CESR Launches A Consultation On How To Best Improve The Functioning Of The MiFID Database And Welcomes Comments From Interested Parties By 21 January 2008

Under the MiFID Directive CESR is responsible for publishing lists for shares admitted to trading on a regulated market, systematic internalisers, multilateral trading facilities, regulated markets and central counterparties.

CESR has so far published a database of shares admitted to trading on regulated markets on 3 July 2007 (for further information please see the press release Ref. CESR/07-450) together with CESR’s guidebook to Market Transparency calculations Ref. CESR/07-322), and databases covering the other four lists on 1 November 2007 (see press release Ref. CESR/07-748).

The consultation paper published today, sets out in further details the current functioning of the database of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market, as well as proposed additions to the database. Responses should be posted on CESR’s website, in the section Consultations, by 21 January 2008.