COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) YYYY/XXX

of laying down draft regulatory technical standards amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 with regard to operational standards for aggregation and comparison of data and on terms and conditions for granting access to data

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories [OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 1.], and in particular Article 81(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In order to enable the effective and efficient comparison and aggregation of data across trade repositories, XML format templates and XML messages developed in accordance with ISO 20022 methodology should be used for access to data and for communication between the entities referred to in Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and the trade repositories. This should not exclude the possibility that trade repositories and the relevant entities may agree amongst themselves to provide access or to communicate using a different format in addition to XML.

(2) The trade repositories should ensure that the details of derivatives which are included in the relevant reports for the entities listed in Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 provided in XML format and a template developed in accordance with ISO 20022 methodology ISO 20022 include the same information as the ones provided to the counterparties, entities responsible for reporting and report submitting entities, as applicable.