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Article 3 Determining liquid markets for exchange traded funds

(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, an exchange traded fund 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 100 units;

(b) the average daily number of transactions in the exchange traded fund is not less than 10;

(c) the average daily turnover for the exchange traded fund is not less than EUR 500 000.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), the free float of an exchange traded fund shall be the number of units issued for trading.

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