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 9(6), fourth subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1247/2012 [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1247/2012 of 19 December 2012 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the format and frequency of trade reports to trade repositories according to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (OJ L 352, 21.12.2012, p. 20).] has been substantially amended. Since further amendments would be needed in order to improve the clarity and coherence of the legal framework, including reporting requirements in other jurisdictions, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1247/2012 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.

(2) The details reported to trade repositories by the counterparties to derivatives should be submitted in a harmonised format in order to facilitate data collection, aggregation and comparison across trade repositories. Therefore, the format for each of the fields to be reported should be prescribed and reports should be standardised by reference to an ISO standard that is widely used in the financial industry.