(2)It is important to ensure that information provided by competent authorities is pertinent and capable of supporting an informed assessment. All competent authorities should therefore provide information that allows a consistent assessment throughout the Union, while retaining the possibility to also provide any additional information that they might consider useful for assessing the overall functioning of the EU passport, of the national rules governing private placements, as well as any potential impact of extending the passport to third country funds and managers. In order to ensure that a uniform set of reporting requirements applies directly to all competent authorities it is necessary to lay down rules on the information to be provided to ESMA in the form of a Regulation.