Države članice morajo zahtevati, da investicijska podjetja sprejmejo vse primerne ukrepe za prepoznavanje nasprotij interesov med njimi, vključno z njihovimi poslovodji, zaposlenimi in vezanimi zastopniki, ali katero koli osebo, ki je z njimi neposredno ali posredno povezana prek obvladovanja, in njihovimi strankami ali med eno stranko in drugo, do katerega pride pri opravljanju katere koli investicijske ali pomožne storitve ali njune kombinacije.
Member States shall require investment firms to take all reasonable steps to identify conflicts of interest between themselves, including their managers, employees and tied agents, or any person directly or indirectly linked to them by control and their clients or between one client and another that arise in the course of providing any investment and ancillary services, or combinations thereof.