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# ANNEX III

**Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/988 · binding · OJ L 149, 13.6.2017 · dated 6 Jun 2017 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/988, OJ L 149, 13.6.2017 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/988/oj/eng)*

<a id="annex-iii"></a>Standard format for a response to a request for cooperation

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Reference number:
Date:
General information
FROM:
Member State:
Requested Authority:
Legal address:
(Contact details of the designated contact person)
Name:
Telephone:
Email:
TO:
Member State:
Requesting Authority:
Legal address:
(Contact details of the designated contact person)
Name:
Telephone:
Email:
Dear [insert appropriate name]
In accordance with Article 1(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/988 (1) your request dated [dd.mm.yyyy] with reference [insert request reference number] has been processed by us.
Information gathered
[If the information has been gathered, please set out the information here or provide an explanation of how it will be provided.]
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/988 of 6 June 2017 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to standard forms, templates and procedures for cooperation arrangements in respect of a trading venue whose operations are of substantial importance in a host Member State (OJ L 149, 13.6.2017, p. 3).

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The information provided is confidential and is disclosed to [insert name of the Requesting Authority] pursuant to the [insert provision of the applicable sectoral legislation] and on the basis that the information shall remain confidential in accordance with [insert provision of the applicable sectoral legislation].
The [insert name of the Requesting Authority] requirements of the [insert provision of the applicable sectoral legislation] with respect to confidentiality restrictions and the permissible uses of that information apply.
[Insert any other necessary confidentiality warnings or any necessary restrictions on the permissible uses of information (provided those restrictions are compliant with Union law)].
Yours sincerely,
[signature]