483. Article 1(1) of the RTS on reporting provides that "Reports to trade repositories made pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall include the complete and accurate details set out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of the Annex that pertain to the derivative concerned." The use cases included in sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 do not necessarily include all the fields that pertain to the derivative concerned, but they focus on specific sections of data fields in order to provide more granular and detailed guidance on the reporting without any unnecessary repetition or inclusion of other data elements.

484. The validation rules contain the complete guidance on applicable fields per action type and level, as well as the relevant dependencies.

485. The following sections include various scenarios and corresponding tables clarifying how these scenarios should be reported. Each table shows the reporting fields under the ITS on reporting. The column 'Field' shows each field name, and the column 'Example' provides an example of what would be included in that field. The final column entitled 'XML Message' shows the format of the XML message which should be submitted in the report.

486. Unless otherwise stated in the specific scenario, the following background information applies to all scenarios set out in section 6: