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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2/annex-I/part-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies make available to the European Securities and Markets Authority (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2",
  "path": "annex/I/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "LIST OF FIELDS FOR THE QUALITATIVE DATA FILE",
  "text": "Table 1\nCRA identification and methodology description\nThis table shall include the elements that provide the identification of the reporting credit rating agency including the legal identification, methodology and policies used.\nThis table shall contain one line for each reporting credit rating agency.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nCRA identifier\nCode used to identify the reporting credit rating agency. It is provided by ESMA upon registration or certification.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n2\nReporting CRA Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)\nLEI code of the credit rating agency sending the file.\nMandatory.\nISO 17442\nPublic\n3\nCRA name\nName used to identify the credit rating agency. It shall correspond to the name used by the credit rating agency in the registration process and all other supervisory procedures within ESMA. Where one member of a group of credit rating agencies reports for the whole group it shall be the name referring to the group of credit rating agencies.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n4\nCRA Description\nBrief description of the credit rating agency.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n5\nCRA Methodology\nDescription of the credit rating agency’s rating methodology. The credit rating agency can describe unique features of its rating methodology.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n6\nLink to CRA website methodology page\nThe link to the credit rating agency’s web page that contains all information related to the methodologies, and descriptions of models and key rating assumptions.\nMandatory.\nValid web page reference.\nPublic\n7\nSolicited and unsolicited ratings policies\nDescription of the credit rating agency’s policy on solicited and unsolicited with or without participation ratings. If more than one policy exists, the relevant rating types applicable to each policy shall be specified.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n8\nSubsidiary ratings policy\nDescription of policy regarding the reporting of the rating of subsidiaries.\nMandatory.\nApplicable for credit rating agencies issuing corporate ratings.\nPublic\n9\nGeographical reporting scope\nIn the case of a credit rating agency part of a group, they should mention whether they report all the ratings issued by the group (global scope) or not (only the EU and endorsed ratings). Where the coverage is not global, the credit rating agency shall explain why not. For all other CRAs it should be reported as ‘global’ (‘Y’).\nMandatory.\nY — yes\nN — no\nPublic\n10\nReason for non-global scope\nThe reason why a credit rating agency which is part of a group, does not report all the ratings of the group.\nMandatory.\nApplicable when ‘Geographical reporting scope’ = ‘N’\nPublic\n11\nDefinition of default\nDescribes the definition of default used by the credit rating agency.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n12\nWebsite link\nLink to the home page of credit rating agency’s public website.\nMandatory.\nValid web page reference.\nPublic\nTable 2\nIssuer rating types list\nThis table shall be completed where the credit rating agency is issuing issuer credit ratings. The table shall have one line for each type of rating that is issued by the credit rating agency at issuer level.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nIssuer rating type identifier\nUnique identifier for each issuer rating type that a rated entity can be assessed on.\nMandatory.\nApplicable if the credit rating agency is issuing issuer ratings.\nTechnical\n2\nIssuer rating type name\nName of the issuer rating category.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n3\nIssuer rating type description\nDescription of the rated debt category.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n4\nIssuer rating type standard\nThis should distinguish the types of issuer ratings in: the main/global issuer credit rating, the debt rating type (the different categories will be described in Table 2, Part 2, Annex 1) and all other issuer debt ratings.\nMandatory.\nIR — Main issuer rating\nDT — Debt rating\nOT — Other\nTechnical\nTable 3\nDebt categories list\nThis table shall be completed where the credit rating agency is rating debt categories or debt issues/instruments (such as senior unsecured debt, subordinated unsecured debt, junior subordinated unsecured debt). The table shall have one line for each type of debt.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nRated debt classification identifier\nUnique identifier for each debt category used for classifying the corporate and sovereign issuer debt categories or debt issues.\nMandatory.\nApplicable if the rating agency is rating corporate or sovereign debt categories\nTechnical\n2\nRated debt classification name\nName of the rated debt category.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n3\nRated debt classification description\nDescription of the rated debt category.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n4\nSeniority\nIdentifies the seniority of the debt class of the rated issuer or issue.\nOptional.\nSEU — in case the rated issuer debt or the issue belongs to the senior unsecured debt category\nSEO — in case the rated issuer or the issue belongs to a senior debt category other than SEU\nSB — in case the issuer debt or the issue belongs to a subordinated debt category.\nTechnical\nTable 4\nIssue/programme types list\nThis table shall be completed where the credit rating agency is rating debt issues/financial instruments.. The credit rating agency shall list all issue types or programmes under which the debts are issued, (such as note, medium term note, bonds, commercial paper). The table shall have one line for each such programme or issue type.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nIssue/programme type identifier\nUnique identifier for each issue/programme used for classifying the issue ratings.\nMandatory.\nApplicable if the credit rating agency is rating corporate or sovereign issues.\nTechnical\n2\nIssue/programme type name\nIssue/programme name.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n3\nIssue/programme type description\nIssue/programme description.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\nTable 5\nLead analysts list\nThis table shall contain a list of all the lead analysts that operate in the Union. If a lead analyst worked in different time periods as a lead analyst (with time gaps in between) then the lead analyst should be reported in the table multiple times: one for each lead analyst appointment period. The start and end date of allocation to the function shall not overlap for the same lead analyst. The table shall contain one line for each lead analyst and distinct function period.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nLead analyst internal identifier\nInternal unique identifiers of the staff member who is appointed in the analyst function by the credit rating agency.\nMandatory.\nSupervision only\n2\nLead analyst name\nLead analyst full name.\nMandatory.\nSupervision only\n3\nLead analyst start date\nThe start date of the staff member in the lead analyst function.\nMandatory.\nISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD)\nSupervision only\n4\nLead analyst end date\nThe end date of the staff member in the lead analyst function If the staff member is currently working in the lead analyst function, it should be reported as 9999-01-01.\nMandatory.\nISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD) or 9999-01-01\nSupervision only\nTable 6\nRating scale\nThis table shall contain the description of all the credit rating scales used by the credit rating agencies for issuing credit ratings to be reported under this Regulation. The credit rating agencies shall report one line for each credit rating scale. For each credit rating scale reported, information about one or more rating categories can be reported in the ‘Categories’ sub-table and about one or more notches can be reported in the ‘Notches’ sub-report.\nNo\nField name\nDescription\nType\nStandard\nScope\n1\nRating scale identifier\nIdentifies uniquely a specific rating scale of the credit rating agency.\nMandatory.\nTechnical\n2\nRating scale validity start date\nThe date at which the rating scale starts being valid.\nMandatory.\nISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD)\nPublic\n3\nRating scale validity end date\nThe last date when a rating scale is valid. For the rating scale that re currently valid, it should be reported as 9999-01-01.\nMandatory.\nISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD) or 9999-01-01\nPublic\n4\nDescription of the rating scale\nDescription of the type of ratings included in the scale, including the geographical scope where relevant.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n5\nTime horizon\nIdentifies the applicability of the rating scale based on the time horizon.\nMandatory.\nL — where the rating scale is applicable to long-term ratings\nS – where the rating scale is applicable to short-term ratings\nPublic\n6\nRating type\nIdentifies the applicability of the rating scale based on the rating type.\nMandatory.\nC — where the rating scale is applicable to corporate ratings\nS — where the rating scale is applicable to sovereign & public finance ratings\nT — where the rating scale is applicable to structured finance ratings\nO – where the rating scale is applicable to other financial instruments\nPublic\n7\nRating scale scope\nSpecifies if the rating scale is used for issuing preliminary ratings, final ratings or both.\nMandatory.\nPR — rating scale is used for issuing preliminary ratings only\nFR — rating scale is used for issuing final ratings only\nBT — rating scale is used for issuing preliminary and final ratings\nPublic\n8\nRating scale used for CEREP\nIndicates if the rating is to be used by ESMA for the central repository (CEREP) statistics calculations.\nFor any given period, only one rating scale per combination of rating type and time horizon can be used.\nMandatory.\nY — yes\nN — no\nTechnical\n9\nCategories\nRating category value\nOrder of the rating category in the rating scale (where 1 is correspondent to the category that represents the best creditworthiness).\nMandatory.\nThe ordinal is an integer value with minimum value 1 and a maximum value of 20. The declaration of the rating categories values must be consecutive. There must be as a minimum one rating category for each rating.\nPublic\n10\nRating category label\nIdentifies a specific rating category within the rating scale.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n11\nRating category description\nDefinition of the rating category in the rating scale.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n12\nNotches\nNotch value\nOrder of the notch in the rating scale (where 1 is correspondent to the notch that represents the best creditworthiness).\nMandatory.\nThe notch value is an integer with minimum value 1 and a maximum value of 99. Values provided must be consecutive. There must be as a minimum one rating notch for each rating.\nPublic\n13\nNotch label\nIdentifies a specific notch within the rating scale. Notches provide additional detail to the rating category.\nMandatory.\nPublic\n14\nNotch description\nDescription of the notch in the rating scale.\nMandatory.\nPublic",
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