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# Article 2 — Information to be provided to ESMA for the recognition of a CCP

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013 · binding · OJ L 52, 23.2.2013 · dated 19 Dec 2012 [in force]**

*In force · Consolidated version of 7 March 2024 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0153-20240307)*

An application for recognition submitted by a CCP established in a third country shall contain at least the following information:

<a id="art-2-p-a"></a>**(a)** full name of the legal entity;

<a id="art-2-p-b"></a>**(b)** identities of the shareholders or members with qualifying holdings;

<a id="art-2-p-c"></a>**(c)** a list of the Member States in which it intends to provide services;

<a id="art-2-p-d"></a>**(d)** classes of financial instruments cleared;

<a id="art-2-p-e"></a>**(e)** details to be included in the ESMA website in accordance with [Article 88(1)](../../articles/88.md)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

<a id="art-2-p-f"></a>**(f)** details of its financial resources, the form and methods in which they are maintained and the arrangements to secure them including default management procedures;

<a id="art-2-p-g"></a>**(g)** details on the margin methodology and for the calculation of the default fund;

<a id="art-2-p-h"></a>**(h)** a list of the eligible collateral;

<a id="art-2-p-i"></a>**(i)** a breakdown of values, in prospective form if needed, cleared by the applying CCP by each Union currency cleared;

<a id="art-2-p-j"></a>**(j)** results of the stress tests and back tests performed during the year preceding the date of application;

<a id="art-2-p-k"></a>**(k)** its rules and internal procedures with evidences of full compliance with the requirements applicable in that third country;

<a id="art-2-p-l"></a>**(l)** details of any outsourcing arrangements;

<a id="art-2-p-m"></a>**(m)** details on segregation arrangements and respective legal soundness and enforceability;

<a id="art-2-p-n"></a>**(n)** details on the CCP’s access requirements and terms for suspension and termination of membership;

<a id="art-2-p-o"></a>**(o)** details of any interoperability arrangement, including the information provided to the third country competent authority for the purpose of assessing the arrangement.

**CHAPTER III — ORGANISATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ([Article 26](../../articles/26.md) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012)**