# The Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 4: Determination of an advance application


(1) The FCA must, before the end of a period of 40 working days beginning with the day on which the FCA confirms that an application is complete, take the following steps.
(2) The first step is that the FCA must consider the application based on compliance with—
(a) Article 5(2) of the SFT Regulation; and
(b) Article 12 of the SFT Regulation.
(3) The second step is that the FCA must decide whether the applicant should be registered as a trade repository or whether the application for registration should be rejected.
(4) The third step is that the FCA must notify the applicant of its decision under paragraph (3), and the reasons for that decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213614/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-securities-financing-transactions-securitisation-and-miscellaneous-amendments-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-4
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