(1)

To ensure the high quality of the details of derivatives reported to trade repositories, trade repositories should verify the identity of the report submitting entities, the logical integrity of the sequence in which the details of the derivative are reported, and the completeness and correctness of those details.

(2)

For the same reason, trade repositories should reconcile the details of each derivative report received where both counterparties have a reporting obligation. A standardised process should be specified to enable trade repositories to conduct reconciliation in a consistent manner and to reduce the risks of details of derivatives not being reconciled. Certain details of derivatives, however, might not be identical due to the specificities of the technology systems used by the entities submitting the report. Certain tolerances therefore need to be applied, so that minor differences in the reported details of derivatives do not prevent the authorities from analysing the data with an adequate level of confidence.

(3)

Furthermore and notwithstanding other obligations with regard to the details of derivatives collected and recorded when performing the reconciliation process, the trade repositories should ensure the confidentiality of the data exchanged between them and made available to the reporting counterparties, the entities responsible for reporting and the report submitting entities.

(4)

Where a corporate restructuring event resulting in the change of legal entity identifier (‘LEI’) of a counterparty takes place, the details of the entities identified in a derivative report need to be updated. To ensure the integrity of that information, which is essential for the monitoring of systemic risks to financial stability, it is necessary that the update is performed centrally by the trade repositories. For that reason, a procedure should be established to ensure that trade repositories can update the identifier of the entity in a centralised manner, thus ensuring an efficient, robust and timely process.

(5)

Report submitting entities should be given sufficient time to adapt to the reporting requirements, in particular to prevent the accumulation of non-reconciled trades immediately after the reporting obligation starts to apply. It is therefore appropriate that in a first phase only a reduced set of fields should be reconciled.

(6)

Report submitting entities and entities responsible for reporting, where applicable, should be able to monitor their compliance with their reporting obligations under Regulation (EU) 648/2012. They should therefore be able to access certain information, on a daily basis, in respect of those reports, including the result of the verification of those reports, also where a warning has been generated, and the progress of the reconciliation of the reported data. It is therefore necessary to specify the information that a trade repository should make available to these entities at the end of each working day.

(7)

This Regulation is based on the draft regulatory technical standards submitted to the Commission by the European Securities and Markets Authority.

(8)

The European Securities and Markets Authority has consulted the members of the European System of Central Banks and has conducted open public consultations on the draft regulatory technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

(9)

To enable counterparties and trade repositories to take all necessary actions to adapt to the new requirements, the date of application of this Regulation should be deferred by eighteen months,