Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation lays down the rules which determine the information to be provided to ESMA by a credit rating agency in its application for:
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                               registration, as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009; or  | 
                        
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                               certification and for the assessment of its systemic importance to the financial stability or integrity of financial markets referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009.  |