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Dec 15, 2017

Eurex

Amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the Eurex Exchanges (Exchange Rules and Trading Conditions) with regard to MiFID II/MiFIR and information on cross-trading within the framework of TES transactions

The implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR represents a comprehensive overhaul of the regulatory landscape of financial markets in Europe that also impact the Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich (Exchange Rules) and the Conditions for Trading at Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich (Trading Conditions). This circular will inform you about the respective changes that will take effect on 3 January 2018.

Major MiFID/MiFIR-related topics that impact Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich AG (collectively: the Eurex Exchanges) and their Trading Participants have already been communicated via various communication channels of the Eurex Exchanges.

In addition, we would like to provide information regarding cross-trades in the Eurex T7 Trade Entry Services (TES).

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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