Article 18 Advisory missions
1. At the request of the Member State that has identified a critical entity of particular European significance as a critical entity pursuant to Article 6(1), the Commission shall organise an advisory mission to assess the measures that that critical entity has put in place to meet its obligations under Chapter III.
2. On its own initiative or at the request of one or more Member States to or in which the essential service is provided, and provided that the Member State that has identified a critical entity of particular European significance as a critical entity pursuant to Article 6(1) so agrees, the Commission shall organise an advisory mission as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. On a reasoned request from the Commission or from one or more Member States to or in which the essential service is provided, the Member State that has identified a critical entity of particular European significance as a critical entity pursuant to Article 6(1) shall provide the following to the Commission:
(a) the relevant parts of the critical entity risk assessment;