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Article L420-11 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The AMF establishes and applies limits on the size of a net position that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, traded on trading platforms; 2° In commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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Article L420-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall not impose more restrictive limits than those provided for in Article L. 420-11, unless, exceptionally, such limits are objectively justified and proportionate having regard to the liquidity of the specific market and in the interests of the orderly functioning of the market. The AMF publishes details of the more restrictive position limits it imposes on its website. These limits apply for an initial period…

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Article L420-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where agricultural commodity derivatives which are based on the same underlying and which have the same characteristics are traded in significant volumes on trading platforms or where critical or significant commodity derivatives which are based on the same underlying and which have the same characteristics are traded on trading platforms in more than one Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area,…

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Article L420-14 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The operator of a trading venue on which commodity derivatives are traded shall apply position management controls. These controls shall include, as a minimum, the power for the trading platform to: 1° to monitor the open positions of the persons concerned ; 2° to obtain information from such persons, including any relevant documents concerning the size and purpose of a position or exposure taken by them, the beneficial owners or…

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Article L420-15 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Position limits and position management controls shall be transparent and non-discriminatory, shall state how they apply to persons and shall take into account the nature and composition of market participants and their use of the contracts being traded. The trading platform manager shall report details of position management controls to the Autorité des marchés financiers. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall forward this information, together with details of the position…

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Article L420-16 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – Trading venue managers : 1° Publish a weekly report presenting the aggregate positions held by the different categories of persons mentioned in IV for the different commodity derivatives, the units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code or the financial contracts whose underlying assets are the latter traded on their trading platforms, mentioning the number of long and short positions held by these categories, the changes…

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Article L420-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Each trading platform shall make available to the public at least once a year, free of charge, data relating to the quality of execution of the transactions executed on it. These periodic reports shall include detailed information on the price, costs, speed and likelihood of execution for the various financial instruments. The obligations mentioned in this article shall apply from 28 February 2023.

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Article L420-18 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The operator of a trading platform shall notify the AMF of the list of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which it intends to provide means of access to the trading platform it operates. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate this information to the competent authority of the State concerned in accordance with the conditions laid down by…

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Article L421-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-A regulated market in financial instruments is a multilateral system that brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments, in accordance with non-discretionary rules, in a way that leads to the conclusion of contracts in the financial instruments admitted to trading under the rules and systems of that market. It is recognised and operates in accordance with the provisions of this…

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Article L421-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

A regulated market is managed by a market undertaking. This undertaking takes the form of a commercial company. Where the market undertaking manages a regulated market, its registered office and effective management are established in mainland France or in the overseas departments or the Department of Mayotte or Saint-Martin. The market undertaking must at all times comply with the laws and regulations applicable to it. The market undertaking carries out…

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