(1) The appropriate regulator must give ESMA -
(a) information about any general difficulties encountered by UK investment firms in relation to their establishment of a branch or their provision of investment services and activities in a country or territory other than an EEA State;
(b) a return for each calendar year showing aggregated information about all -
(i) cases dealt with under section 177(2) [Section 177(2) was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, Schedule 18, paragraphs 1 and 25, and by S.I. 2001/1090.] (failure to comply with information gathering and investigation requirements treated as contempt of court) where the requirement was imposed in connection with the regulator's markets in financial instruments directive functions;
(ii) convictions for an offence under section 177(3), (4) or (6) where the proceedings were instituted by the regulator in connection with the regulator's markets in financial instruments directive functions;
(iii) final notices and super