by: \"ESMA\"\n  published_in: \"ESMA Q&A tool\"\n  evidence:\n    prepared_by: \"ESMA Answer\"\n    locator: \"ESMA Q&A entry ESMA_QA_1686: field 'ESMA Answer', no 'Answer provided by' line\"\ndocument_type: \"qa_answer\"\nlegal_nature: \"not_legislation\"\naddressees: \"not stated in the document\"\ndates:\n  published_on: \"2017-02-02\"\n  question_submitted_on: \"2017-02-02\"\n  locators:\n    published_on: \"ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_1686, column 'Esma responses', date line\"\n    question_submitted_on: \"ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_1686, column 'Date of submission'\"\nlifecycle_label: \"Answer Published\"\n---\n\n**Answer by ESMA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 2 Feb 2017 [Answer Published]**\n\n*Answer Published · ESMA Q&A register, 2 February 2017 · Checked against the ESMA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1686)*\n\n| | |\n|---|---|\n| **Full title** | ESMA Q&A 1686 — Q&A — Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) \\[Answer Published\\] |\n| **Prepared by** | ESMA |\n| **Published by** | ESMA, in the ESMA Q&A tool |\n| **Reference** | ESMA_QA_1686 |\n| **Document type** | Q&A |\n| **Legal nature** | Not legislation |\n| **Addressees** | Not stated in the document |\n| **Dates** | Published 2 February 2017; question submitted 2 February 2017 |\n| **Legal basis** | MiFIR |\n| **Related instruments** | None recorded |\n| **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication |\n\n**Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) and Financial Instrument Short Name (FISN)**\n\n### Question\n\nWhich version of the CFI is applicable for the purposes of the Commission Delegated Regulation \\[RTS 23\\]?\n\n***\n\n### Answer\n\n\\[ESMA 70-1861941480-56 MiFIR data reporting Q&A, Q&A 6.1\\]\n\nFor the purposes of reporting reference data under the requirements of the RTS 23\\[1\\], the ISO 10962:2015 CFI code is applicable.\n\n\\[1\\] Please note that, for ease of reference, RTS have been numbered in this document in accordance with the numbering used in the package sent by ESMA to the Commission in September 2015 (ESMA/2015/1464). Readers are nevertheless invited to consult the Commission and European Parliament websites for updated versions of those RTS.\n\n***\n\n**Source:** [ESMA original document](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1686)\n"}