In forceTrading venues: levy data (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Trading venue turnover data for BaFin levies (HPU, Umlage)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin), Germany.

Domestic trading venues and exchanges give BaFin turnover data so it can set the levy and advance payments for financial reporting enforcement (section 17d(2) FinDAG) and the issuer levy (section 16j(5) sentence 4 FinDAG). Source

Official title: Handelsplatzumsätze (Umlage)

The facts

Who files
Domestic trading venues and stock exchanges, when BaFin's division Z II 2 asks them. Source
How often
For each levy year, on BaFin's request. Source
Deadline
Not stated on the page or in the information sheet; BaFin requests the data. Source
Format
XML. XML to BaFin's XSD, turnover per ISIN in euro with two decimals, compressed with GZIP; for the enforcement levy the file name HPU_BilKoG_<name>.gz is mandatory. Source
Status
In force
Group
Trading venues: levy data (national)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No form: the content is defined by the XSD. Source

Validation rules

The BaFin publishes the checks it runs on this return. They could not be counted from the published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: XML Schema (XSD).

The rules, on bafin.de

How they were counted

Not counted: the published rule is the XSD schema.

Counts are in the BaFin's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

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.

  • Informationsblatt zum Fachverfahren Handelsplatzumsätze (Umlage)

    Filing rules · HTML · 28 May 2026

    Trading venues report turnover data so BaFin can set the financial reporting enforcement levy and the issuer levy.

  • Informationsblatt zum Fachverfahren Handelsplatzumsätze (Umlage)

    Filing rules · DOCX · 408.7 KB · 28 September 2020

    Data request by BaFin division Z II 2, XML to the XSD compressed with GZIP, file name HPU_BilKoG_<name>.gz for the enforcement levy, turnover per ISIN in euro.

    SHA-256 01c27f66d00bshow in full01c27f66d00bef097f0b6f0ffbda32cd289138e004002a2a72df8b4eab7c6f47
  • XML-Spezifikation (XSD-Datei) Handelsplatzumsätze

    Schema · XML · 1.7 KB · 9 July 2020

    SHA-256 19e32d0fd151show in full19e32d0fd1514b649d4b879d7a1e9a618c806cb39d603c2395e0582800cff59a
  • 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 fullad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e

Sources

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

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Last checked 11 November 2026.