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SI notification

You can email notifications of the systematic internalisation (SI) status (in accordance with Article 18.4 and Article 15.1 of the Regulation No 600/2014, MiFiR) to SI-register@afm.nl. The AFM will forward the notifications to ESMA for entry in the SI register.

If the threshold values for SI are exceeded, you must meet the requirements for SI from that moment on and inform the AFM of this exceeding within 24 hours. See Articles 16-20 in the annex to the delegated regulation 2017/565.

 

For a quick registration, you need to submit the data in accordance with the specifications below.

SpecificationDescription
Specification File typeDescription Comma Separated Values file
Specification File extensionDescription .CSV
Specification File nameDescription [company name (max 10 characters), yyyy-mm-dd, serial number of notification]
Specification Delimiter in CSV fileDescription ; (semi-colon)
Specification Text qualifier in CSV fileDescription "

The file must always contain the fields that are listed in the table below. In addition, the fields must be processed in the same order and according to an identical notation, including punctuation, upper case and lower case letters.

 Order Field name DescriptionRequired value + designation Maximum length 
 Order 1 Field name LEI_NR Description Lei NumberRequired value + designation  YesMaximum length  20 characters
 Order 2 Field name KVK_NR Description Your company's Chamber of Commerce no.Required value + designation  YesMaximum length  8 figures
 Order 3 Field nameMIC_CODE
 Description Segment MIC if available
Required value + designation  YesMaximum length  5 characters 
 Order 4 Field name ONDERNEMING_NAAM Description Your company's nameRequired value + designation  YesMaximum length  50 characters
 Order 5 Field name MIFIR_ID Description MiFiR IdentifierRequired value + designation 

For the identification of the instruments for which the company is SI

Yes, selection from one of the following values:
SHRS, ETFS, DPRS, CRFT, OTHR, SDRV, SFPS, BOND, ETCS, ETNS, EMAL, DERV

Maximum length  4 characters
 Order 6 Field name SI_ID Description SI IdentifierRequired value + designation 

Yes - free text field that can be used to identifyat the most granular level for which instruments the company is SI So isin for equity, issuer for bonds, class for derivatives

Only include the instruments in which the SI is doing transactions smaller than Standard Market Size (SMS)

Maximum length  50 characters
 Order 7 Field name FINSTR_AUTHORISATION_ACTION Description ‘A’ for authorization, ‘W’ for withdrawal of registration.Required value + designation YesMaximum length  1 character

The notification must:

  • within 24 hours of exceeding the SI threshold value
  • in the aforementioned format
  • as annex to the email message
  • be sent to SI-register@afm.nl
  • with the subject being: 'mutation SI-status'

Add 'SI-ID only' to the subject if the notification solely concerns a change in the SI-ID field and there is no change at MiFiR-ID level.

Based on the first notifications, we will provide feedback on the technical requirements and, if necessary, ask you to modify the file in accordance with the specification above.