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To achieve the tasks set out in paragraph 1, the Authority shall have the powers set out in this Regulation, in particular to: develop draft regulatory technical standards in the specific cases referred to in Article 10; develop draft implementing technical standards in the specific cases referred to in Article 15; issue guidelines and recommendations, as laid down in Article 16; issue recommendations in specific cases, as referred to in Article 17(3); take individual decisions addressed to competent authorities in the specific cases referred to in Articles 18(3) and 19(3); in cases concerning directly applicable Union law, take individual decisions addressed to financial market participants, in the specific cases referred to in Article 17(6), in Article 18(4) and in Article 19(4); issue opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, or the Commission as provided for in Article 34; collect the necessary information concerning financial market participants as provided for in Article 35; develop common methodologies for assessing the effect of product characteristics and distribution processes on the financial position of financial market participants and on consumer protection; provide a centrally accessible database of registered financial market participants in the area of its competence where specified in the acts referred to in Article 1(2).

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