Required Documents

Organizations interested in becoming LEI Issuers, also referred to as Local Operating Units (LOUs), will need to consider and include, as applicable, each of the documents below, which are provided under the CC0 license (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)), during the Accreditation Process:

Key Documentation:

Master Agreement

Master Agreement Appendices:

App. 01: Non-Disclosure Agreement App. 02: Accreditation Checklist App. 02: Accreditation Manual App. 03: Applicant’s Completed Accreditation Plan and Supporting Documentation App. 04: Candidate’s Accreditation Checklist and Supporting Documentation App. 05: LOU-contract Requirements App. 06: Service Level Agreement App. 07: Payments App. 08: Ancillary Duties App. 09a: Template for the Terms of Use GLEIF App. 09b: Template for the Terms of Use Template for the LOU App. 10: Annual Accreditation Verification Requirements App. 11: Applicable provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act App. 12: Contact details of the Parties App. 13: Individual deviations from the Master Agreement App. 14: Requirements for Third Party Services

Supporting Documents:

Accreditation Plan Checklist Registry Inventory Spreadsheet Form Estimated LEI Volume Analysis Funds Questionnaire Cost Recovery Compliance Form Information Security Policy

Applicable Law:

The cooperation with GLEIF shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the substantive laws of Switzerland, without regard to Switzerland's conflict of laws rules. GLEIF offers on its website a list of helpful links to some online resources to Switzerland's federal and cantonal law as well as federal and cantonal court practice, which list, for the avoidance of doubt, shall however not, on any account, be construed as limiting in whatever way the scope of the applicable substantive laws of Switzerland.

Swiss Federal Law

Decisions of the Swiss Supreme Court

Law of the Canton Basel

Court decision of the Canton Basel

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