Minimum obligations as regards the market making schemes
Article 6
1. Trading venues shall describe in their market making scheme the incentives and the requirements that must be met in terms of presence, size and spread by investment firms in order to access those incentives under: (a) normal trading conditions where the trading venue offers incentives under such conditions. (b) stressed market conditions, taking into account the additional risks under such conditions. 2. Trading venues shall set out the parameters to identify stressed market conditions in terms of significant short-term changes of price and volume. Trading venues shall consider the resumption of trading after volatility interruptions as stressed market conditions. 3. For the purposes of point (a) under paragraph 1, trading venues may in their market making schemes specify that incentives shall only be granted to the best performer or performers.