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Version date: 13 January 2018 - onwards
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Regulation 38 Supervision of payment institutions exercising the right of establishment and freedom to provide services

(1) In order to carry out the controls and take the necessary steps provided for in this Part and in Parts 3 and 4 in respect of the agent or branch of a payment institution, where that agent or branch is located in the territory of another Member State, the Bank shall cooperate with the competent authorities of the host Member State of that agent or branch.

(2) The Bank shall notify the competent authority of the host Member State concerned where the Bank intends to carry out an on-site inspection in that Member State.

(3) The Bank may delegate to the competent authority of the host Member State concerned the task of carrying out on-site inspections of the agent or branch concerned.

(4) The Bank may require a payment institution authorised in another Member State having an agent or branch in the State to report to the Bank periodically on the activities carried out in the State.