Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/629 of 12 January 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards adjustment the liquidity thresholds and trade percentile 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 Article 13(1), point (b), the approach for the liquidity criterion average daily number of trades shall be taken applying the average daily number of trades corresponding to stage S3 (7 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 Article 13(2), point (b)(i), the approach for the trade percentile to be applied shall be used applying the trade percentile corresponding to the stage S3 (50th percentile).

For determining the size specific to the financial instrument for the purposes of Article 5 and according to the methodology specified under Article 13(2), points (b)(ii) to (iv), 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, 12 January 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen