AI Summary of Article 47 Organisational requirements
This document outlines the essential requirements for regulated markets as mandated by Member States. Key provisions include the necessity for markets to have robust conflict of interest management arrangements, effective risk management systems, and transparent trading rules to ensure fair execution of orders.
Additionally, markets must maintain adequate financial resources, comply with data quality standards, and ensure a minimum level of active participation. Importantly, market operators are prohibited from executing client orders against their proprietary capital, thereby enhancing market integrity.
Article 47 Organisational requirements
1. Member States shall require the regulated market:
(a) to have arrangements to identify clearly and manage the potential adverse consequences, for the operation of the regulated market or for its members or participants, of any conflict of interest between the interest of the regulated market, its owners or its market operator and the sound functioning of the regulated market, and in particular where such conflicts of interest might prove prejudicial to the accomplishment of any functions delegated to the regulated market by the competent authority;
(b) to be adequately equipped to manage the risks to which it is exposed, including to manage ICT risk in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, to implement appropriate arrangements and systems for identifying significant risks to its operation, and to put in place effective measures to mitigate those risks;
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(d) to have transparent and non-discretionary rules and procedures that provide for fair and orderly trading and establish objective criteria for the efficient execution of orders;
(e) to have effective arrangements to facilitate the efficient and timely finalisation of the transactions executed under its systems;