1. With a view to implementing the obligations set out in Articles 7 and 8, Member States shall designate one or more national competent authorities with the required powers as regards acceptance of payments in cash and access to cash, and over the cash-related market activities of the cash industry.
2. For the purposes of Articles 7 and 8, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts of general application on a set of common indicators Member States shall use to monitor and assess the acceptance of payments in cash and access to cash throughout their territory, in all their different regions, including urban and non-urban areas. Those implementing acts shall be adopted [within X months after the entry into force of this Regulation] in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 11. When preparing those implementing acts, the Commission shall consult the European Central Bank.
3. The designated national competent authorities shall notify the results of their monitorin
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