8. For the purpose of ensuring an efficient collection and management of information submitted in accordance with paragraph 3, ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to specify:
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(a)
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any other metadata to accompany the information;
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(b)
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the structuring of data in the information;
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for which information a machine-readable format is required and which machine-readable format is to be used.
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For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (c), ESMA shall assess the advantages and disadvantages of different machine-readable formats and conduct appropriate field tests, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
ESMA shall submit the draft implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission.
Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.