General requirements for cooperation arrangements
1. The competent authority of the home Member State and the competent authority of the host Member State shall agree on the working language of their cooperation activities and, where there is no agreement, the working language shall be a language customary in the sphere of international finance.
2. Each competent authority shall designate and share with the other competent authorities contact details of one primary and one secondary contact persons and any changes thereto.
Supervision of a branch
1. Where a CSD authorised in one Member State has set up a branch in another Member State, the competent authority of the home Member State and the competent authority of the host Member State shall use the form and template set out in Table 1 of Annex III for the exchange of information.
2. Where a competent authority requests supplementary information from another competent authority, it shall indicate to the other competent authority the activities of the CSD that justify such request.
On-site-inspections in the branch
1. Before carrying out on-site inspections referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the competent authorities of the home and host Member States shall reach a common understanding on the terms and scope of the on-site inspection, including the following:
(a)
the respective roles and responsibilities;
(b)
the reasons for the on-site inspection.
2. The competent authorities of the home and host Member States shall inform each other of an on-site inspection of the branch of a CSD in a host Member State in accordance with paragraph 1 using the template set out in Table 2 of Annex III.
Exchange of information on the CSD's activities in the host Member State
1. The request for information referred to in Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 shall be addressed by letter or email to the competent authority of the home Member State and shall include an explanation of the relevance of that information to the activities of that CSD in the host Member State.
2. The competent authority of the home Member State shall, without undue delay, communicate the information referred to in Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 by letter or email using the template in Table 3 of Annex III.
CSD breach of obligations
1. For the purpose of the first subparagraph of Article 24(5) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the competent authority of the host Member State shall refer its findings on a CSD's breaches to the competent authority of the home Member State and to ESMA using the template set out in Table 4 of Annex III.
2. The competent authority of the home Member State shall review the findings submitted by the competent authority of the host Member State and shall inform that authority of the measures it intends to take to address the breaches identified.
3. Where the matter is referred to ESMA in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 24(5) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the referring competent authority shall provide ESMA with all relevant information.
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