Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/529 of 18 December 2020 establishing regulatory technical standards amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards adjustment of liquidity thresholds and trade percentiles used to determine the size specific to the instrument applicable to certain non-equity instrumentsText with EEA relevance.

Article 17 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

1. For determining the bonds for which there is not a liquid market for the purposes of Article 6 and according to the methodology specified in point (b) of Article 13(1), the approach for the liquidity criterion average daily number of trades shall be taken applying the average daily number of trades corresponding to stage S2 (10 daily trades).;

(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

1. For determining the size specific to the financial instrument for the purposes of Article 5 and according to the methodology specified under point (b)(i) of Article 13(2), the approach for the trade percentile to be applied shall be used applying the trade percentile corresponding to the stage S2 (40th percentile).

For determining the size specific to the financial instrument for the purposes of Article 5 and according to the methodology specified under points (b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 13(2), the approach for the trade percentile to be applied shall be used applying the trade percentile corresponding to the stage S1 (30th percentile)..

Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen