(a)

to require crowdfunding service providers and third parties designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services, and the natural or legal persons that control them or are controlled by them, to provide information and documents;

(b)

to require auditors and managers of the crowdfunding service providers, and of third parties designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services, to provide information;

(c)

to carry out on-site inspections or investigations at sites other than the private residences of natural persons, and for that purpose to enter premises in order to access documents and other data in any form, where a reasonable suspicion exists that documents and other data related to the subject matter of the inspection or investigation may be relevant to prove an infringement of this Regulation.

(a)

to suspend a crowdfunding offer for a maximum of 10 consecutive working days on any single occasion where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that this Regulation has been infringed;

(b)

to prohibit or suspend marketing communications, or to require a crowdfunding service provider or a third party designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services to cease or suspend marketing communications, for a maximum of 10 consecutive working days on any single occasion where there are reasonable grounds for believing that this Regulation has been infringed;

(c)

to prohibit a crowdfunding offer where they find that this Regulation has been infringed or where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it would be infringed;

(d)

to suspend, or to require a crowdfunding service provider to suspend, the provision of crowdfunding services for a maximum of 10 consecutive working days on any single occasion where there are reasonable grounds for believing that this Regulation has been infringed;

(e)

to prohibit the provision of crowdfunding services where they find that this Regulation has been infringed;

(f)

to make public the fact that a crowdfunding service provider or a third party designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services is failing to comply with its obligations;

(g)

to disclose, or to require a crowdfunding service provider or a third party designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services to disclose, all material information which may have an effect on the provision of the crowdfunding service in order to ensure investor protection or the smooth operation of the market;

(h)

to suspend, or to require a crowdfunding service provider or a third party designated to perform functions in relation to the provision of crowdfunding services to suspend, the provision of crowdfunding services where the competent authorities consider that the crowdfunding service provider’s situation is such that the provision of the crowdfunding service would be detrimental to investors’ interests;

(i)

to transfer existing contracts to another crowdfunding service provider in cases where a crowdfunding service provider’s authorisation is withdrawn in accordance with point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 17(1), subject to the agreement of the clients and the receiving crowdfunding service provider.

(a)

directly;

(b)

in collaboration with other authorities;

(c)

under their responsibility by delegation to such authorities;

(d)

by application to the competent judicial authorities.