assistance to the relevant national authorities,

They shall immediately hand them over to the competent national authorities .'

Article 5 Cooperation with the competent national authorities 1 .

Article 5 Cooperation with the competent national authorities 1 .

They shall immediately hand them over to the competent national authorities .'

Article 2 This Article refers to relevant national authorities .

The application of coercive measures shall be the exclusive responsibility of the competent national authorities.

Competent authorities shall render assistance to competent authorities of other Member States .

The competent authorities shall cooperate closely .

this application is of a supplementary nature and shall take place within the framework set up by the competent national authorities

The ECB confirms that it has no objection to the competent national authorities making this opinion publicly available at their discretion .

Therefore , despite the sources described above , further compilation by the competent national authorities is necessary .

Competent authorities shall render assistance to competent authorities of other Member States .

Member States should ensure that decisions taken by the competent national authorities are open to judicial review .

Article 15 Designation of competent authorities 1 .

Chapter V Competent authorities

Article 13 Additional powers of the competent authorities 1 .

Article 6 Competent authorities 1 .

Moreover , representatives of other competent bodies may also be invited , such as national supervisory authorities in the case of the Banking Supervisory Committee .

Further tasks are to collect the necessary statistical information either from national authorities or directly from economic agents , e.g. financial institutions

whereas , in order to meet the statistical requirements of the ECB , the NCBs of these Member States and the other competent national statistical authorities shall cooperate with each other as laid down in the recommendation of the European

The organisation of the regulatory and supervisory tasks in each Member State should not hinder efficient co operation between the competent national authorities .

The National Statistical Offices , the National Central Banks and other competent national authorities responsible for data collections have been consulted on many occasions during the preparation of this text .

These processes and mechanisms shall be subject to overview by the competent authorities .

Those methods must be agreed upon by the competent authorities involved .

It is , therefore , important to permit the transport of counterfeits amongst competent national authorities as well as institutions and bodies of the European Union .

Under Article 6 ( 6 ) of the OLAF Regulation , the national competent authorities support the Office in its investigations of the ECB in conformity with national provisions .

COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND SUPERVISION

This is being done in close consultation with the other competent international , European and national institutions and authorities .

The competent authorities involved shall where appropriate co ordinate their supervisory actions .

( b ) major sanctions or exceptional measures taken by competent authorities .

Article 15 Co operation with third country competent authorities 1 .

The decision shall be provided to the other competent authorities by the consolidating supervisor .

In order to undertake the tasks of the ESCB , the ECB , assisted by the national central banks , shall collect the necessary statistical information either from the competent national authorities or directly from economic agents .

This information shall be made available on request . Alternatively , in agreement with the competent national authorities , the information allowing the traceability of the account holder can be handed over together with the category 3 banknotes to the authorities .

For this purpose it is necessary to authorise the transport of counterfeit notes and coins amongst competent national authorities as well as EU institutions and bodies .

Therefore , some of the tasks to be undertaken under this Guideline require cooperation between the ESCB and the competent national authorities .

enhancing cooperation among and converging the supervisory practices of the competent national authorities .

Increasing cross border activities require improved cooperation and a set of provisions for the exchange of information between competent national authorities .

The limits of competition and the role of public authorities

Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities from exchanging confidential information .

The competent authorities involved shall where appropriate co ordinate their supervisory actions .

Such substitution may be subject to specific conditions established by the competent authorities .

Part of the information necessary to meet the ESCB 's statistical requirements in the field of GFS is compiled by competent national authorities other than NCBs .

The ETSC shall communicate the relevant final results of its analysis to the competent national authorities and , according to its areas of responsibility to the European Central Bank .