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29 Jun 2021

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Order Routing System (ORS): Details for usage

Eurex Circular 061/21 Order Routing System (ORS): Details for usage

1.   Introduction

With this circular, we would like to inform you in detail about the Order Routing System (ORS) usage, as defined in § 60 of the Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland, and provided with Eurex Readiness Newsflash as of 9 June 2021.

An ORS is a software used by an Exchange Participant (ORS Provider) that enables the users of this software (”ORS User”) to transmit orders to the trading system of Eurex Deutschland under the user ID of an approved Eurex Exchange Trader admitted for the ORS Provider (herein and after referred to as an “ORS Filter Trader”).

On 17 June 2021, the Eurex Exchange Council approved the amended rules and the associated identification obligation that will become effective for Exchange Participants as of 22 November 2021 with T7 Release 10.0.

Start of production: 22 November 2021

Learn now more about the ORS Trader Identification Obligation on our dedicated initiative page under the following link: Support > Initiatives & Releases > Projects > ORS Trader Identification Obligation. System documentation, circulars, timeline and much more information will be available there for you. 

2.   Required action

All ORS Providers and ORS Users must comply with the amended rules and the associated identification obligation that will become effective for Exchange Participants as of 22 November 2021 with T7 Release 10.0.

3.   Details

The details are as follows: 

  • ORS Users may be Indirect Trading Participants (Non-Members) or Exchange Traders;
  • In case the ORS is used by an admitted Exchange Trader, their own Member ID-Trader ID combination (e.g. ABCFRTRD001) must be submitted to the trading system of Eurex Deutschland via tag 2404 ‘ComplianceText’;
  • The usage of an ORS by internal employees/trading assistants of the ORS Provider who are not admitted as Eurex Exchange Traders is not allowed according to § 19(1) of the German Exchange Act.

The list of use cases mentioned below cover common ORS set-ups of Eurex Exchange Participants, however, the potential cases are not limited to those provided.

As a general rule, please note that Exchange Traders have to identify themselves when they use the ORS system.
 

Use case

ORS User

Applicable trading capacity

Trader Identification via Tag 2404 ‘ComplianceText’

Responsibilities and liabilities

ORS User is a client of the ORS Provider (not an Exchange Trader) 

Indirect Trading Participant

Agency

N/A

ORS Filter trader is fully responsible for the compliance with § 60 of Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland.

ORS User is an Exchange Trader acting for the ORS Provider

Exchange Trader

Proprietary

Member ID-Trader ID combination (e.g. ‘ABCFRTRD001’) 

Given that the ORS User is an Exchange Trader, the ORS Users are fully responsible for the compliance of their actions with the Exchange Rules, and must identify themselves in the trading system of Eurex. In addition, the ORS Provider is responsible for the compliance of their system with Exchange Rules.

ORS User is an Exchange Trader acting for another Exchange Participant 

Exchange Trader

Agency

Member ID-Trader ID combination (e.g. ‘BCDFRTRD001’) 

Given that the ORS User is an Exchange Trader, ORS Users are fully responsible for the compliance of their actions with the Exchange Rules, and must identify themselves in the trading system of Eurex. In addition, the ORS Provider is responsible for the compliance of their system with Exchange Rules.

For further details concerning the rule change, please refer to the “Tenth Amendment Ordinance to the Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland”, on the Eurex website www.eurex.com under the following path: 


Rules & Regs > Eurex Rules & Regulations > Exchange rules

More detailed information on tag 2404 ‘ComplianceText’ can be found in the document ”Enhanced Trading Interface - Derivatives Message reference”, available under the following path: 

Support > Initiatives & Releases > T7 Release 9.1 > Trading Interfaces


Further information

Recipients:

All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors

Target groups:

Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice, IT/System Administration, Auditing/Security Coordination

Related Newsflash:

Eurex Readiness Newsflash as of 9 June 2021

Contact:

client.services@eurex.com

Web:

Support > Initiatives & Releases > Projects > ORS Trader Identification Obligation

Authorized by:

Michael Peters


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