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Article 3 Transparency

1. In determining whether a market practice can be established as an AMP and whether it fulfils the criterion set out in point (a) of Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, competent authorities shall examine whether the market practice ensures that the following information will be disclosed to the public:

(a) before a market practice is performed as an AMP:

(i) the identities of the beneficiaries and the persons who will perform it and the one among them that is responsible to fulfil the transparency requirements under points (b) and (c) of this paragraph;

(ii) the identification of the financial instruments in relation to which the AMP will apply;

(iii) the period during which the AMP will be performed and situations or conditions leading to the temporary interruption, suspension or termination of its performance;

(iv) the identification of the trading venues on which the AMP will be carried out, and, where applicable, indication of the possibility to execute transactions outside a trading venue;

(v) reference to the maximum amounts of cash and of the number of financial instruments allocated to the performance of the AMP, if applicable.

(b) once the market practice is performed as an AMP: