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 78(10) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) To ensure the high quality of the details of derivatives reported to trade repositories, trade repositories should verify the identity of the report submitting entities, the logical integrity of the sequence in which the details of the derivative are reported, and the completeness and correctness of those details.

(2) For the same reason, trade repositories should reconcile the details of each derivative report received where both counterparties have a reporting obligation. A standardised process should be specified to enable trade repositories to conduct reconciliation in a consistent manner and to reduce the risks of details of derivatives not being reconciled. Certain details of derivatives, however, might not be identical due to the specificities of the technology systems used by the entities submitting the report. Certain tolerances therefore need to be applied, so that minor differences in the reported details of derivatives do not prevent the authorities from analysing the data with an adequate level of confidence.