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BS ISO 17442:2019

$102.76

Financial services. Legal entity identifier (LEI)

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BSI 2019 16
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This document specifies the minimum elements of an unambiguous legal entity identifier (LEI) scheme to identify the legal entities relevant to any financial transaction.

It is applicable to legal entities, which include, but are not limited to, unique parties that are legally or financially responsible for the performance of financial transactions or have the legal right in their jurisdiction to enter independently into legal contracts, regardless of whether they are incorporated or constituted in some other way (e.g. trust, partnership, contractual). It includes governmental organizations, supranationals and individuals when acting in a business capacity1

1

As stated by the LEI Regulatory Oversight Committee on 30 September 2015.

, but excludes natural persons.

The LEI is designed for automated processing. It can also be conveniently used in other media interchange when appropriate (e.g. paper document exchange).

NOTE

Examples of eligible legal entities include, without limitation:

  • all financial intermediaries;

  • banks and finance companies;

  • all entities that issue equity, debt or other securities for other capital structures;

  • all entities listed on an exchange;

  • all entities that trade stock or debt; investment vehicles, including mutual funds, pension funds and alternative investment vehicles constituted as corporate entities or collective investment agreements (including umbrella funds as well as funds under an umbrella structure, hedge funds, private equity funds);

  • all entities under the purview of a financial regulator and their affiliates, subsidiaries and holding companies;

  • sole traders (as an example of individuals acting in a business capacity);

  • counterparties to financial transactions.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
6 Foreword
7 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
10 4 Structure of the LEI
5 Check digit pair
5.1 General
11 5.2 Calculating the check digit pair
6 LEI data record
12 Annex A (informative) LEI check digit pair calculation and verification examples
14 Bibliography
BS ISO 17442:2019
$102.76