1. Without prejudice to Article 73 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, ESMA shall withdraw the registration of a trade repository where the trade repository:
expressly renounces the registration or has provided no services for the preceding six months;
obtained the registration by making false statements or by other irregular means;
no longer meets the conditions under which it was registered.
2. ESMA shall, without undue delay, notify the relevant competent authority referred to in Article 6(1) of a decision to withdraw the registration of a trade repository.
3. The competent authority of a Member State in which the trade repository performs its services and activities and which considers that one of the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 has been met, may request ESMA to examine whether the conditions for the withdrawal of registration of the trade repository concerned are met. Where ESMA decides not to withdraw the registration of the trade repository concerned, it shall provide full reasons for its decision.
4. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be the authority designated under points (a) and (b) of Article 16(1) of this Regulation.