Source: OJ L, 2025/885, 20.8.2025Current language: FR
- Markets in crypto-assets
Crypto-asset service provider
- RTS on market abuse
Article premier Définitions
Summary What does Article 1 of the RTS on market abuse say?
This is the definitions article, establishing the key terms used throughout the regulation.
It lays the groundwork for all subsequent obligations by clarifying the precise meaning of four core concepts that are central to the regulation's subject matter: the STOR itself, electronic means, group, and order.
Notably, the definition of "order" is intentionally broad, and the STOR definition extends beyond just transactions to cover aspects of distributed ledger technology (DLT) functioning — a scope that directly shapes the monitoring and reporting obligations found in the articles that follow.
Important points:
- A STOR covers not only suspicious transactions and orders (including cancellations and modifications) but also other aspects of DLT functioning where market abuse may be indicated.
- The definition of "order" is deliberately wide, capturing every quote and any action taken in relation to an order, regardless of type or stage.
- The definition of "group" is imported directly from Directive 2013/34/EU, linking this regulation to an existing EU legal framework.
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Aux fins du présent règlement, on entend par:
«déclaration de transactions et d’ordres suspects» (STOR — suspicious transaction and order report): la déclaration d’ordres ou de transactions suspects, y compris de toute annulation ou modification les concernant, et d’autres aspects du fonctionnement de la DLT lorsque des circonstances pourraient indiquer qu’un abus de marché a été commis, est en train d’être commis ou est susceptible d’être commis;
«moyens électroniques»: les moyens électroniques de traitement (y compris la compression numérique), de stockage et de transmission de données par câble, ondes radio, technologie optique ou tout autre moyen électromagnétique;
«groupe»: un groupe au sens de l’article 2, point 11, de la directive 2013/34/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil(5);
«ordre»: tout ordre, y compris toute cotation, que sa finalité soit la soumission initiale, la modification, l’actualisation ou l’annulation d’un ordre, et quel qu’en soit le type.
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Definition
déclaration de transactions et d’ordres suspects
(En. suspicious transaction and order report)
Definition
DLT
(En. distributed ledger technology)
Definition
groupe
(En. group)
Definition
ordre
(En. order)
Definition
moyens électroniques
(En. electronic means)
Footnote 5