# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on requirements for central counterparties (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Information to be provided to ESMA for the recognition of a CCP

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An application for recognition submitted by a CCP established in a third country shall contain at least the following information:
(a) full name of the legal entity;
(b) identities of the shareholders or members with qualifying holdings;
(c) a list of the Member States in which it intends to provide services;
(d) classes of financial instruments cleared;
(e) details to be included in the ESMA website in accordance with Article 88(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;
(f) details of its financial resources, the form and methods in which they are maintained and the arrangements to secure them including default management procedures;
(g) details on the margin methodology and for the calculation of the default fund;
(h) a list of the eligible collateral;
(i) a breakdown of values, in prospective form if needed, cleared by the applying CCP by each Union currency cleared;
(j) results of the stress tests and back tests performed during the year preceding the date of application;
(k) its rules and internal procedures with evidences of full compliance with the requirements applicable in that third country;
(l) details of any outsourcing arrangements;
(m) details on segregation arrangements and respective legal soundness and enforceability;
(n) details on the CCP’s access requirements and terms for suspension and termination of membership;
(o) details of any interoperability arrangement, including the information provided to the third country competent authority for the purpose of assessing the arrangement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/153/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-153/article-2
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