THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 [OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 1.], and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 settlement internalisers and competent authorities are to report and transmit information on internalised settlements using standard forms, templates and procedures. Standard forms, templates and procedures also need to be used when competent authorities inform the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on any potential risk resulting from the settlement activity.

(2) In order to facilitate the implementation of the procedures and processes related to the reporting requirements on internalised settlements across market participants and to minimise the associated costs, the information should be provided using codes specified in standards published by the International Organisation for Standardisation where such codes are available.

(3) In order to facilitate the processing of large volumes of data in a consistent and efficient manner, reports should be transmitted in a machine readable format.