1. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue, APAs, CTPs and systematic internalisers shall make available to the public the information published  in  accordance  with Articles 3, 4, 6 to 11a, 14, 20, 21, 27g and 27h on a reasonable commercial basis, including unbiased and fair contractual terms.

Those market operators and investment firms, APAs, CTPs and systematic internalisers shall ensure non-discriminatory access to such information. The data policies of those market operators and investment firms, APAs, CTPs and systematic internalisers shall be made available to the public free of charge in a manner which is easy to access and to understand.

2. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue, APAs and systematic internalisers shall make available to the public the information referred to in paragraph 1 free of charge 15 minutes after publication in a format that is machine-readable and usable for all users, including retail investors.

3. The reasonable commercial basis shall include the level of fees and other contractual terms. The level of fees shall be determined by the cost of producing and disseminating the information referred to in paragraph 1 and a reasonable margin.

4. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue, APAs, CTPs and systematic internalisers shall, upon request, provide their competent authority with information on the actual costs of producing and disseminating the information referred to in paragraph 1, including a reasonable margin.

5. ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical  standards  to specify:

(a) what constitutes unbiased and fair contractual terms as referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph;

(b) what constitutes non-discriminatory access to information as referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph;

(c) the uniform content, format and terminology of the data policies to be made available to the public pursuant to paragraph 1, second subparagraph;

(d) the data access, and the content and format of the information to be made available to the public pursuant to paragraph 1;

(e) the elements to be included in the calculation of cost and reasonable margin as referred to in paragraph 3;

(f) the uniform content, format and terminology of the information to be provided to the competent authorities pursuant to paragraph 4.

ESMA shall, every two years, monitor and assess the developments in the cost of data and shall, where appropriate, update those draft regulatory technical standards on the basis of its assessment.

ESMA shall submit the draft regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission by 29 December 2024.

Power is delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first and second subparagraphs in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.

Explanatory note regarding MiFIR Review and Transition:

The amendments to Article 13 will apply when the regulatory technical standards mandated in paragraph 5 start applying.

Till such date: 

• Article 13 of MiFIR of the consolidated version of 09/01/2024 applies; 
• Articles 84 to 89 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 apply;
• Articles 6 to 11 of Commission Delegating Regulation (EU) 2017/567 apply.