1.An administrator located in a third country shall when applying for recognition pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 provide the information listed in the Annex.
2.Where the applicant has left out any of the required information, the application shall include an explanation as to why that information has not been provided.
3.Personal data relating to the good repute of an applicant benchmark administrator’s management body and employees responsible for the oversight function, or of members performing the oversight function where a separate committee carries out the oversight function, shall be kept by applicant benchmark administrators and ESMA for as long as necessary to assess the initial application and the ongoing supervision, as applicable and no longer than five years after that person has ceased to perform its function.