Where a credit rating agency is using an existing credit rating prepared by another credit rating agency with respect to underlying assets or
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securitisation instruments ◄ , it shall not refuse to issue a credit rating of an entity or a financial instrument because a portion of the entity or the financial instrument had been previously rated by another credit rating agency.
A credit rating agency shall record all instances where in its credit rating process it departs from existing credit ratings prepared by another credit rating agency with respect to underlying assets or
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securitisation instruments ◄ providing a justification for the differing assessment.