Article 16 Development, validation, review and disclosure of rating methodologies

A credit rating agency shall provide the FCA, for each class of credit rating, with a high-level description of the range of core models and methodologies used to determine credit ratings.

A credit rating agency shall provide the FCA with the following information regarding its policies and procedures:

1. (a)

   information regarding the development, validation and review of its rating methodologies, including at least the information set out in point 1 of Annex VII;

2. (b)

   information regarding the disclosure of the credit methodologies and descriptions of models and key rating assumptions used in its credit rating activities as set out in point 5 of Part I of Section E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009.