CHAPTER XIV

AUTHORISATION TO PROVIDE BANKING TYPE OF ANCILLARY SERVICES

(Article 55(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014)

CSDs offering banking-type ancillary services themselves
Article 91
An application for authorisation in accordance to point (a) of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 shall include the following information:
1. a copy of the decision of the management body of the applicant CSD to apply for authorisation and the minutes from the meeting where the management body approved the content of the application file and its submission;
2. the contact details of the person responsible for the application for authorisation, where that person is not the one submitting the application for authorisation referred to under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
3. evidence that proves the existence of an authorisation referred to in point (a) of Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
4. evidence that the applicant CSD meets the prudential requirements referred to in Article 59(1), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 and the supervisory requirements referred to in Article 60 of that Regulation;
5. evidence, containing any relevant documents including articles of incorporation, financial statements, audit reports, reports from risk committees, which proves that the applicant CSD complies with point (d) of Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
6. details concerning the recovery plan referred to in point (f) of Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
7. a programme of operations that fulfils the following conditions:
  1. it includes a list of the banking-type ancillary services referred to in Section C of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 that the CSD intends to provide;
  2. it includes an explanation of how the banking-type ancillary services referred to in Section C of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 are directly related to any core or ancillary services referred to in Sections A and B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 that the CSD is authorised to provide;
  3. it is structured following the list of banking-type ancillary services referred to in Section C of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;
8. evidence supporting the reasons for not settling the cash payments of the CSD's securities settlement system through accounts opened with a central bank of issue of the currency of the country where the settlement takes place;
9. detailed information on the arrangements which ensure that the provision of banking-type ancillary services intended to be provided does not affect the smooth provision of the core CSD services referred to in Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, including:
  1. the IT platform used for the settlement of the cash leg of securities transactions, including an overview of the IT organisation and an analysis of the related risks and how they are mitigated;
  2. the operation and legal arrangements of the DVP process and, in particular, the procedures used to address the credit risk resulting from the settlement of the cash leg of securities transactions;
  3. the selection, monitoring, legal documentation and management of interconnections with any other third parties involved in the process of cash transfers, in particular the relevant arrangements with third parties involved in the process of cash transfers;
  4. the detailed analysis contained in the recovery plan of the applicant CSD of regarding any impact of the provision of banking-type ancillary services on the provision of core CSD services;
  5. the disclosure of possible conflicts of interests in the governance arrangements resulting from the provision of banking-type ancillary services, and the measures taken to address them.