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Article 2 Procedure for updates of Legal Entity Identifiers

1. A trade repository to which a request under Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860 is addressed shall identify the outstanding derivatives referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860 at the time of the corporate restructuring event, where the entity is reported with the identifier used before the corporate restructuring event in the field 'Counterparty 1' or 'Counterparty 2', as informed in the relevant request. It shall replace the old identifier with the new Legal Entity Identifier ('LEI') in the reports relating to all those derivatives at the time of the event referred to in Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860 pertaining to that counterparty. A trade repository shall perform the procedure on the update of the identifier at the latest on the day of restructuring or within 30 calendar days as of receipt of the request if reported less than 30 calendar days prior to the date of the corporate restructuring event.

2. A trade repository shall identify the relevant derivatives referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1860 at the time of the corporate restructuring event, where the entity is identified with the old identifier in any of the fields, and replace that identifier with the new LEI. Where a corporate restructuring event relates to an update of the LEI for fields other than 'Counterparty 1' or 'Counterparty 2', the trade repository shall perform such an update of the relevant derivatives only following a timely confirmation by counterparty 1 or the entity responsible for reporting.

3. A trade repository shall carry out the following actions: