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Article 4 Designation and powers of the competent authorities

1. Member States shall designate competent authorities that carry out the functions and duties provided for in this Directive and in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. They shall inform the Commission and EBA thereof, indicating any division of functions and duties.

2. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities monitor the activities of institutions, and where applicable, of financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies, so as to assess compliance with the requirements of this Directive and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.

3. Member States shall ensure that appropriate measures are in place to enable the competent authorities to obtain the information needed to assess the compliance of institutions and, where applicable, of financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies, with the requirements referred to in paragraph 2 and to investigate possible breaches of those requirements.

4.Member States shall ensure that competent authorities have the expertise, resources, operational capacity, powers and independence necessary to carry out functions relating to prudential supervision and investigations and the powers necessary to impose the periodic penalty payments and penalties set out in this Directive and in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.