# Article 1 — Procedure for submitting a request for comparable compliance **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1304 · binding · OJ L 305, 21.9.2020 · dated 14 Jul 2020 [in force]** *In force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1304, OJ L 305, 21.9.2020 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/1304/oj/eng)* 1. The reasoned request referred to in [Article 25a(1)](../../articles/25a.md) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall be submitted either within the deadline set by ESMA in the notification informing the third-country CCP that it is not considered to be a Tier 1 CCP or at any moment after a third-country CCP has been recognised by ESMA as a Tier 2 CCP in accordance with Article 25(2b). The Tier 2 CCP shall inform its competent authority of the submission referred to in the first subparagraph. 2. The reasoned request referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify: **(a)** the requirements for which the Tier 2 CCP requests comparable compliance; **(b)** the reasons why the Tier 2 CCP’s compliance with the applicable third-country framework satisfies compliance with the relevant requirements set out in [Article 16](../../articles/16.md) and Titles IV and V of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; **(c)** the way in which the Tier 2 CCP complies with any conditions set out for the application of the implementing act referred to in [Article 25(6)](../../articles/25.md) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. For the purposes of point (b), the Tier 2 CCP shall provide, where relevant, the evidence referred to in Article 5. 3. The Tier 2 CCP shall, at ESMA’s request, include in the reasoned request referred to in paragraph 1: **(a)** a statement from its competent authority confirming that the Tier 2 CCP is of good repute and standing; **(b)** where necessary, with regard to the requirements set out in [Article 16](../../articles/16.md) and Title V of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a translation of the relevant applicable third-country framework into a language commonly used in finance. 4. ESMA shall assess, within 30 working days of receipt of a reasoned request submitted in accordance with paragraph 1, whether that reasoned request is complete. ESMA shall set a deadline by which the Tier 2 CCP has to provide additional information where the request is incomplete. 5. ESMA shall decide whether to grant comparable compliance for the requirements included in the reasoned request within 90 working days from the receipt of a complete reasoned request submitted in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article. ESMA may postpone that decision where the reasoned request or the additional information referred to in paragraph 4 are not submitted in time and the assessment of that request could, as a result, delay ESMA’s decision on the recognition of the third-country CCP or the review of its recognition. 6. A Tier 2 CCP for which ESMA has not granted comparable compliance for one or more requirements may not submit a new reasoned request as referred to in paragraph 1 regarding those requirements, unless there has been a relevant change to the applicable third-country framework or to the way in which that CCP complies with that framework.