I.-A trading venue is a regulated market within the meaning of Article L. 421-1, a multilateral trading facility within the meaning of Article L. 424-1 or an organised trading facility within the meaning of Article L. 425-1.
A trading platform manager is a market undertaking or an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company authorised to provide the investment services referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Article L. 321-1.
A member of a trading venue is a member of a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility or a client of an organised trading facility.
Direct electronic access is a mechanism whereby a person, the user, transmits orders for a financial instrument electronically and directly to a trading venue using a member’s trading code. This mechanism may consist of :
a) Direct market access using the member’s infrastructure or any connection system provided by the member to transmit orders;
b) Sponsored access without using the member’s infrastructure.
A multilateral system is a system or arrangement in which multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments can interact. A multilateral system operates in accordance with the provisions of Chapter I, Chapter IV or Chapter V of this Title.
II – For the purposes of this Title and the provisions relating to trading venues, the term “financial instrument” means financial instruments within the meaning of Article L. 211-1 of this Code and the units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code.