| 1The reports of transactions in financial instrument shall be made in an electronic form except under exceptional circumstances, when they may be made in a medium which allows for the storing of the information in a way accessible for future reference by the competent authorities other than an electronic form, and the methods by which those reports are made shall satisfy the following conditions: |
| (a) | they ensure the safety and confidentiality of the data reported; |
| (b) | they incorporate mechanisms for identifying and correcting errors in a transaction report; |
| (c) | they incorporate mechanisms for authenticating the source of the transaction report; |
| (d) | they include appropriate precautionary measures to enable the timely resumption of reporting in the case of system failure; |
| (e) | they are capable of reporting the information required under Article 13 of the MiFID Regulation in the format specified in SUP 17 Annex 1 EU required by the FSA and in accordance with this paragraph, within the time-limits set out in SUP 17.2.7 R. |
| [Note: article 12(1) of the MiFID Regulation] |