1.Applications for registration as a trade repository and applications for extension of registration as a trade repository shall be submitted in the format set out in the Annex.
2.The trade repository shall give a unique reference number to each document it submits and shall clearly identify which specific requirement laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013 the document refers to.
3.Where the trade repository does not submit information pertaining to a specific requirement laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 150/2013, the application for registration as a trade repository or the application for extension of registration as a trade repository, as applicable, shall clearly indicate the reasons why such information is not submitted.
4.Applications for registration as a trade repository and applications for extension of registration as a trade repository shall be submitted in a durable medium as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), point (m), of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.