1. Minimum standards for transmission: (a) reporting must be timely and within the deadlines set by …

(a)

reporting must be timely and within the deadlines set by the relevant NCB;

(b)

statistical reports must take their form and format from the technical reporting requirements set by the relevant NCB;

(c)

the reporting agent must provide details of one or more contact persons to the relevant NCB;

(d)

the technical specifications for data transmission to the relevant NCB must be followed;

(e)

for security-by-security reporting, if the relevant NCB so requests, the reporting agents must provide further information (e.g. name of issuer, issue date) needed to identify securities whose security identification codes are either erroneous or not publicly available.