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title: "ESMA Q&A 1692 — Q&A — Field 30 - Quantity [Answer Published]"
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**Answer by ESMA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 7 Jul 2017 [Answer Published]**

*Answer Published · ESMA Q&A register, 7 July 2017 · Checked against the ESMA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1692)*

| | |
|---|---|
| **Full title** | ESMA Q&A 1692 — Q&A — Field 30 - Quantity \[Answer Published\] |
| **Prepared by** | ESMA |
| **Published by** | ESMA, in the ESMA Q&A tool |
| **Reference** | ESMA_QA_1692 |
| **Document type** | Q&A |
| **Legal nature** | Not legislation |
| **Addressees** | Not stated in the document |
| **Dates** | Published 7 July 2017; question submitted 7 July 2017 |
| **Legal basis** | MiFIR |
| **Related instruments** | None recorded |
| **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication |

**Field 30 - Quantity**

### Question

How shall Field 30 (Quantity) in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 Annex I Table 2 be reported for a transaction where there have previously been acquisitions or disposals that are excluded from the meaning of a transaction? For example, a decrease in notional amount in a financial instrument which has previously had pre-determined contractual down payments exempted from transaction reporting under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 Article 2(5)(j)?

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### Answer

\[ESMA 70-1861941480-56 MiFIR data reporting Q&A, Q&A 12.1\]

Competent authorities require an accurate and holistic view of transactions that are within the scope of reporting requirements under Article 26 of MiFIR. Therefore, Article 15(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 obliges an Investment Firm to ensure that a collective view of the transaction reports reported by the Investment Firm as the executing entity accurately reflects all changes in its position and in the position of its clients that arise from reportable transactions.

It should be noted that the reporting requirements are not intended to capture the Investment Firm’s or the Investment Firm’s client’s actual position. What is of interest to competent authorities is the change of position resulting from reportable transactions. Therefore only acquisitions or disposals that are reportable transactions under Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 are reported and only the amount of the acquisition or disposal that takes place at the date time of the execution of the reportable transaction should be reported in field 30.

Scenario: Decrease in notional amount of a financial instrument originally reported with a notional amount of EUR 10 mill. The instrument has an ongoing amortisation cash flow and after 2 years, the contract has a remaining notional of EUR 8.5 million due to amortisations, i.e. contractually pre-determined payments that have not been reported due to the exemptions under Article 2(5)(j) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590. The contract is then terminated, i.e. the notional amount is decreased to zero, in a transaction that was not contractually pre-determined to take place.

Field 30 (Quantity) shall be populated with 8.5 mill. This corresponds to the actual decrease of notional and it reflects the change in position of the investment firm resulting from a reportable transaction at the point of execution.

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**Source:** [ESMA original document](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1692)