Regulation of derivatives trading venues

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EU MiFID II, EU MiFIR and market structure

The recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EC (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p 349) (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (EU) 600/2014 (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p 84) (EU MiFIR) (together, the EU MiFID II framework) entered into force on 2 July 2014. The majority of the requirements of the EU MiFID II framework came into effect on 3 January 2018. This replaced the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004/39/EC (OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p 1) (MiFID) which had introduced a hierarchy of market structures and had as its primary aim to improve transparency of

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