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Article 8 - Owners and parent undertaking of a credit rating agency

Article 8

Owners and parent undertaking of a credit rating agency

1.   A credit rating agency shall provide ESMA with:

(a)

a list of each person who directly or indirectly holds 5 % or more of the credit rating agency’s capital or of voting rights or whose holding makes it possible to exercise a significant influence over the management of the credit rating agency;

(b)

the information set out in points 1 and 2 of Annex III in relation to each such person.

2.   A credit rating agency shall also provide the following information to ESMA:

(a)

a list of any undertakings in which a person referred to in paragraph 1 holds 5 % or more of the capital or voting rights or over whose management that person exercises a significant influence;

(b)

an identification of their business activity referred to in point 3 of Annex III.

3.   Where a credit rating agency has a parent undertaking, it shall:

(a)

identify the country where the parent undertaking is established;

(b)

indicate whether the parent undertaking is authorised or registered and subject to supervision.