MiFIR transaction reports (Art. 26 MiFIR)

The facts

Who files

Parties subject to the transaction reporting duty in Article 26 MiFIR, directly or through an approved reporting mechanism (ARM); an ARM needs BaFin approval, part of which is a technical connection to the test procedure. Source

How often

Submitted in aggregated packages for each day (BaFin's examples show one or more packages per day); BaFin does not allow single-report files or many small files a day. Source

Deadline

Not stated on BaFin's pages; set by Article 26 MiFIR. Source

Format

Other. Compressed GZIP files, at most 500,000 reports per transmission and 200 MB per manual upload, via the MVP procedure 'Transaktionsmeldungen nach Art. 26 MiFIR' by file upload or SOAP web service. The file content format is not stated on the pages read. Source

How it is filed

Filing routes recorded for the BaFin: MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform); Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal. See how firms file with the BaFin.

Status

In force

Group

Investment firms and trading venues: markets reporting (EU, ESMA)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

EU return: the templates and XML schemas are published by ESMA. The library has no ESMA entry yet, so none is linked. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not published. Source

Official documents (5)

The BaFin's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

• MVP-Portal

  List of returns · HTML

  BaFin's page on its reporting and publishing platform (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, MVP). It lists 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren) firms use to file with BaFin, with registration steps and manuals. Read in German; the English version lists only 18 of them.

• MVP Portal

  List of returns · HTML

  English version of the MVP Portal page. It lists 18 specialised procedures, fewer than the German page.

• Transaction reporting (Article 26 of the MiFIR)

  Filing rules · HTML · 29 May 2024

  MVP procedure for MiFIR transaction reports by firms or approved reporting mechanisms; limits of 500,000 reports per transmission and 200 MB per compressed GZIP upload.

• Information sheet on the specialised procedure Transaction reporting (Article 26 of the MiFIR)

  Filing rules · PDF · 80.4 KB · 28 May 2024

  Registration, test and live environments, aggregated daily submissions and ARM approval.

  SHA-256 eabea39f2152show in fullhide

  eabea39f215295d7092d26619a28ee257007ccabac673b13b7dbd6951d23b05c
• Benutzerhandbuch für das MVP Portal

  Guidance · PDF · 3.3 MB

  User manual for registering on the MVP Portal and applying for specialised procedures. Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

  SHA-256 ad770ad7df85show in fullhide

  ad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

• bafin.de/EN/unternehmen-maerkte/mvp-portal/26mifir/26mifir_node_en.html
• bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/dl_mvp-portal_infoblatt_transaktionsmeldungen_a26mifir_en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1

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