Article 27 Obligation to supply financial instrument reference data

1. With regard to financial instruments admitted to trading on regulated markets or traded on MTFs or OTFs, trading venues shall provide the FCA with identifying reference data for the purposes of transaction reporting under Article 26.

With regard to other financial instruments covered by Article 26(2)(b) or (c) traded on its system, each systematic internaliser shall provide the FCA with reference data relating to those financial instruments.

Identifying reference data shall be made ready for submission to the FCA in an electronic and standardised format before trading commences in the financial instrument that it refers to. The financial instrument reference data shall be updated whenever there are changes to the data with respect to a financial instrument. This data is to be transmitted without delay to the FCA, which must publish it as soon as practicable on its website.

2. In order to allow the FCA to monitor, pursuant to Article 26, the activities of investment firms to ensure t