Eurex Annual Trading Due Diligence

Published on: Feb 16, 2025

On Feb. 12, Eurex updated on verifying member due diligence.

  • Eurex issued annual Eurex Deutschland trading participant due diligence circular.
  • On same day, GE DBoerse issued release replicating the information in Eurex circular.
  • Follows Jan. 2024 Eurex circular on annual trading due diligence, see #198086.
  • Overview
  • Eurex and GE DBoerse must verify due diligence of trading participants on annual basis to ensure all trading participants comply with rules electronic order systems usage.
  • Applicable regulatory requirements are in RTS Reg 2017/584 supplementing MIFID II.
  • Art. 7 obliges trading venues to set out terms for using its electronic order submission system by its members, conduct due diligence assessment of their members annually.
  • They are transposed in current Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland and GE DBoerse.
  • In addition, a Due Diligence Statement will verify compliance with §51 Exchange Rules of Eurex Deutschland, and with § 35 (2) of the Exchange Rules applied to GE DBoerse.
  • Both of these sets of rules outline all the requirements for the usage of Input Devices outside of the normal registered Trading Locations of the relevant admitted company.
  • Eurex Deutschland and the GE DBoerse annual member Due Diligence Statement relates to the audit period Jan. 2024 to Dec. 2024, covering all the stated categories.
  • Effectiveness
  • Trading participants are required to submit due diligence statement by Mar. 14, 2025.
  • Central coordinators requested to enter their company details, personal PIN, tick the respective boxes and submit the Due Diligence Statement by the mentioned date.
Regulators
Eurex; GE DBoerse
Entity Types
B/D; Corp; Exch
Reference
Cir 013/2025, Cir 008/2025, 2/12/2025; MIFID/MIFIR Dir 2014/65, Reg 600/2014; RTS Reg 2017/584
Functions
Compliance; Legal; Reporting; Risk; Technology; Trading
Countries
EU Exchange
Category
State
N/A
Products
Corporate; Derivatives; Equity; Fixed Income; Issuance/IPO; Securities
Rule Type
Final
Regions
EMEA
Rule Date
Feb 12, 2025
Effective Date
Mar 14, 2025
Rule ID
243444
Linked to
Reg. Last Update
Feb 12, 2025
Report Section
EU