Article 3
Authorisation and central public register
1.
An ELTIF may only be marketed in the Union when it has been authorised in accordance with this Regulation. Authorisation as an ELTIF shall be valid for all Member States.
2.
Only EU AIFs shall be eligible to apply for and to be granted authorisation as an ELTIF.
3.
The competent authorities of the ELTIFs shall, on a quarterly basis, inform ESMA of authorisations granted or withdrawn pursuant to this Regulation and of any changes to the information about an ELTIF that is set out in the central public register referred to in the second subparagraph.
ESMA shall keep an up-to-date central public register identifying for each ELTIF authorised under this Regulation:
(a)
the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and national code identifier of the ELTIF, where available;
(b)
the name and address of the manager of the ELTIF and, where available, the LEI of that manager;
(c)
the ISIN codes of the ELTIF and each separate unit or share class, where available;
(d)
the LEI of the master ELTIF, where available;
(e)
the LEI of the feeder ELTIF, where available;
(f)
(g)
the Member States where the ELTIF is marketed;
(h)
whether the ELTIF can be marketed to retail investors or can be marketed solely to professional investors;
(i)
the date of the authorisation of the ELTIF;
(j)
the date on which the marketing of the ELTIF commenced;
(k)
the date of the last update by ESMA of the information about the ELTIF.
The central public register shall be made available in electronic format.