1.   Within 10 working days of receipt of a request made pursuant to Article 2, the requested competent authority or ESMA, as appropriate, shall send an acknowledgement of receipt to the requesting competent authority or ESMA, as appropriate, using the form set out in Annex II, and, where possible, indicate an estimated date of response.

2.   Where a requested competent authority or ESMA, as appropriate, has any doubt in relation to the content of cooperation or information requested pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503, for the purpose of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010, it shall request further clarifications as soon as possible using any appropriate means, whether oral or written. The authority to which such request is addressed shall provide a prompt response.