Article 20a
Accessibility of information on the European single access point
1.
From 10 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Article 30c of this Directive is made accessible on the European single access point (ESAP) established under Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council (
7
). For that purpose, the collection body as defined in Article 2, point (2), of that Regulation shall be the competent authority pursuant to this Directive.
Member States shall ensure that the information complies with the following requirements:
(a)
be submitted in a data extractable format as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(b)
be accompanied by the following metadata:
(i)
all the names of the statutory auditor or audit firm to which the information relates;
(ii)
where available, the legal entity identifier of the audit firm, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(iii)
the type of information, as classified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (c), of that Regulation;
(iv)
an indication of whether the information contains personal data.
2.
From 10 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Article 15 of this Directive is made accessible on ESAP. For that purpose, the collection body as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 shall be the public register.
Member States shall ensure that the information complies with the following requirements:
(a)
be submitted in a data extractable format as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(b)
be accompanied by the following metadata:
(i)
all the names of the statutory auditor or audit firm to which the information relates;
(ii)
where available, the legal entity identifier of the audit firm, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(iii)
the type of information, as classified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (c), of that Regulation;
(iv)
an indication of whether the information contains personal data.
( 7 ) Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing a European single access point providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability (OL L, 2023/2859, 20.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2859/oj).