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Version date: 15 March 2013 - onwards
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Article 2 Information to be provided to ESMA for the recognition of a CCP

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;