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Article 46a Supervision of the European Digital Identity Wallet Framework

1. Member States shall designate one or more supervisory bodies established in their territory.

The supervisory bodies designated pursuant to the first subparagraph shall be given the necessary powers and adequate resources for the exercise of their tasks in an effective, efficient and independent manner.

2. Member States shall notify to the Commission the names and the addresses of their supervisory bodies designated pursuant to paragraph 1 and any subsequent changes thereto. The Commission shall publish a list of the notified supervisory bodies.

3. The role of the supervisory bodies designated pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be:

(a) to supervise providers of European Digital Identity Wallets established in the designating Member State and to ensure, by means of ex ante and ex post supervisory activities, that those providers and European Digital Identity Wallets they provide meet the requirements laid down in this Regulation;

(b) to take action, if necessary, in relation to providers of European Digital Identity Wallets established in the territory of the designating Member State, by means of ex post supervisory activities, when informed that providers or European Digital Identity Wallets that they provide infringe this Regulation.

4. The tasks of the supervisory bodies designated pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include, in particular, the following: