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Article 27d is amended as follows: the title is replaced by the following: ‘ Procedures for granting and refusing applications for authorisation of ARMs and APAs ’; paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘1. The applicant APA or ARM shall submit an application providing all information necessary to enable ESMA, or, where relevant, the national competent authority, to confirm that the APA or ARM has put in place, at the time of initial authorisation, all the necessary arrangements to meet its obligations pursuant to this Title, including a programme of operations setting out, inter alia, the types of services envisaged and the organisational structure. 2. ESMA, or, where relevant, the national competent authority, shall assess whether the application for authorisation is complete within 20 working days of receipt of the application. Where the application is not complete, ESMA, or, where relevant, the national competent authority, shall set a deadline by which the APA or ARM is to provide additional information. After assessing the application as complete, ESMA, or, where relevant, the national competent authority, shall notify the APA or ARM accordingly. 3. ESMA, or, where relevant, the national competent authority, shall, within six months of receipt of a complete application, assess the compliance of the APA or ARM with this Title. It shall adopt a reasoned decision granting or refusing authorisation and shall notify the applicant APA or ARM accordingly within five working days of adoption.’ ; in paragraph 4, first subparagraph, point (b) is replaced by the following: the information to be included in the notifications referred to in Article 27f(2) as regards APAs and ARMs.’; in paragraph 5, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to determine standard forms, templates and procedures for the information to be provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article and the information to be included in the notifications referred to in Article 27f(2) as regards APAs and ARMs.’;
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.