1.   Notifications and requests for information or cooperation shall be submitted in writing by post or by electronic means, using the form set out in Annex I. When a competent authority, ESMA or EBA makes a request for information or cooperation pursuant to Article 96 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, they shall use the standard form set out in Annex I to this Regulation. The submitting body shall send the notification or request to the contact point designated pursuant to Article 2.

2.   When making a request for information or cooperation, the submitting body:

(a)	may attach to the request any document or supporting material deemed necessary to support that request;

(b)	may, in urgent cases, make the request orally, but that oral request shall subsequently be confirmed in writing without undue delay.