CHAPTER XII

CSD LINKS

(Article 48(3), (5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014)

Reconciliation procedures for linked CSDs
Article 86
1
The reconciliation procedures referred to in Article 48(6) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 shall include the following measures:
a
the receiving CSD shall transmit to the requesting CSD daily statements with information specifying the following, per securities account and per securities issue:
1. the aggregated opening balance;
2. the individual movements during the day;
3. the aggregated closing balance;
b
the requesting CSD shall conduct a daily comparison of the opening balance and the closing balance communicated to it by the receiving CSD or by the intermediary with the records maintained by the requesting CSD itself.
In the case of an indirect link, the daily statements referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph shall be transmitted through the intermediary referred to point (a) of Article 85(1).
2
Where a CSD suspends a securities issue for settlement in accordance with Article 65(2), all CSDs that are participants of or have an indirect link with that CSD, including in the case of interoperable links, shall subsequently suspend the securities issue for settlement.
Where intermediaries are involved in the operation of CSD links, those intermediaries shall establish appropriate contractual arrangements with the CSDs concerned in order to ensure compliance with the first subparagraph.
3
In the event of a corporate action that reduces the balances of securities accounts held by an investor CSD with another CSD, settlement instructions in the relevant securities issues shall not be processed by the investor CSD until the corporate action has been fully processed by the other CSD.
In the event of a corporate action that reduces the balances of securities accounts held by an investor CSD with another CSD, the investor CSD shall not update the securities accounts that it maintains to reflect the corporate action until the corporate action has been fully processed by the other CSD.
An issuer CSD shall ensure the timely transmission to all its participants, including investor CSDs, of information on the processing of corporate actions for a specific securities issue. The investor CSDs shall in turn transmit the information to their participants. That transmission shall include all necessary information for investor CSDs to adequately reflect the outcome of those corporate actions in the securities accounts they maintain.