Article 2
Application form and notification form for applicants for authorisation as an APA or ARM, and ways to submit those forms
1. An applicant for authorisation as an APA or ARM shall provide ESMA, or, where relevant, its national competent authority with all information referred to in Article 27d of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 by filling in the application form set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. An applicant for authorisation as an APA or ARM shall provide ESMA, or, where relevant, its national competent authority with information on all members of its management body by filling in the notification form set out in Annex II.
3. An applicant for authorisation as an APA or ARM shall clearly identify in its application for authorisation which specific requirement set out in Articles 27a to 27i of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 the applicant refers to and in which document attached to its application that information is provided.
4. An applicant for authorisation as an APA or ARM shall indicate in its application for authorisation whether any specific requirement set out in Articles 27a to 27i of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 or Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1143 (7) is not applicable to the data reporting service that the applicant is applying for.
5. ESMA and the national competent authorities shall indicate on their websites whether duly copleted application forms, notifications and any related additional information are to be submitted electronically.
(7) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1143 of 12 June 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the authorisation and organisational requirements for approved publication arrangements and approved reporting mechanisms, and on the authorisation requirements for consolidated tape providers, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/571 (OJ L, 2025/1143, 3.11.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1143/oj).