# Article 1 — Format of the application **Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1248/2012 · binding · OJ L 352, 21.12.2012 · dated 19 Dec 2012 [in force]** *In force · Consolidated version of 27 October 2022 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02012R1248-20221027)* 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.