Where a market sounding involves the disclosure of inside information, the disclosing market participant will be considered to be acting within the normal course of his employment, profession or duties where, at the time of making the disclosure, he informs and receives the consent of the person to whom the disclosure is made that he may be given inside information; that he will be restricted by the provisions of this Regulation from trading or acting on that information; that reasonable steps must be taken to protect the ongoing confidentiality of the information; and that he must inform the disclosing market participant of the identities of all natural and legal persons to whom the information is disclosed in the course of developing a response to the market sounding.
I gcás ina mbeidh nochtadh faisnéise ón taobh istigh i gceist le sondáil mhargaidh, ba cheart a mheas go bhfuil an rannpháirtí nochta-mhargaidh ag gníomhú laistigh de ghnáthfheidhmiú a fhostaíochta, a ghairme nó a dhualgais, más rud é, an tráth a dhéantar an nochtadh, go gcuirfidh sé in iúl don duine agus go bhfaighidh sé toiliú an duine dá ndéantar an nochtadh go bhféadfaidh sé faisnéis ón taobh istigh a thabhairt; go mbeidh sé srianta le forálacha an Rialacháin seo ó thrádáil nó ó ghníomhú ar an bhfaisnéis sin; go gcaithfear bearta réasúnacha a dhéanamh chun rúndacht leanúnach na faisnéise a chosaint; agus go gcaithfidh sé a chur in iúl don rannpháirtí nochta-mhargaidh faoi chéannacht gach duine nádúrtha agus dhlítheanaigh dá nochtfar an fhaisnéis i gcúrsa freagra ar an tsondáil mhargaidh a fhorbairt.