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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-824/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/824",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/824 of 25 May 2016 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the content and format of the description of the functioning of multilateral trading facilities and organised trading facilities and the notification to the European Securities and Markets Authority according to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-824",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:\n(1) ‘relevant operator’ means:\n(a) an investment firm operating a multilateral trading facility (MTF);\n(b) an investment firm operating an organised trading facility (OTF);\n(c) a market operator operating an MTF;\n(d) a market operator operating an OTF;\n(2) ‘asset classes’ means the categories of financial instruments as set out in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/824/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:48.908655+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}