Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2179 of 12 September 2025 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the standard forms, templates, and procedures for the provision of the information for an application for registration as an external reviewer for European Green Bonds
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2179 of 12 September 2025 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the standard forms, templates, and procedures for the provision of the information for an application for registration as an external reviewer for European Green Bonds
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Format to follow for the provision of the information referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631
1. Applicants for registration as an external reviewer for European Green Bonds shall submit the information referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 in the format set out in the Annexes to this Regulation.
2. Applicants shall provide ESMA with the information referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 in a machine-readable format which:
(a)
allows the information to remain accessible for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the application;
(b)
allows for the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.
3. Applicants shall provide a unique reference number to each document that they submit to ESMA. Applicants shall ensure that the documents they submit clearly identifies to which specific requirement of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 it refers and in which document that information is provided. Applicants shall submit the table set out in Annex I to this Regulation as part of their application and shall clearly identify the document in which they have provided the information required.
4. Where a requirement of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 does not apply to the application for registration, applicants shall state that in the relevant table set out in the Annex to this Regulation and shall provide an explanation.
5. Applicants shall accompany their application for registration with a letter signed by a member of the applicants’ senior management, attesting that the submitted information is accurate and complete to the best of that member’s knowledge, as of the date of that submission.
6. Personal data relating to applicants for registration as an external reviewer shall be kept by external reviewers and ESMA for as long as it is necessary for the assessment of the initial registration and no longer than five years after that applicant has ceased to perform its function. Where ESMA has refused the registration of the applicant external reviewer or where the applicant withdraws its application, personal data relating to that applicant should be kept by ESMA no longer than five years after the refusal of the registration of the applicant or after the withdrawal of the application.
ANNEX I
DOCUMENT REFERENCES
Annex to this Regulation to which the information relates (II–VII)
Unique reference number of the document
Title of the document
Specific requirement of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 to which the information relates
Chapter or section or page of the document where the information is provided or reason why the information is not provided
ANNEX II
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE APPLICANT
Full name of the applicant
Address of registered office within the Union
[ Country, city, street address, postal code ]
Website
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) (where available)
Contact person(s)
Name
Title
Address
[ Country, city, street address, postal code ]
Email address
Telephone number
Legal form of the applicant
ANNEX III
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OF THE APPLICANT
Owner
Percentage of capital
Nature of the holding
Percentage of the voting rights
[ Please specify whether legal or natural person ]
[ Direct or indirect ]
MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD OF THE APPLICANT
ANNEX IV
MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD OF THE APPLICANT
Name
Board member
Member of senior management
Date of birth
Place of birth
Role
Submitted documents
CV
Proof of the absence of criminal records referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2180
Declaration of fitness and propriety and conflicts of interest referred to in Article 1(2), point (b), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2180
[ First name ] [ Last name ]
[ Yes/No ]
[ Yes/No ]
[ DD/MM/YYYY ]
[ City, Country ]
[ Unique reference number ]
[ Unique reference number ]
[ Unique reference number ]
ANNEX V
ANALYTICAL RESOURCES OF THE APPLICANT
(a)
Information regarding analysts, employees and other persons that will be directly involved in assessment activities
Name
Role
[ Please select the appropriate column ]
Years in role
Years in the industry
CV
Temporary
Permanent
[ for instance, number of years working in assessment activities similar to those tasks required of an external reviewer pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 ]
[ Unique reference number of the document ]
The information on the number of employees shall be provided on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis calculated as the total hours worked divided by the maximum number of hours subject to compensation within a working year as defined by the relevant national law.
(b)
Information regarding the assessment activities
Estimated duration of an external review
[ number of days ]
Expected number of assessments in the next 24 months
[ number ]
(c)
Information on the evaluation of the applicant
Reasons that the applicant considers the number of analysts, employees and other persons directly involved in assessment activities and their roles to be appropriate
Reasons that the applicant considers the number and duration of external reviews to be appropriate
ANNEX VI
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE APPLICANT
Point
Topic
Unique reference number of the document
1
Training and development plan for analysts, employees and other persons directly involved in assessment activities
2
Policies and procedures put in place to ensure:
(a)
the continuity and regularity in the performance of assessment activities;
(b)
the safeguarding of the confidentiality and security of records and documents on the services provided;
(c)
sound administrative and accounting procedures;
(d)
the adequacy of information processing systems implemented to meet the obligations of an external reviewer.
3
Policies and procedures outlining the internal control framework
[ In case of a large number of documents, the documents shall be grouped according to the relevant areas of the internal control framework. ]
4
Policies and procedures to ensure the internal control framework complies with the criteria referred to in Article 5(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2180
5
Whistleblower policy ensuring that the anonymity of whistleblowers is safeguarded and reprisals are prohibited
6
Remuneration policy ensuring the independence of the employees subject to variable compensation arrangements
7
Procedures and methodologies implemented to issue reviews
8
Terms of reference of the governance bodies, including the board and, where established, its committees
9
Last meeting minutes of the board
10
Organisational chart, including the identification of reporting lines and job functions
11
Conflicts of interest policy
12
Inventory of actual or potential conflicts of interest and proposed mitigation measures
13
Information on how potential conflicts of interest situations, including transactions with related parties, employee personal account dealing, outside business activities and the acceptance of gifts and hospitality are reviewed and approved consistently
14
Documents and information related to any existing or planned outsourcing arrangements for activities of the applicant as an external reviewer covered by Regulation (EU) 2023/2631, including information on entities assuming outsourcing functions referred to in Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2180, and the evaluation of how the applicant will ensure compliance with Article 33(1) of that Regulation
ANNEX VII
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE APPLICANT
Activity
Description
Offered through subsidiaries
[ NACE code of the activity, where available ]
[ Yes/No: if yes, please provide the name of the entity ]
