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(The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON/PARIS, December 29 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has published the Sovereign and Local and Regional Governments Rating Review Calendars for 2015. The calendars are available at www.fitchratings.com.">www.fitchratings.com. As required by the European Union Regulation on credit rating agencies (EU Regulation No. 462/2013 - "CRA3"), Fitch has published its calendar of Sovereign actions for 2015 which sets out the scheduled ratings publication dates for the next 12 months. Under CRA3 a "Sovereign" is also defined as a local or regional authority of a State. Publication dates in the published calendars are listed separately for sovereigns and for local and regional governments. Each listing is available in two versions, with entities sorted by entity and by date. Contact: Edward Parker Managing Director Sovereign Group +44 20 3530 1176 Fitch Ratings Limited 30 North Colonnade London E14 5GN Douglas Renwick Senior Director Sovereign Group +44 20 3530 1045 Fernando Mayorga Managing Director International Public Finance +34 93 323 8407 Fitch Espana SAU Paseo de Gracia, 85 08008 Barcelona Christophe Parisot Managing Director International Public Finance +33 1 44 29 91 34 Fitch France S.A.S. 60, rue de Monceau 75008 Paris Media Relations: Athos Larkou, London, Tel: +44 203 530 1549, Email: athos.larkou@fitchratings.com; Rebecca O'Neill, London, Tel: +44 203 530 1697, Email: Rebecca.ONeill@fitchratings.com. Additional information is available on www.fitchratings.com.">www.fitchratings.com. Related Research: https://www.fitchratings.com/web_content/credit_policy/regulatory/fitch-sovereig n-rating-review-calendar.pdf https://www.fitchratings.com/web_content/credit_policy/regulatory/fitch-ipf-rati ng-review-calendar.pdf Applicable Criteria and Related Research: Fitch Ratings Approach to CRA 3 for Sovereigns http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725996 ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S PUBLIC WEBSITE 'WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM'. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH'S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE 'CODE OF CONDUCT' SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.