1. The competent authority of the home Member State shall supervise compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation.

1a. For managers as referred to in Article 2(2), the competent authority of the home Member State shall be responsible for supervising the compliance with and the adequacy of the arrangements and of the organisation of the manager, so that that manager is in a position to comply with the obligations and rules which relate to the constitution and functioning of all the qualifying venture capital funds that it manages.

1b. For a qualifying venture capital fund managed by a manager as referred to in Article 2(2), the competent authority of the qualifying venture capital fund shall be responsible for supervising the qualifying venture capital fund's compliance with the rules laid down in Articles 5 and 6 and in points (c) and (i) of Article 13(1). The competent authority of the qualifying venture capital fund shall also be responsible for supervising that fund's compliance with the obligations set out in the fund's rules or instruments of incorporation.