I. – The operator of a trading venue may suspend or delist a financial instrument from trading for a specified period of time if the instrument or the conditions under which it is traded no longer comply with the rules of the venue, unless such action is likely to significantly harm the interests of investors or jeopardise the orderly operation of the venue.
The issuer of a financial instrument admitted to trading on a trading platform may ask the AIFM to suspend trading so that it can inform the public under satisfactory conditions.
The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers may also ask the operator of a trading venue to suspend or delist a financial instrument.
A trading venue operator that suspends or delists a financial instrument from trading shall also suspend or delist from trading the financial contracts that are linked to or refer to it where this is necessary to achieve the objectives of the suspension or delisting of the financial instrument.
Decisions to suspend or delist a financial instrument shall be made public by the person who took the decision. When a suspension or delisting decision is taken by the manager of a trading venue, the manager shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, specifying whether the measure is the result of suspected market abuse, a public takeover bid or failure to disclose inside information relating to the issuer or the financial instrument in breach of Articles 7 and 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse.
The Autorité des marchés financiers shall require other trading platforms and systematic internalisers that trade financial instruments that are the subject of a suspension or delisting decision to suspend or delist them from trading, as well as financial contracts linked or referenced to them, where the suspension or delisting is the result of suspected market abuse, a takeover bid or the non-disclosure of inside information relating to the issuer or financial instrument in breach of Articles 7 and 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, except in situations where the interests of investors or the orderly functioning of the market could be significantly affected by such action.
II. – As soon as the Autorité des marchés financiers is informed by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of a decision to suspend or delist a financial instrument from trading on a trading platform as a result of suspected market abuse, a takeover bid or failure to disclose inside information relating to the issuer or the financial instrument in breach of Articles 7 and 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, it shall require trading platforms and systematic internalisers to suspend or delist that instrument and the financial contracts linked or referenced to it, except where the interests of investors or the orderly functioning of the market could be significantly affected by such action.
III. – Decisions to lift suspensions are made public and, where applicable, communicated to the Autorité des marchés financiers under the same conditions. The suspension of a financial instrument on other trading platforms and systematic internalisers, as well as the financial contracts linked or referred to therein, shall be lifted as soon as possible.