Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1220 of 14 July 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the format in which branches of third-country firms and competent authorities have to report the information referred to in Article 41(3) and (4) of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)

1 The branch of a third-country firm authorised in accordance with Article 41(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU shall use the format set out in Annex I to report the information referred to in Article 41(3) of that Directive. However, where the third-country firm is subject to an equivalence decision as referred to in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, the branch of such third-country firm shall use the format set out in Annex II for those services and activities that are covered by such equivalence decision.

2 The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted in a language customary in the sphere of international finance.

3 The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted by 30 April of each year and shall cover the period from 1 January to 31 December of the preceding calendar year. The information provided shall be accurate as of 31 December of the preceding year.

For the purpose of Article 41(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU, competent authorities shall report the following fields from Annex I and II to ESMA: 1. Reporting Period: 1a and 1b and, where applicable, 19a and 19b; 2. Name of the third-country firm and the branch: 2a and 2d and, where applicable, 20a and 20d; 3. Investment services, investment activities and ancillary services provided by the branch: 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g and 3h and, where applicable, 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f, 21g and 21h; 4. Number of clients and counterparties and number of staff of the branch: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d and, where applicable, 22a, 22b and 22c; 5. Turnover and aggregated value of the assets of the branch: 5a, 5b, 5c and, where applicable, 23a, 23b and 23c.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.