Article 31 — Information to competent authorities — compare

The competent authority shall, promptly and in any event within two working days of receipt of the notification referred to in this paragraph and of the information referred to in paragraph  3 of this Article, acknowledge receipt in writing thereof to the proposed acquirer or vendor and share the information with ESMA and the college referred to in Article 18.

The competent authority shall have a maximum ofWithin 60 working days as fromof the date of the written acknowledgement of receipt of the notification and all documents required to be attached to the notification on the basis of the list referred to in Article  32(4) and unless extended in accordance with this Article, (‘the assessment period’), to the competent authority shall carry out the assessment provided for in Article  32(1) (‘the assessment’). The college referred to in Article 18 shall issue an opinion pursuant to Article 19 and ESMA shall issue an opinion pursuant to Article 24a(7), first subparagraph, point (bc), and in accordance with the procedure under Article 17b during the assessment period.