1. A trade repository shall establish and maintain the necessary technical arrangements to enable the entities listed in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 to connect with the trade repository using a secure machine-to-machine interface.

For the purpose of the first subparagraph, a trade repository shall use the SSH File Transfer Protocol and standardised XML messages developed in accordance with the ISO 20022 methodology to communicate through that interface.

2. A trade repository shall establish and maintain the necessary technical arrangements to enable the entities listed in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 to establish predefined periodic requests to access, in accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 3, details of SFTs, that are necessary for those entities to fulfil their responsibilities and mandates.

3. Upon request, a trade repository shall provide the entities listed in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 with access to any SFT falling under their responsibilities and mandates in accordance with Article 3, based on any combination of the following fields as referred to in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/363;

(a) reporting timestamp;

(b) reporting counterparty;

(c) other counterparty;