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 Article 17(10), Article 22(11), Article 24(8), Article 29(4), Article 33(6), Article 49(6), Article 52(4), Article 53(5) and Article 55(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The provisions in this Regulation are closely linked, since they all deal with supervisory requirements involving central securities depositories (CSDs). To ensure coherence between those provisions, and to facilitate a compre­ hensive view and compact access to them by persons subject to those obligations, it is desirable to include all the implementing technical standards required by Article 17(10), Article 22(11), Article 24(8), Article 29(4), Article 33(6), Article 49(6), Article 52(4), Article 53(5) and Article 55(8) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 in a single Regulation.

(2) Any information submitted to the competent authority in a CSD's application for authorisation as well as for the purposes of review and evaluation should be provided in a durable medium.