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=====Instruments that are not admitted to trading on a Regulated Market or MTF=====
=====Instruments that are not admitted to trading on a Regulated Market or MTF=====
While at first blish it reads as though {{cobsprov|11.2.26}} should apply to all orders, even those which cannot be traded on a [[regulated market]] in any circumstances, the confines of common sense and logic have not entirely escaped the {{tag|European Commission}}. In its "[http://ec.europa.eu/yqol/index.cfm?fuseaction=legislation.showIssue&issueId=69&browse=true&questionId=173 Questions on Single Market Legislation]" resource, it notes:
While at first blush it reads as though {{cobsprov|11.2.26}} should apply to all orders, even those which cannot be traded on a [[regulated market]] in any circumstances (otc swaps for example), the confines of common sense and logic have not entirely escaped the {{tag|European Commission}}. In its "[http://ec.europa.eu/yqol/index.cfm?fuseaction=legislation.showIssue&issueId=69&browse=true&questionId=173 Questions on Single Market Legislation]" resource, it notes:
   
   
{{quote|However, on a purposive reading of the express consent requirement, an investment firm does not have to obtain express consent from its clients where the relevant instruments are not admitted to trading on a [[regulated market]] or [[MTF]].}}
{{quote|However, on a purposive reading of the express consent requirement, an investment firm does not have to obtain express consent from its clients where the relevant instruments are not admitted to trading on a [[regulated market]] or [[MTF]].}}
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{{quote|21.2 CESR considers that on a purposive reading of the "express consent" requirement, an investment firm does not have to obtain express consent from its clients where the relevant instruments are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or MTF.}}
{{quote|21.2 CESR considers that on a purposive reading of the "express consent" requirement, an investment firm does not have to obtain express consent from its clients where the relevant instruments are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or MTF.}}


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