1. Applications for registration as a trade repository and applications for extension of registration as a trade repository shall be submitted in the format set out in the Annex.

2. The trade repository shall give a unique reference number to each document it submits and shall clearly identify which specific requirement laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the application for registration as a trade repository (OJ L 52, 23.2.2013, p. 25).] the document refers to.

3. Where the trade repository does not submit information pertaining to a specific requirement laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013, the application for registration as a trade repository or the application for extension of registration as a trade repository, as applicable, shall clearly indicate the reasons why such information is not submitted.