Competent authorities and other IMI actors
Article 2
1. For the purposes of the pilot project, the competent authorities and single liaison offices designated pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and the entities empowered to issue external alerts pursuant to Article 27(1) of that Regulation shall be considered as competent authorities within the meaning of point (f) of the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012. 2. For the purposes of the pilot project, the entities empowered to issue external alerts pursuant to Article 27(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and the European Banking Authority in its capacity as an observer pursuant to Article 23(3) of that Regulation shall be considered as IMI actors within the meaning of point (g) of the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012.