Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1857 of 10 June 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 as regards the details of the applications for registration as a trade repository and for applications for extension of registration as a trade repository (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories ¹, and in particular Article 56(3), third subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 ² specifies the details of the application for registration as a trade repository.

• (2) Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2019/834 of the European Parliament and of the Council ³, trade repositories are required to have in place the procedures for the reconciliation of data between trade repositories and procedures to verify the compliance with the reporting requirements by the reporting counterparty or submitting entity and to verify the completeness and correctness of the data reported. To ensure that the European Securities and Markets Authority has the relevant information allowing it to verify that a trade repository complies with those requirements when assessing the application for registration of a trade repository, trade repositories should be required to provide information regarding the procedures they have put in place for the authentication of the identity of the users accessing the data, provision of feedback to relevant entities on the authorization of the report submitting entity, verification of the completeness and correctness of the data, reconciliation and the outcomes of the reconciliation process, for the provision of a warning feedback to submitting entities and for changing legal entity identifiers, in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858 ⁴.

• (3) To ensure that the trade repositories meet the highest regulatory standards, additional rules need to be introduced with regard to the information to be provided on the procedures on portability, on the IT issues that impact the quality of the data and with regard to the reporting log.

• (4) Details of a simplified application for the extension of registration should be established to allow the trade repositories already registered under Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁵ to have their registration extended under Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. To avoid any duplication of requirements, the trade repositories applying for an extension of registration should only be required to provide information on the adaptations to their systems, processes and resources necessary to ensure they comply with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.

• (5) The payment of the applicable fees by trade repositories when submitting the application for registration or for extension of registration as a trade repository is essential to cover the expenses of European Securities and Markets Authority relating to that registration or extension of registration. The proof of payment should therefore be included in the application.

• (6) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (7) This Regulation is based on the draft regulatory technical standards submitted to the Commission by the European Securities and Markets Authority.

• (8) The European Securities and Markets Authority has conducted open public consultations on the draft regulatory technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁶.

• (9) To enable trade repositories to take all necessary actions to adapt to the changes to the requirements regarding the information on verification of completeness and correctness of data introduced by this Regulation, the date of application of those provisions should be deferred,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 19 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 19

Verification of completeness and correctness of data

An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain the following information:

• (a) procedures for the authentication of the identity of the users accessing the trade repository in accordance with Article 1(1)(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858[^ntr*1-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0007];

• (b) procedures for the verification of the compliance of the XML template used to report derivatives to the trade repository with the ISO 20022 methodology in accordance with Article 1(1)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (c) procedures for the verification of the authorisation of the entity reporting on behalf of the reporting counterparty in accordance with Article 1(1)(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (d) procedures for verification that the logical sequence of the details of the reported derivatives is maintained at all times in accordance with Article 1(1) points (d)-(k) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (e) procedures for the verification of the completeness and correctness of the details of the reported derivatives in accordance with Article 1(1), point (l) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (f) procedures for the reconciliation of data in accordance with Article 3(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (g) procedures for the provision of feedback to the counterparties to the derivatives, entities responsible for reporting or the third parties reporting on their behalf, on the verifications performed under points (a) to (e) in accordance with Articles 1(3) and 4(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858 and the outcomes of the reconciliation process under point (f) in accordance with Articles 3(5) and 4(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (h) procedures for the provision of warning feedback to the counterparties to the derivatives, entities responsible for reporting or the third parties reporting on their behalf, on the verifications performed in accordance with paragraphs 1(e) to 1(g) of Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858;

• (i) procedures for updates of legal entity identifiers in accordance with Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858.

[^ntr*1-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0007]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1858 of 10 June 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the procedures for the reconciliation of data between trade repositories and the procedures to be applied by the trade repository to verify the compliance by the reporting counterparty or submitting entity with the reporting requirements and to verify the completeness and correctness of the data reported (OJ L 262, 7.10.2022, p. 46).’;"

• (2) Article 21, paragraph (2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.   An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain the procedures to ensure the orderly substitution of the original trade repository where requested by a reporting counterparty, an entity responsible for reporting, or by a third party reporting on behalf of non-reporting counterparties, or where such substitution is the result of a withdrawal of registration, and shall include the procedures for the transfer of data and the redirection of reporting flows to another trade repository.’;

• (3) in Article 22(1), point (b) is replaced by the following:

• ‘(b) a record-keeping of all reported information relating to the conclusion, modification or termination of a derivative contract in a reporting log identifying the person or persons that requested the action, including the trade repository itself if applicable, the reasons for such action, the date and time of the action and the old and new data as set out in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860[^ntr*2-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0008];

[^ntr*2-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0008]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860 of 10 June 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the standards, formats, frequency and methods and arrangements for reporting (OJ L L262, 7.10.2022, p. 68).’;"

• (4) in Article 23, point (b) is replaced by the following:

• ‘(b) a description of the resources, methods and facilities that the trade repository employs in order to facilitate the access to data on the details of derivative contracts to the relevant authorities in accordance with Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a log listing IT issues at the trade repositories that impact the quality of the data made available to the relevant authorities in accordance with Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the frequency of the update and the controls and verifications that the trade repository may establish for the access filtering process, along with a copy of any specific manuals and internal procedures;’;

• (5) the following title of Chapter 2 is inserted after Article 23a:

‘CHAPTER 2

EXTENSION OF REGISTRATION ’;

• (6) the following Article 23b is inserted:

‘Article 23b

Extension of registration

The application for an extension of an existing registration under Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr*3-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0009] shall contain the information specified in Article 1, except paragraph 2, point (k), Articles 2 and 5, Article 7, except paragraph 2, point (d), Article 8(b), Article 9(1), points (b) and (e), Article 11, Article 12(2), Article 13, Article 14(2), Article 15, Article 16, except point (c), Articles 17 to 23a and Article 23c.

[^ntr*3-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0009]: Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 1).’;"

• (7) the following title of Chapter 3 is inserted after Article 23b:

‘CHAPTER 3

FEES AND VERIFICATION ’;

• (8) the following Article 23c is inserted:

‘Article 23c

Payment of fees

An application for registration or for extension of registration as a trade repository shall include a proof of payment of the relevant registration or extension of registration fees as established in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1003/2013[^ntr*4-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0010].

[^ntr*4-L_2022262EN.01004101-E0010]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1003/2013 of 12 July 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to fees charged by the European Securities and Markets Authority to trade repositories (OJ L 279, 19.10.2013, p. 4).’;"

• (9) in Article 24, paragraph (1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Any information submitted to ESMA during the registration or extension of registration process shall be accompanied by a letter signed by a member of the board of the trade repository and of the senior management, attesting that the submitted information is accurate and complete to the best of their knowledge, as of the date of that submission.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1 (1) shall apply from 29 April 2024.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN