1.   An applicant CSD shall provide an application for the authorisations referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 in the format provided in Annex III to this Regulation.

2.   An applicant CSD shall submit the application referred to in paragraph 1 in a durable medium.

3.   An applicant CSD shall provide a unique reference number for each document that it submits in the application referred to in paragraph 1.

4.   An applicant CSD shall ensure that the information submitted in the application referred to in paragraph 1 clearly identifies to which specific requirement of this Chapter that information refers to and in which document that information is provided.

5.   An applicant CSD shall provide its competent authority with a list of all the documents provided in the application referred to in paragraph 1 accompanied by their reference number.

6.   All information shall be submitted in the language indicated by the competent authority. The competent authority may ask the CSD to submit the same information in a language customary in the sphere of international finance.