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MiFIR data reporting - LEI of the issuer

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AI-generated Summary

In RTS 23 reference data (and related MAR reports), the issuer identifier must be the LEI of the issuer's head office, even where a branch may be eligible for its own LEI.

Details

Reference	ESMA_QA_1501
Issuer	ESMA
Published	4 Feb 2019
Answered	4 Feb 2019
Submitted	4 Feb 2019
ESMA topics	LEI (Legal Entity Identifier)
Earlier Q&A document	ESMA 70-1861941480-56 MiFIR data reporting Q&A, Q&A 2.5

Provisions it relates to

Article 27 MiFIR · Obligation to supply financial instrument reference data
MiFIR
Inferred · 85%
MiFIR (whole act)
Explicit reference

Documents it refers to

RTSIn forceExplicit reference · 90%
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/585 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the data standards and formats for financial instrument reference data and technical measures in relation to arrangements to be made by the European Securities and Markets Authority and competent authorities
European Commission · 31 Mar 2017 · EUR-Lex
AI summaryRTS 23 on financial instrument reference data: sets the content, standards and format of the data that trading venues and systematic internalisers must send to competent authorities under Article 27 MiFIR, submission deadlines, ISIN and LEI identification, and the arrangements for ESMA and competent authorities to receive, check, exchange and publish the data.