1.   By 7 December 2012, the Commission shall make an assessment of the application of this Regulation, including an assessment of the reliance on credit ratings in the Community, the impact on the level of concentration in the credit rating market, the cost and benefit of impacts of the Regulation and of the appropriateness of the remuneration of the credit rating agency by the rated entity (issuer-pays model), and submit a report thereon to the European Parliament and the Council.

2.   By 7 December 2010, the Commission shall, in the light of discussions with the competent authorities, assess the application of Title III of this Regulation, in particular of the cooperation of the competent authorities, the legal status of CESR and supervisory practices. The Commission shall present a report on those matters to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for a review of that Title.

That report shall include a reference to the Commission proposal of 12 November 2008 for a regulation on credit rating agencies and to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament of 23 March 2009 relating to that proposal.

3.   By 7 December 2010, the Commission shall, in the light of developments in the regulatory and supervisory framework for credit rating agencies in third countries, present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council concerning the effects of those developments and of the transitional provisions referred to in Article 40 on the stability of financial markets in the Community.