1. | Full name of the credit rating agency, address of the registered office within the Community►M3 Union ◄
2. | Name and contact details of a contact person and of the compliance officer
3. | Legal status
4. | Class of credit ratings for which the credit rating agency is applying to be registered
5. | Ownership structure
6. | Organisational structure and corporate governance
7. | Financial resources to perform credit rating activities
8. | Staffing of credit rating agency and its expertise
9. | Information regarding subsidiaries of credit rating agency
10. | Description of the procedures and methodologies used to issue and review credit ratings
11. | Policies and procedures to identify, manage and disclose any conflicts of interests
12. | Information regarding rating analysts
13. | Compensation and performance evaluation arrangements
14. | Services other than credit rating activities, which the credit rating agency intends to provide
15. | Programme of operations, including indications of where the main business activities are expected to be carried out, branches to be established, and setting out the type of business envisaged
16. | Documents and detailed information related to the expected use of endorsement
17. | Documents and detailed information related to the expected outsourcing arrangements including information on entities assuming outsourcing functions.