Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities monitor the activities of investment firms so as to assess compliance with the operating conditions provided for in this Directive. Member States shall ensure that the appropriate measures are in place to enable the competent authorities to obtain the information needed to assess the compliance of investment firms with those obligations.

 Member States shall ensure that competent authorities, where they are in charge of authorising and supervising the activities of an approved publication arrangement (APA), as defined in point (34) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 with a derogation in accordance with Article 2(3) of that Regulation, or an approved reporting mechanism (ARM), as defined in point (36) of Article 2(1) of that Regulation with a derogation in accordance with Article 2(3) of that Regulation, monitor the activities of that APA or ARM so as to assess compliance with the operating conditions provided for in that Regulation Member States shall ensure that the appropriate measures are in place to enable the competent authorities to obtain the information needed to assess the compliance of APAs and ARMs with those obligations.