(1) The Bank may request the supervisory authority of the home Member State of an insurance undertaking which carries on insurance in the State by way of services or by way of branch establishment, to submit the appropriate information referred to in sub-article (1) of Article 40 and other appropriate information in order that the statistical needs of the State may be fulfilled.
(2) The Bank may, in addition, in the interest of the general good, require an insurance undertaking which has its head office in the territory of another Member State and is transacting insurance business in the State to supply such statistical information in such form and manner as the Bank may specify from time to time.