1. Member States shall establish a public register in which the following are entered:
(a) authorised payment institutions and their agents;
(b) natural and legal persons benefiting from an exemption pursuant to Article 32 or 33, and their agents; and
(c) the institutions referred to in Article 2(5) that are entitled under national law to provide payment services.
Branches of payment institutions shall be entered
in the register of the home Member State if those branches provide
services in a Member State other than their home Member State.
2. The public register shall identify the payment
services for which the payment institution is authorised or for which
the natural or legal person has been registered. Authorised payment
institutions shall be listed in the register separately from natural and
legal persons benefiting from an exemption pursuant to Article 32 or
33. The register shall be publicly available for consultation,
accessible online, and updated without delay.
3. Competent authorities shall enter in the
public register any withdrawal of authorisation and any withdrawal of an
exemption pursuant to Article 32 or 33.
4. Competent authorities shall notify EBA of the
reasons for the withdrawal of any authorisation and of any exemption
pursuant to Article 32 or 33
