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Annex II Risk warnings

 SECTION A Risk warning conditions

1. The risk warning shall be in a layout ensuring its prominence, in a font size at least equal to the predominant font size and in the same language as that used in the communication or published information.

2. If the communication or published information is in a durable medium or a webpage, the risk warning shall be in the format specified in Section B.

3. If the communication or information is in a medium other than a durable medium or a webpage, the risk warning shall be in the format specified in Section C.

4. The risk warning shall include an up-to-date provider-specific loss percentage based on a calculation of the percentage of CFD trading accounts provided to retail clients by the CFD provider that lost money. The calculation shall be performed every 3 months and cover the 12-month period preceding the date on which it is performed (‘12-month calculation period’). For the purposes of the calculation:

(a) an individual retail client CFD

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