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SECTION 11 Data availability

Article 23 Data availability mechanisms

An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain a description of the resources, methods and channels that the applicant uses to give access to the information in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Article 81 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and shall contain the following information:

  1. (a)

    a procedure to calculate the aggregate positions in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013, and a description of the resources, methods and channels that the trade repository will employ in order to facilitate access to the data contained therein to the public in accordance with Article 81(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and a description of the frequency of updates, along with a copy of any specific manuals and internal policies;

  2. (b)

    a description of the resources, methods and facilities that the trade repository employs in order to facilitate the access to its information to the relevant authorities in accordance with Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a log of IT issues at the trade repositories that impact the quality of the data provided,1 the frequency of the update and the controls and verifications that the trade repository may establish for the access filtering process, along with a copy of any specific manuals and internal procedures;

  3. (c)

    a procedure and a description of the resources, methods and channels that the trade repository employs in order to facilitate the timely structured and comprehensive collection of data from counterparties, the access to its information to counterparties to derivatives in accordance with Article 80(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, along with a copy of the specific manuals and internal policies.

Article 23a Direct and immediate access to data by authorities

An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain information on the following:

  1. (a)

    the terms and conditions under which the authorities referred to in Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 are given direct and immediate access to the details of derivatives maintained at the trade repository in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013;

  2. (b)

    the procedure under which the authorities referred to in point (a) are given direct and immediate access to the details of derivatives contracts maintained at the trade repository in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013;

  3. (c)

    the procedure to ensure the integrity of the data accessed by those authorities.

Article 24 Verification of the accuracy and completeness of the application

  1. (1)

    Any information submitted to the FCA during the registration process shall be accompanied by a letter signed by a member of the board of the trade repository and of the senior management, attesting that the submitted information is accurate and complete to the best of their knowledge, as of the date of that submission.

  2. (2)

    The information shall also be accompanied, where relevant, with the relevant corporate legal documentation certifying the accuracy of the data.

Article 25 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.