(a)

outsourcing does not result in the delegation of its responsibility;

(b)

the relationship and obligations of the CCP towards its clearing members or, where relevant, towards their clients are not altered;

(c)

the conditions for authorisation of the CCP do not effectively change;

(d)

outsourcing does not prevent the exercise of supervisory and oversight functions, including on-site access to acquire any relevant information needed to fulfil those mandates;

(e)

outsourcing does not result in depriving the CCP from the necessary systems and controls to manage the risks it faces;

(f)

the service provider implements equivalent business continuity requirements to those that the CCP must fulfil under this Regulation;

(g)

the CCP retains the necessary expertise and resources to evaluate the quality of the services provided and the organisational and capital adequacy of the service provider, and to supervise the outsourced functions effectively and manage the risks associated with the outsourcing and supervises those functions and manages those risks on an ongoing basis;

(h)

the CCP has direct access to the relevant information of the outsourced functions;

(i)

the service provider cooperates with the competent authority in connection with the outsourced activities;

(j)

the service provider protects any confidential information relating to the CCP and its clearing members and clients or, where that service provider is established in a third country, ensures that the data protection standards of that third country, or those set out in the agreement between the parties concerned, are comparable to the data protection standards in effect in the Union.