Authorisation irrespective of negative reasoned opinion
Article 16
1. Where any of the authorities referred to in points (a) to (e) of Article 55(4) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 decides to refer to ESMA the reasoned decision of the competent authority which wishes to grant the authorisation in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 55(5) of that Regulation, the referring authority shall use the template provided in Section 4 of Annex VI to this Regulation. 2. The referring authority shall provide ESMA with all the information provided by the competent authority in accordance with Article 55(4) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the reasoned opinions provided by the authorities in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 55(5) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 and the reasoned decision issued by the competent authority in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 55(5) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014. 3. The referring authority shall provide, without undue delay, a copy of all information referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to the authorities referred to in points (a) to (e) of Article 55(4) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014.