1. A web portal serving as a European electronic access point ("the access point") shall be established by 1 January 2018. ESMA shall develop and operate the access point.
2. The system of interconnection of officially appointed mechanisms shall be composed of:
- the mechanisms referred to in Article 21(2),
- the portal serving as the European electronic access point.
3. Member States shall ensure access to their central storage mechanisms via the access point.