Article 2
Criteria to determine sufficient skill, professional qualifications and relevant experience of senior management and the members of the board of the applicant external reviewer
1. ESMA shall determine the skills, professional qualifications, and relevant experience of the senior management and members of the board of an applicant external reviewer to be sufficient as referred to in Article 23(2), points (a)(ii) to (a)(iv), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 where those skills, qualifications and that experience are appropriate to the nature and scale of the external reviews to be carried out by the applicant external reviewer and the tasks required of external reviewers pursuant to that Regulation.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, ESMA shall take into account the following information:
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an up-to-date curriculum vitae of each member of the senior management and the board of an external reviewer setting out detailed information relevant to the tasks required of external reviewers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/2631, including:
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the relevance of the knowledge attained through education and training to financial or sustainability-related services for the business of external reviewers; |
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the relevance of professional experience gained in activities related to the tasks to be performed by the external reviewer, such as quality assurance, quality control, the performance of pre-issuance, post-issuance and impact report reviews, and the provision of second-party alignment opinions or of financial services; |
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the collective and up-to-date skills, professional qualifications, and experience of the senior management and the members of the board relevant to the tasks required of external reviewers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 and related risks. |