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# Article 15 — Extension of activities and services

*In force · Consolidated version of 17 January 2025 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 11 Oct 2026 ·* [*Official source*](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02012R0648-20250117)

1. A CCP that intends to extend its business to additional services or activities, including to non-financial instruments suitable to be centrally cleared at an authorised CCP, not covered by the existing authorisation shall submit an application for an extension of that authorisation to additional clearing services or activities in one or more classes of derivatives, securities, other financial instruments or non-financial instruments, to the CCP’s competent authority, unless such an extension of activities or services is exempted from authorisation under [Article 15a](/emir/articles/15a.md).

   The extension of authorisation shall be made in accordance with either the procedure set out in [Article 17](/emir/articles/17.md) or the procedure set out in [Article 17a](/emir/articles/17a.md), as applicable.
2. Where a CCP wishes to extend its business into a Member State other than that where it is established, the CCP’s competent authority shall immediately notify the competent authority of that other Member State.
3. ESMA, in close cooperation with the ESCB, shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify the lists of required documents that shall accompany an application for an extension of authorisation pursuant to paragraph 1 and to specify the information that such documents shall contain. The lists of required documents and information shall be relevant and proportionate to the nature of the extension of authorisation procedures referred in paragraph 1, with a view to demonstrating that the CCP meets all relevant requirements of this Regulation.

   ESMA shall submit the draft regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission by 25 December 2025.

   Power is delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.
4. ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to specify the electronic format of the application for an extension of the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to be submitted via the central database.

   ESMA shall submit the draft implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission by 25 December 2025.

   Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.

### Related Level 2 and Level 3

#### Guidance and Q\&A

* [ESMA/2016/1574 — Opinion — Common indicators under Article 15 and Article 49 \[published\]](/emir/level-3/opinions/esma-2016-1574-common-indicators-under-article-15-and-article-49.md)

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[Title III — Authorisation and supervision of CCPs](/emir/titles/iii.md) · [← Article 14](/emir/articles/14.md) · [Article 15a →](/emir/articles/15a.md)