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paragraph 1 is amended as follows: point (18) is replaced by the following: ‘(18) “competent authority” means a competent authority as defined in point (26) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU and, for the authorisation and supervision of data reporting services providers, ESMA, with the exception of those approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs) and approved publication arrangements (APAs) with a derogation in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article;’; the following point is inserted: ‘(22a) “senior management” means senior management as defined in point (37) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU;’; points (34), (35) and (36) are replaced by the following: ‘(34) “approved publication arrangement” or “APA” means a person authorised under this Regulation to provide the service of publishing trade reports on behalf of investment firms pursuant to Articles 20 and 21; (35) “consolidated tape provider” or “CTP” means a person authorised under this Regulation to provide the service of collecting trade reports for financial instruments listed in Articles 6, 7, 10, 12 and 13, 20 and 21 from regulated markets, MTFs, OTFs and APAs and consolidating them into a continuous electronic live data stream providing price and volume data per financial instrument; (36) “approved reporting mechanism” or “ARM” means a person authorised under this Regulation to provide the service of reporting details of transactions to competent authorities or to ESMA on behalf of investment firms;’; the following point is inserted: ‘(36a) “data reporting services provider” means a person referred to in points (34) to (36) and a person referred to in Article 27b(2);’;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.