{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-449/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-449/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/449",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 449/2012 of 21 March 2012 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on information for registration and certification of credit rating agencies (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-449",
  "path": "article/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Fitness and appropriateness",
  "text": "1. A credit rating agency shall provide ESMA with the curriculum vitae, including employment history with relevant dates, identification of positions held and a description of the functions occupied, for each of the following:\n(a) members of senior management;\n(b) persons appointed to direct the business of the branches;\n(c) officers responsible for internal audit, internal control, compliance function, risk assessment and review function.\n2. A credit rating agency shall provide ESMA with the following information in respect of each member of its senior management:\n(a) a recent criminal-record file from the country of origin of the relevant person, unless the relevant national authorities do not issue such a file;\n(b) a self-declaration of their good repute including at least the statements set out in Annex VI and signed by the individual.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/449/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:25.461337+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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