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EU Equity pre- and post-trade transparency regulation (LBF vol. 21) 2021/17.III.4.2.2.3
17.III.4.2.2.3 Assessment of revenue-based or cost-based controls
mr. J.E.C. Gulyás, datum 01-02-2021
- Datum
01-02-2021
- Auteur
mr. J.E.C. Gulyás
- JCDI
JCDI:ADS267244:1
- Vakgebied(en)
Financieel recht / Bank- en effectenrecht
Financieel recht / Europees financieel recht
Financiële dienstverlening / Financieel toezicht
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ESMA, Final Report: MiFID II/MiFIR, December 2014 (ESMA/2014/1569), p. 273.
ESMA, Consultation Paper: MiFID II/MiFIR, May 2014(ESMA/2014/549), p. 226.
ESMA, Consultation Paper: MiFID II/MiFIR, May 2014(ESMA/2014/549), p. 226. The cost-based control ESMA considered was referred to as the so-called LRIC (long-run incremental cost). ‘LRIC allows a supplier to recover the difference between what it would cost to run a business without the incremental service (e.g. run an exchange without publishing data) and what it would cost to run the same business with the incremental service’ (ibid, p. 222). In other words, LRIC is a tool to ensure the supplier sets the prices in such a way that it does not recover more than costs of – in this case – the service of providing and disseminating data. A variant of LRIC ESMA considered is LRIC+. The plus (+) here enables the supplier to also obtain a so-called ‘mark-up’ (the value the supplier adds to the cost price of a product) in order to recover an appropriate share of common costs (ibid, p. 223).
ESMA, Consultation Paper: MiFID II/MiFIR, May 2014(ESMA/2014/549), p. 222 and p. 226.
The other options, being – (1) revenue-based; or (2) cost-based controls, were more interventionist in nature (top-down). ESMA observed that both options had specific pros and cons. Cost-based controls had the disadvantage of being highly complex, since cost-based controls would involve judgments, such as the determination of so called ‘joint costs’.1 Given the complexity of determining the joint costs, the cost-based option would create substantial efforts for both MiFID II Data Suppliers and NCAs to implement this model.2 On the other hand, cost-based controls would have the advantage of limiting prices to what would be charged in a competitive market. The option also permitted data suppliers to recover costs related to data production and dissemination.3 Compared to cost-based controls, revenue-based controls were seen as a simpler and cheaper option. However, revenue-based controls involved a discretionary choice. It would be difficult to find a ‘reasonable’ revenue limit. In other words, which percentage level of total revenues would still be considered as reasonable?4