1. Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission a list of the qualified entities that it has designated in advance for the purpose of bringing cross-border representative actions, including the name and statutory purpose of those qualified entities, by 26 December 2023. Each Member State shall notify the Commission whenever there are changes to that list. Member States shall make that list publicly available.

The Commission shall compile a list of those qualified entities and make it publicly available. The Commission shall update that list whenever changes to the Member States' lists of qualified entities are communicated to the Commission.

2. Member States shall ensure that information about the qualified entities designated in advance for the purpose of bringing domestic representative actions is made available to the public.

3. Member States shall assess at least every five years whether qualified entities continue to comply with the criteria listed in Article 4(3). Member States shall ensure that the qualified entity loses its status if it no longer complies with one or more of those criteria.