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title: "ESMA Q&A 1687 — Q&A — Request for admission to trading by issuer [Answer Published]"
shortTitle: "ESMA Q&A 1687 — Q&A — Request for admission to trading by issuer [Answer Published]"
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**Answer by ESMA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 2 Feb 2017 [Answer Published]**

*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/1687)*

| | |
|---|---|
| **Full title** | ESMA Q&A 1687 — Q&A — Request for admission to trading by issuer \[Answer Published\] |
| **Prepared by** | ESMA |
| **Published by** | ESMA, in the ESMA Q&A tool |
| **Reference** | ESMA_QA_1687 |
| **Document type** | Q&A |
| **Legal nature** | Not legislation |
| **Addressees** | Not stated in the document |
| **Dates** | Published 2 February 2017; question submitted 2 February 2017 |
| **Legal basis** | MiFIR |
| **Related instruments** | None recorded |
| **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication |

**Request for admission to trading by issuer**

### Question

How should Field 8 (Request for admission to trading by issuer) be populated?

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### Answer

\[ESMA 70-1861941480-56 MiFIR data reporting Q&A, Q&A 7.1\]

Field 8 (Request for admission to trading by issuer) should be populated with ‘true’ if the request for admission to trading was received from the issuer or the trading venue is aware of the issuer's approval for admission of its financial instrument to trading. Otherwise it should be populated with ‘false’.

***

**Source:** [ESMA original document](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1687)