+Article 23 2.

Article 23 2.

ESMA shall register an applicant as an external reviewer only where the following conditions are met:

(a) 

the senior management and the members of the board of the applicant:

(i) 

are of sufficiently good repute;

(ii) 

are sufficiently skilled to ensure that the applicant can perform the tasks required of external reviewers pursuant to this Regulation;

(iii) 

have sufficient professional qualifications;

(iv) 

have relevant experience in activities such as quality assurance, quality control, the performance of pre-issuance, post-issuance and impact report reviews, the provision of second party alignment opinions or financial services;

(b) 

the number of analysts, employees and other persons directly involved in the assessment activities of the applicant, and their level of knowledge, experience and training, are sufficient in order for the applicant to perform the tasks required of external reviewers pursuant to this Regulation;

(c) 

the applicant’s internal arrangements implemented to ensure compliance with Chapter 2 of this Title are appropriate and effective.

When assessing the conditions set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, ESMA may take into account whether the applicant, where it has provided services pursuant to Articles 69 and 70, used best efforts to comply with Articles 24 to 38. For that purpose, ESMA may require the applicant to provide it with the necessary information.

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