CHAPTER III

AUTHORISATION OF CSDs

(Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014)
SECTION 1

General information on applicant CSDs

Identification and legal status of applicant CSDs
Article 4
1
An application for authorisation shall clearly identify the applicant CSD and the activities and services that it intends to carry out.
2
The application for authorisation shall include the following information:
a
contact details of the person responsible for the application;
b
contact details of the person or persons in charge of the applicant CSD's compliance and internal control function;
c
the corporate name of the applicant CSD, its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and registered address in the Union;
d
the memorandum and articles of association or other constitutional and statutory documentation of the applicant CSD;
e
an excerpt from the relevant commercial or court register, or other forms of certified evidence of the registered address and business activity of the applicant CSD that is valid at the date of the application;
f
the identification of the securities settlement systems that the applicant CSD operates or intends to operate;
g
a copy of the decision of the management body regarding the application and the minutes of the meeting in which the management body approved the application file and its submission;
h
a chart showing the ownership links between the parent undertaking, subsidiaries and any other associated entities or branches, wherein the entities shown in the chart are identified by their full corporate name, legal status, registered address, and tax numbers or company registration numbers;
i
a description of the business activities of the applicant CSD's subsidiaries and other legal persons in which the applicant CSD holds a participation, including information on the level of participation;
j
a list including:
1. the name of each person or entity who, directly or indirectly, holds 5 % or more of the applicant CSD's capital or voting rights;
2. the name of each person or entity that could exercise a significant influence over the applicant CSD's management due to its holding in the applicant CSD's capital;
k
a list including:
1. the name of each entity in which the applicant CSD holds 5 % or more of the entity's capital and voting rights;
2. the name of each entity over whose management the applicant CSD exercises significant influence;
l
a list of core services listed in Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 that the applicant CSD is providing or intends to provide;
m
a list of ancillary services explicitly specified in Section B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 that the applicant CSD is providing or intends to provide;
n
a list of any other ancillary services permitted under, but not explicitly specified under Section B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 that the applicant CSD is providing or intends to provide;
o
a list of the investment services subject to Directive 2014/65/EU referred to in point (n);
p
a list of services and activities that the applicant CSD outsources or intends to outsource to a third party in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
q
the currency or currencies that the applicant CSD processes, or intends to process in connection with services that the applicant CSD provides, irrespective of whether cash is settled on a central bank account, a CSD account, or an account at a designated credit institution;
r
information on any pending and final judicial, administrative, arbitration or any other legal proceedings to which the applicant CSD is a party and which may cause it financial or other costs.
3
Where the applicant CSD intends to provide core services or to set up a branch in accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the application for authorisation shall also include the following information:
a
the Member State or Member States in which the applicant CSD intends to operate;
b
a programme of operations stating in particular the services which the applicant CSD provides or intends to provide in the host Member State;
c
the currency or currencies that the applicant CSD processes or intends to process in the host Member State;
d
where the services are provided or intended to be provided through a branch, the organisational structure of the branch and the names of the persons responsible for its management;
e
where relevant, an assessment of the measures that the applicant CSD intends to take to allow its users to comply with the national laws referred to in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014.