http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/586/article/2Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/586 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the exchange of information between competent authorities when cooperating in supervisory activities, on-the-spot verifications and investigations (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/586Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/586 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the exchange of information between competent authorities when cooperating in supervisory activities, on-the-spot verifications and investigations (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32017R0586texttext/xmlen2024-07-10Expert Participation2023-07-11 Information to be exchanged in relation to investment firms, market operators or data reporting service providers Article 2 1 Where a competent authority decides to request cooperation it may request the following information in relation to entities mentioned in point (a) of Article 1: a general information and documents relating to the constitution of the entities: information concerning the name of the entities, address of their head and/or registered office, contact details, the national identification number of the entity and excerpts from nationally held registers; information concerning constitutional documents that the entities are required to have under their relevant national legislation; b information as specified in Article 7(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU relating to the authorisation process of an entity where such information is not present on the ESMA public register set-up pursuant to Article 8(1)(k) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010; c information relating to members of the management body, or persons effectively directing the business, of the entities, which have been provided as part of the authorisation process including: their names, personal identification number (where available in that Member State), place of residence and contact details; information on the position to which such persons are appointed within the entity; an organisational chart of the management structure or identification of persons responsible for the activities carried out under Directive 2014/65/EU by the entity; d information necessary to assess the suitability of members of the management body or persons effectively directing the business of the entities, including: information relating to the work experience; information relating to the reputation of a member or person including: information on criminal records, or criminal investigations or proceedings, relevant civil and administrative cases, and disciplinary actions (including disqualification as a company director or bankruptcy, insolvency or similar procedures), through an official certificate if available, or through another equivalent document, information on open investigations, enforcement proceedings, sanctions, or other enforcement decision against a person, refusal of registration, authorisation, membership or licence to carry out a trade, business or profession; the withdrawal, revocation or termination of such a registration, authorisation, membership or licence, or exclusion by a regulatory or government body or by a professional body or association, dismissal from a position of employment or from a position of trust, fiduciary relationship or similar; e information on shareholders and members with qualifying holdings including: the list of persons with a qualifying holding; for shareholders who are members of a corporate group, an organisational chart of the corporate group indicating the activities carried by each firm within the group and identifying any firms or individuals within the group operating under the provisions set out in Directive 2014/65/EU; information and documents necessary to assess their suitability; f information on the organisational structure, operating conditions and compliance with requirements set out in Directive 2014/65/EU including: information on compliance and risk management policies and procedures that are required under Directive 2014/65/EU in relation to entities and their tied agents; compliance records of the entities including information held by competent authorities; information on organisational and administrative arrangements designed to prevent conflicts of interest as defined in Article 23 of Directive 2014/65/EU; in the case of investment firms which manufacture financial instruments for sale to clients, information on the process for the approval of each financial instrument including information on the target market and distribution strategy as well as information about its review policy arrangements; with respect to investment firms, information relating to their obligations pursuant to Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; information that can be requested from investment firms in accordance with the activities and requirements specified in Article 16 of Directive 2014/65/EU; g information on the authorisation of investment firms granted in accordance with Articles 5 to 10 of Directive 2014/65/EU; h information on the authorisation of regulated markets and data reporting service providers granted respectively in accordance with Articles 44, 45 and 46 as well as Articles 59 to 63 of Directive 2014/65/EU; i information on waivers granted or refused in relation to clients who may be treated as professionals on request as set out in Annex II of Directive 2014/65/EU; j information on sanctions and enforcement action imposed against the entities including: information on sanctions levied against an entity, or against the member of the management body or persons effectively directing the business of the entity; information relating to breaches by entities, or by the persons fulfilling management positions; information on criminal records, criminal or administrative investigations or proceedings, relevant civil and administrative cases and disciplinary actions, through an official certificate if available, or another equivalent document; k information related to the operational activities and relevant conduct and compliance history related to the subject of the request including: information related to the business activities of an entity, in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU; internal minutes or records kept by firms and branches for inspection by the relevant competent authority; l any other information necessary for cooperating in supervisory activities, on-the-spot verifications or investigations referred to in Article 80(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU. 2 Where a Member State requires that a third-country firm establishes a branch pursuant to Article 39(1) and (2) of Directive 2014/65/EU, the competent authority of another Member State may request from the authority competent for the supervision of that branch, information obtained from the home state authority in relation to the authorisation of the opening of the branch, including: a information relevant for monitoring compliance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council or provisions and measures adopted for the transposition of Directive 2014/65/EU; b response of the third country investment firm's management body, or persons effectively directing the business of the entity, to questions from the competent authority. Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 March 1997 on investor-compensation schemes (OJ L 84, 26.3.1997, p. 22). Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 84).