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Article 20 Withdrawal of authorisation

1. Without prejudice to any remedial actions or measures under Title V, the competent authority shall withdraw the authorisation in any of the following circumstances, where the CSD:

(a) has not made use of the authorisation during 12 months, expressly renounces the authorisation or has provided no services or performed no activity during the preceding six months;

(b) has obtained the authorisation by making false statements or by any other unlawful means;

(c) no longer complies with the conditions under which authorisation was granted and has not taken the remedial actions requested by the competent authority within a set time-frame;

(d) has seriously or systematically infringed the requirements laid down in this Regulation or, where applicable, in the UK law on markets in financial instruments or Regulation (EU) No 600/2014.

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4. The competent authority may limit the withdrawal of authorisation to a particular service, activity, or financial instrument.