Article 67 Promotions required or permitted by market rules

United Kingdom

(1)

The financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication which—

(a)

is a non-real time communication or a solicited real time communication;

(b)

relates to an investment which falls within any of paragraphs 14 to 18 of Schedule 1 and which is permitted to be traded or dealt in on a relevant market; and

(c)

is required or permitted to be communicated by—

(i)

the rules of the relevant market;

(ii)

a body which regulates the market; or

(iii)

a body which regulates offers or issues of investments to be traded on such a market.

(2)

“Relevant market” means a market which—

F1(za)

is a relevant UK market;

(a)

meets the criteria specified in Part I of Schedule 3; or

(b)

is specified in, or established under the rules of an exchange specified in, Part F2... III of that Schedule.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 67(2)(za) inserted (18.10.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments, Benchmarks and Financial Promotions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1074), regs. 1(2), 2(5)
F2: Words in art. 67(2)(b) omitted (1.4.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/488), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(7)