REC 6.2 Applications

1. (1)

   Overseas investment exchanges which are considering whether to seek authorisation or recognition should first consider whether they will be carrying on regulated activities in the United Kingdom. Overseas investment exchanges which do not carry on regulated activities in the United Kingdom need take no action.

2. (2)

   Prospective applicants should discuss authorisation and recognition with the FCA before deciding whether to seek authorisation or recognition.

A prospective applicant may wish to contact the Infrastructure and Trading Firms Department at the FCA at an early stage for advice on the preparation, scheduling and practical aspects of an application to become an overseas recognised body.

Applicants for authorised person status should refer to the FCA website “Authorisation”: www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation. Applications for recognition as an overseas recognised body should be addressed to:

The Financial Conduct Authority (Infrastructure and Trading Firms Department)

12 Endeavour Square

London, E20 1JN

There is no standard application form for application for recognition as an ROIE. An application should be made in accordance with any direction the FCA may make under section 287 (Application by an investment exchange) of the Act and should include:

1. (1)

   the information, evidence and explanatory material necessary to demonstrate to the FCA that the recognition requirements (set out in REC 6.3) will be met;

2. (2)

   the application fee (see REC 7);

3. (3)

   the address of the applicant's head office in its home territory;

4. (4)

   the address of a place in the United Kingdom for the service on the applicant of notices or other documents required or authorised to be served on it under the Act (see section 292(1));

5. (5)

   the applicant's regulatory provisions;

6. (6)

   one copy of each of the following documents:

   1. (a)

      its most recent annual report and accounts; and

   2. (b)

      the applicant's memorandum and articles of association or any similar or analogous documents; and

7. (7)

   information identifying the following (if not contained in the documents listed in (5) or (6) or the material referred to in (1)):

   1. (a)

      any type of regulated activity which the applicant envisages carrying on in the United Kingdom;

   2. (b)

      any type of specified investmentdealt in on, or arranged to be cleared through the applicant;

   3. (c)

      the date by which the applicant wishes the recognition order to take effect; and

   4. (d)

      any body or authority which supervises the applicant under the law of the home territory, the status of the applicant under that law, and the enactment or regulation under which the supervision is conducted.

The FCA may require further information from the applicant and may need to have discussions with the appropriate authorities in the applicant's home territory. To allow sufficient time for applications to be processed and for the necessary contacts to be made with the appropriate home territory authorities, applications should be made not later than six months before the applicant wishes the recognition order to take effect. No guarantee can be given that a decision will be reached within this time, although the FCA will endeavour to meet the applicant's reasonable timing requirements.

All material should be supplied in English, or accompanied, if appropriate, by an accurate English translation. An English glossary of technical or statistical terms may be sufficient to accompany tables of statistical or financial information.