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AI Summary of Article 27g Organisational requirements for APAs

This summary outlines the regulatory obligations of an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) as stipulated under relevant EU regulations. An APA must ensure timely public disclosure of transactional data within fifteen minutes, encompassing details such as transaction identifiers, volumes, prices, timestamps, and trading venue codes, all disseminated on a non-discriminatory basis.

Furthermore, APAs are mandated to uphold operational integrity by preventing conflicts of interest, adhering to stringent data security requirements, and maintaining meticulous records for regulatory review. Compliance with these standards is crucial for fostering transparency and reliability within financial markets.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 17 January 2025 - onwards
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Article 27g Organisational requirements for APAs

1. An APA shall have adequate policies and arrangements in place to make public the information required under Articles 20 and 21 as close to real time as is technically possible, on a reasonable commercial basis. The information shall be made available free of charge 15 minutes after the APA has published it. The APA shall efficiently and consistently disseminate such information in a way that ensures fast access to the information, on a non-discriminatory basis and in a format that facilitates the consolidation of the information with similar data from other sources.

2. The information made public by an APA in accordance with paragraph 1 shall include, at least, the following details:

(a) the identifier of the financial instrument;

(b) the price at which the transaction was concluded;

(c) the volume of the transaction;

(d) the time of the transaction;

(e) the time the transaction was reported;

(f) the price notation of the transaction;

(g) the code for the trading venue the transaction was executed on, or where the transaction was executed via a systematic internaliser the code "SI" or otherwise the code "OTC";