Article 18
Transparency of access rules
1. An application for registration as a trade repository shall contain the following information:
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                               the policies and procedures pursuant to which the different types of users report and access the data in a trade repository, including any process that the relevant users may need to access, consult, or modify the information maintained by the trade repository;  | 
                        
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                               (b)  | 
                           
                               a copy of the terms and conditions which determine the rights and obligations of the different types of users in relation to the information maintained by the trade repository;  | 
                        
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                               a description of the different categories of access available to users;  | 
                        
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                               the access policies and procedures pursuant to which other services providers may have non-discriminatory access to information maintained by the trade repository where the relevant counterparties have provided their written, voluntary and revocable consent;  | 
                        
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                               (e)  | 
                           
                               a description of the channels and mechanisms used by the trade repository to publicly disclose information on the access to that trade repository.  | 
                        
2. The information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall be specified for the following types of users:
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                               (a)  | 
                           
                               internal users;  | 
                        
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                               (b)  | 
                           
                               reporting counterparties;  | 
                        
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                               report submitting entities;  | 
                        
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                               (d)  | 
                           
                               entities responsible for reporting;  | 
                        
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                               (e)  | 
                           
                               non-reporting counterparties;  | 
                        
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                               non-reporting third parties;  | 
                        
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                               (g)  | 
                           
                               entities listed in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365;  | 
                        
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                               (h)  | 
                           
                               other types of users, where applicable.  |