--- title: "ESMA Q&A 2826 — Q&A — Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) [Answer Published]" shortTitle: "ESMA Q&A 2826 — Q&A — Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) [Answer Published]" answer_id: ESMA_QA_2826 topic: "Data reporting services providers" status: "Answer Published" type: qa instrument_type: qa authority: ESMA binding: false binding_character: non_binding legal_status: in_force regulation: "MiFIR" mifir_level3: true mica_level2: false legal_basis: "MiFIR" date: 1 April 2026 source_link: https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2826 lifecycle: "Answer Published" text_version: "ESMA Q&A register, 1 April 2026" source_url: "https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2826" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 checked_against: "the ESMA publication" source: prepared_by: "ESMA" published_by: "ESMA" published_in: "ESMA Q&A tool" evidence: prepared_by: "ESMA Answer" locator: "ESMA Q&A entry ESMA_QA_2826: field 'ESMA Answer', no 'Answer provided by' line" document_type: "qa_answer" legal_nature: "not_legislation" addressees: "not stated in the document" dates: published_on: "2026-04-01" question_submitted_on: "2026-04-01" locators: published_on: "ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_2826, column 'Esma responses', date line" question_submitted_on: "ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_2826, column 'Date of submission'" lifecycle_label: "Answer Published" --- **Answer by ESMA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 1 Apr 2026 [Answer Published]** *Answer Published · ESMA Q&A register, 1 April 2026 · Checked against the ESMA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2826)* | | | |---|---| | **Full title** | ESMA Q&A 2826 — Q&A — Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) \[Answer Published\] | | **Prepared by** | ESMA | | **Published by** | ESMA, in the ESMA Q&A tool | | **Reference** | ESMA_QA_2826 | | **Document type** | Q&A | | **Legal nature** | Not legislation | | **Addressees** | Not stated in the document | | **Dates** | Published 1 April 2026; question submitted 1 April 2026 | | **Legal basis** | MiFIR | | **Related instruments** | None recorded | | **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication | **Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)** ### Question Do trading venues subject to an outage need to provide the consolidated tape provider with a health status message? Are they exempt from generating the input order matching system status data? *** ### Answer According to ESMA’s Opinion on outages, as per their outage plan, trading venues should clearly identify how information on outages is communicated (for example via the trading venue website) and what information is to be included in the communication. Furthermore, NCAs should ensure that trading venues provide all market participants (i.e. not only its members and participants but also the general public) with a notice of disruption as soon as possible. This notice of disruption should occur via any means which enables the trading venue to communicate simultaneously to market participants. In any case, the notice of disruption should also be published on the trading venue’s public website and include a dedicated contact line or person at the affected trading venue allowing market participants to ask questions and share information relating to the ongoing outage. As a result, when there is an outage, a trading venue should promptly communicate this information on its website and to the CTP and it would not need to separately generate the input order matching system status data. *** **Source:** [ESMA original document](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2826)