Article 23
Data availability mechanisms
An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain a description of the resources, methods and channels that the applicant uses to give access to the information in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Article 81 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and shall contain the following information:
(a)
a procedure to calculate the aggregate positions in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 ( 5 ), and a description of the resources, methods and channels that the trade repository will employ in order to facilitate access to the data contained therein to the public in accordance with Article 81(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and a description of the frequency of updates, along with a copy of any specific manuals and internal policies;
(b)
a description of the resources, methods and facilities that the trade repository employs in order to facilitate the access to data on the details of derivative contracts to the relevant authorities in accordance with Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a log listing IT issues at the trade repositories that impact the quality of the data made available to the relevant authorities in accordance with Article 81(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the frequency of the update and the controls and verifications that the trade repository may establish for the access filtering process, along with a copy of any specific manuals and internal procedures;
(c)
a procedure and a description of the resources, methods and channels that the trade repository employs in order to facilitate the timely structured and comprehensive collection of data from counterparties, the access to its information to counterparties to derivatives in accordance with Article 80(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, along with a copy of the specific manuals and internal policies.
( 5 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories, with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the data to be published and made available by trade repositories and operational standards for aggregating, comparing and accessing the data (OJ L 52, 23.2.2013, p. 33).