To ensure consistency and harmonisation and to avoid burdensome reprocessing of data for reporting purposes, the structure of the templates and the requirements of the data elements should consider data management and reporting perspectives. To ensure full comparability of the information reported in the register of information with the information provided in other regulatory or statistical reporting, financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) should adhere to data quality principles, when maintaining and updating that register.