1. A CCP that intends to extend its business to additional services or activities, including to non-financial instruments suitable to be centrally cleared at an authorised CCP, not covered by the existing authorisation shall submit an application for an extension of that authorisation to additional clearing services or activities in one or more classes of derivatives, securities, other financial instruments or non-financial instruments, to the CCP's competent authority, unless such an extension of activities or services is exempted from authorisation under Article 15a.

The extension of authorisation shall be made in accordance with either the procedure set out in Article 17 or the procedure set out in Article 17a, as applicable.

2. Where a CCP wishes to extend its business into a Member State other than that where it is established, the CCP's competent authority shall immediately notify the competent authority of that other Member State.