1. An entity shall be considered a critical entity of particular European significance where it:

(a) has been identified as a critical entity pursuant to Article 6(1);

(b) provides the same or similar essential services to or in six or more Member States; and

(c) has been notified pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article.

2. Member States shall ensure that a critical entity, following the notification referred to in Article 6(3), informs its competent authority where it provides essential services to or in six or more Member States. In such a case, Member States shall ensure that the critical entity informs its competent authority of the essential services it provides to or in those Member States and of the Member States to which or in which it provides such essential services. Member States shall notify the Commission, without undue delay, of the identity of such critical entities and of the information they provide under this paragraph.