PART 3PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION AND PASSPORTING
Exercise of passport rights
Supervision of firms exercising passport rights30
1
Without prejudice to regulation 71, the Authority must co-operate with the relevant host state competent authority or home state competent authority, as the case may be, in relation to the exercise of passport rights by any authorised electronic money institution or EEA authorised electronic money institution.
2
The Authority must, in particular—
a
notify the host state competent authority, whenever it intends to carry out an on-site inspection in the host state competent authority’s territory; and
b
provide the host state competent authority or home state competent authority, as the case may be—
i
on request, with all relevant information; and
ii
on its own initiative with all essential information,
relating to the exercise of the passport rights by an authorised electronic money institution or EEA authorised electronic money institution, including where there is an infringement or suspected infringement of these Regulations, or of the provisions of the electronic money directive, by a distributor, agent, branch or any other entity carrying out activities on behalf of such an institution.
3
Where the Authority and the home state competent authority agree, the Authority may carry out on-site inspections on behalf of the home state competent authority in respect of electronic money issuance or payment services provided by an EEA authorised electronic money institution exercising passport rights.
4
If the Authority has reasonable grounds to suspect that, in connection with the proposed establishment of a branch or the proposed provision of services by an EEA authorised electronic money institution—
a
money laundering or terrorist financing within the meaning of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 is taking place, has taken place, or has been attempted; or
b
the risk of such activities taking place would be increased,
it must inform the relevant home state competent authority of its grounds for suspicion.