1.Host Member States may, for statistical purposes, require all investment firms with branches within their territories to report periodically on their activities in those host Member States to the competent authorities of those host Member States. In discharging their responsibilities in the conduct of monetary policy, without prejudice to the measures necessary for the strengthening of the European Monetary System, host Member States may within their territories require all branches of investment firms originating in other Member States to provide the same particulars as national investment firms for that purpose.
2.In discharging their responsibilities under this Directive, host Member States may require branches of investment firms to provide the same particulars as national firms for that purpose. Host Member States may require investment firms carrying on business within their territories under the freedom to provide services to provide the information necessary for the monitoring of their compliance with the standards set by the host Member State that apply to them, although those requirements may not be more stringent than those which the same Member State imposes on established firms for the monitoring of their compliance with the same standards.
3.Where the competent authorities of a host Member State ascertain that an investment firm that has a branch or provides services within its territory is in breach of the legal or regulatory provisions adopted in that State pursuant to those provisions of this Directive which confer powers on the host Member State's competent authorities, those authorities shall require the investment firm concerned to put an end to its irregular situation.
4.If the investment firm concerned fails to take the necessary steps, the competent authorities of the host Member State shall inform the competent authorities of the home Member State accordingly. The latter shall, at the earliest opportunity, take all appropriate measures to ensure that the investment firm concerned puts an end to its irregular situation. The nature of those measures shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the host Member State.
5.If, despite the measures taken by the home Member State or because such measures prove inadequate or are not available in the State in question, the investment firm persists in violating the legal or regulatory provisions referred to in paragraph 2 in force in the host Member State, the latter may, after informing the competent authorities of the home Member State, take appropriate measures to prevent or to penalize further irregularities and, in so far as necessary, to prevent that investment firm from initiating any further transactions within its territory. The Member States shall ensure that within their territories it is possible to serve the legal documents necessary for those measures on investment firms.
6.The foregoing provisions shall not affect the powers of host Member States to take appropriate measures to prevent or to penalize irregularities committed within their territories which are contrary to the rules of conduct introduced pursuant to Article 11
as well as to other legal or regulatory provisions adopted in the interest of the general good. This shall include the possibility of preventing offending investment firms from initiating any further transactions within their territories.
7.Any measure adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4, 5 or 6 involving penalties or restrictions on the activities of an investment firm must be properly justified and communicated to the investment firm concerned. Every such measure shall be subject to the right to apply to the courts in the Member State which adopted it.
8.Before following the procedure laid down in paragraphs 3, 4 or 5 the competent authorities of the host Member State may, in emergencies, take any precautionary measures necessary to protect the interests of investors and others for whom services are provided. The Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned must be informed of such measures at the earliest opportunity. After consulting the competent authorities of the Member States concerned, the Commission may decide that the Member State in question must amend or abolish those measures.
9.In the event of the withdrawal of authorization, the competent authorities of the host Member State shall be informed and shall take appropriate measures to prevent the investment firm concerned from initiating any further transactions within its territory and to safeguard investors' interests. Every two years the Commission shall submit a report on such cases to the committee set up at a later stage in the securities field.
10.The Member States shall inform the Commission of the number and type of cases in which there have been refusals pursuant to Article 17 or measures have been taken in accordance with paragraph 5. Every two years the Commission shall submit a report on such cases to the committee set up at a later date in the securities field.