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Article 2 Determining liquid markets for depositary receipts

(Article 2(1)(17)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014)

1. For the purposes of Article 2(1)(17)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, a depositary receipt that is traded daily shall be considered to have a liquid market where all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) the free float is not less than EUR 100 million;

(b) the average daily number of transactions in the depositary receipt is not less than 250;

(c) the average daily turnover for the depositary receipt is not less than EUR 1 million.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), the free float of a depositary receipt shall be calculated by multiplying the number of outstanding units of the depositary receipt by the price per unit.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 1(c), the daily turnover of a depositary receipt shall be calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying, for each transaction executed during a trading day, the number of units of the depositary receipt exchanged between the buyer and the seller by the price per unit.