1.Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities to ensure the correct implementation of this Regulation. Those competent authorities shall be empowered to:
examine applications made by undertakings;
grant authorisations to engage in the occupation of road transport operator, and suspend or withdraw such authorisations;
declare a natural person to be unfit to manage the transport activities of an undertaking in the capacity of transport manager;
carry out the requisite checks to verify whether an undertaking satisfies the requirements laid down in Article 3.
2.The competent authorities shall publish all the conditions laid down pursuant to this Regulation, any other national provisions, the procedures to be followed by interested applicants and the corresponding explanations.