(1) A Member State investment firm may provide within the State investment services, and ancillary services provided together with them, through the establishment of a branch, if the services are permitted under the firm's authorisation in its home Member State.
(2) A Member State investment firm intending to establish a branch in the State shall communicate to the competent authority of the firm's home Member State the following information:
(a) the firm's intention to establish a branch in the State;
(b) the firms proposed programme of operations in the State, stating in particular -
(i) the investment services and ancillary services that the firm intends to provide,
(ii) the organisational structure of the branch, and
(iii) whether the branch intends to use tied agents in the State, and, if that is the intent, the identity of the tied agents;
(c) the address in the State from which documents may be obtained;
(d) the names of those responsible for the management of the branch.