The Central Depository & Settlement Co. Ltd (CDS) is a member of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and is recognized by the latter as the National Numbering Agency for Mauritius. As from the 3rd March 2000, the CDS is responsible for codifying financial instruments issued by issuers that are registered in Mauritius and financial instruments where the lead manager's registered office is in Mauritius in accordance with the ISO-6166 Standard. The securities for which the CDS allocates ISIN codes include those issued by global business companies registered in Mauritius.
The ISIN codes allocated to listed companies are shown on the contract notes, transaction reports as well as other reports provided by CDS.
The CDS also allocates CFI Codes (Classification of financial instruments) and FISN (Financial Instrument Short Name) to securities in accordance with ISO-10962 and ISO-18774 respectively.