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Feb 16, 2026

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Annual Eurex Deutschland Trading Participant Due Diligence

Eurex Circular 010/26 Annual Eurex Deutschland Trading Participant Due Diligence

1.  Introduction

Eurex Deutschland is required to verify the due diligence of its Trading Participants on an annual basis in order to ensure that all Trading Participants are compliant with the requirements of Eurex Deutschland applicable to the usage of their electronic order systems.

The applicable regulatory requirements are stipulated in Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/584 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding regulatory technical standards specifying organizational requirements of trading venues. 

Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/584 obliges trading venues to set out conditions for using its electronic order submission system by its members and to conduct a due diligence assessment of their members against those conditions on an annual basis. These requirements are transposed into the applicable Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland.

In addition, the Due Diligence Statement shall verify compliance with § 51 of the Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland outlining the requirements for usage of Input Devices outside registered Trading Locations of the Admitted Company.

Please find the Exchange Rules on the Eurex website www.eurex.com under the following link:

01. Exchange Rules

2.  Required action

Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland are required to submit the Due Diligence Statement by latest 13 March 2026.

The Due Diligence Statement is available here.

Central Coordinators are requested to enter their company details, the dedicated Eurex PIN, tick the respective boxes and submit the Due Diligence Statement.

The PIN is the same that is used to submit the Readiness Statements and is available via the Member Section, accessible to Central Coordinators and their Deputies only, under the following path:

Member Section > My Profile > PIN

Should you have any questions regarding the Due Diligence Statement, please contact your Key Account Manager or client.services@eurex.com.

3.  Details of the Regulation

The Eurex Deutschland annual Member Due Diligence Statement relates to the audit period January 2025 to December 2025 and covers the following categories:

  • pre-trade controls on price, volume and value of orders and usage of the system and post-trade controls on the trading activities of the Trading Participants;
  • qualifications required of staff in key positions within the Trading Participants;
  • technical and functional conformance testing; 
  • measures for emergency planning and management;
  • provisions on whether the Trading Participant may give its own clients direct electronic access to the system and if so, the conditions applicable to those clients;
  • registration of Trading Participants as investment firms.

In addition, the Due Diligence Statement shall verify compliance with § 51 of the Exchange Rules outlining the requirements for usage of Input Devices outside registered Trading Locations of the admitted company.
 

Further information

Recipients: 

All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland

Target groups: 

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

Contact: 

Your Key Account Manager or client.services@eurex.com

Web: 

Eurex Trading Participant Due Diligence Statement 2026

Authorized by: 

Melanie Dannheimer


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