According to the new EU regulation for central securities depositories, CSDR, is we as a central securities depository are obliged to collect and keep records over our customers' LEI numbers.
LEI stands for Legal Entity Identifier and is a global code for tracking and identifying companies or other legal entities that issue and trade in securities.
The LEI number is a unique code that allows authorities to identify each individual organization in all transaction reporting of securities. In order for you as a customer to be able to issue and register securities with us, you need to send in your company's LEI number.