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Article 16

Article 16

1.  
The competent authority of the home Member State shall notify the competent authorities of the host Member States and ESMA immediately of any registration or removal from the register of a manager of a qualifying venture capital fund, of any addition to or removal from the register of a qualifying venture capital fund, and of any addition to or removal from the list of Member States in which a manager of a qualifying venture capital fund intends to market those funds.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the competent authority of a qualifying venture capital fund that has been registered in accordance with Article 14a shall immediately notify the competent authority of the home Member State, the competent authorities of the host Member States, and ESMA, of any addition to or any removal from the register of a qualifying venture capital fund or of any addition to or removal from the list of Member States in which the manager of that qualifying venture capital fund intends to market that fund.

2.  
The competent authorities of the host Member States shall not impose on the managers of qualifying venture capital funds any requirements or administrative procedures in relation to the marketing of their qualifying venture capital funds, nor shall they require any approval of that marketing prior to its commencement. Such requirements or administrative procedures include fees and other charges.
3.  
In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to determine the format of notification under this Article.
4.  
ESMA shall submit those draft implementing technical standards to the Commission by 16 February 2014.
5.  
Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.