Rule · MAJOR

COMMON.LEI_CONSISTENCY

Legal Entity Identifiers agree across the party sections and the rest of the draft

Citation: Annex I, Part A, Annex II, Part A, Annex III, Part A MiCAR
Canonical form: Anhang I Teil A, Anhang II Teil A, Anhang III Teil A MiCAR
Runs for: Annex I · other crypto-assets; Annex II · asset-referenced tokens; Annex III · e-money tokens
Severity if open: MAJOR
Section key: all sections; anchored to issuer
Minimum words: 0
Listed terms (English): none
Listed terms (German): none
Package version: 1.2.1, built from source that may include unreleased changes
Source: rules/common.py

How the status is set

Missing: no section issuer, offeror or trading_platform_operator carries an LEI with valid check digits.
Review: a valid LEI in another section appears in no party section, or the issuer section names more than one valid LEI.
Pass: none of the above. Codes with invalid check digits are reported by COMMON.LEI_CHECK_DIGITS, not here.

Legal basis

Annex I, Part A, Annex II, Part A, Annex III, Part A MiCAR

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj/eng

Not re-verified since these pages were introduced (2026-10-20): EUR-Lex was unreachable from the build environment. The citation is the rule's own, unchanged. The citation is the Part of each Annex that the party rules already cite. The point that names the LEI has not been verified against the Official Journal; treat the legal basis as pending owner review.

Synthetic examples

Each example is linted when this page is generated. The build fails if a result differs.

MissingNo LEI in a party section

The issuer, offeror and trading platform operator sections carry no valid LEI.

{
  "title": "Synthetic rule example",
  "type": "other",
  "sections": {
    "issuer": "Synthetic Issuer AG.",
    "summary": "LEI 9999SYNTH0000ZZQ0166."
  }
}

ReviewLEI outside the party sections

The summary names a valid LEI that no party section states.

{
  "title": "Synthetic rule example",
  "type": "other",
  "sections": {
    "issuer": "Synthetic Issuer AG, a fictional company. LEI: 9999SYNTH0000ZZQ0166.",
    "summary": "The issuer's LEI is 9999SYNTH0000ZZQ0263."
  }
}

PassSame LEI throughout

Every valid LEI in the draft matches a party section, and the issuer states one.

{
  "title": "Synthetic rule example",
  "type": "other",
  "sections": {
    "issuer": "Synthetic Issuer AG, a fictional company. LEI: 9999SYNTH0000ZZQ0166.",
    "summary": "The issuer's LEI is 9999SYNTH0000ZZQ0166."
  }
}

Limitations

Reads every section of the draft; findings are anchored to the issuer section.
Works offline on the characters of each code. It does not confirm that an LEI is registered, current or held by the entity the draft names.
Status and severity are fixed by the rule. A draft cannot waive or downgrade them.
The citation is the Part of each Annex that the party rules already cite. The point that names the LEI has not been verified against the Official Journal; treat the legal basis as pending owner review.

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