1. ESMA may temporarily prohibit or restrict a third-country firm from providing investment services or performing investment activities with or without any ancillary services in accordance with Article 46(1) where the third-country firm has failed to comply with any prohibition or restriction imposed by ESMA or EBA in accordance with Articles 40 and 41 or by a competent authority in accordance with Article 42, has failed to comply with a request from ESMA in accordance with Article 46(6a) and (6b) in due time and a proper manner, or where the third-country firm does not cooperate with an investigation or an on-site inspection carried out in accordance with Article 47(2).
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, ESMA shall withdraw the registration of a third-country firm in the register established in accordance with Article 48 where ESMA has referred the matter to the competent authority of the third country, and that competent authority has not taken the appropriate measures needed to p
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