31 Oct. 2011 - ESMA announces today the successful registrations of DBRS, Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investor Service, and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) as Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). In order to do business in the European Union (EU), the EU Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies ((EC) No 1060/2009 – “the CRA Regulation”)1 re-quires CRAs to be registered in compliance with the requirements of the Regulation. Today’s registrations are valid for all European entities of DBRS, Fitch, Moody’s, and S&P respectively (see annex table 1 with the list of the EU entities registered).