--- title: "Article 96 — Cooperation with EBA and ESMA" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109" shortTitle: "Article 96 — Cooperation with EBA and ESMA" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 instrument: mica celex: 32023R1114 text_version: "Consolidated version of 9 January 2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 9 January 2024 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109)* 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the [competent authorities](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/competent-authority) shall cooperate closely with ESMA in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 and with EBA in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. They shall exchange information in order to carry out their duties under this Chapter and Chapters 2 and 3 of this Title. 2. The [competent authorities](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/competent-authority) shall without delay provide EBA and ESMA with all information necessary to perform their duties, in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 and Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 respectively. 3. ESMA, in close cooperation with EBA, shall develop draft implementing technical standards to establish standard forms, templates and procedures for the cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities and EBA and ESMA. ESMA shall submit the draft implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission by 30 June 2024. Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010. ## Related Level 2 and Level 3 ### Binding measures - [2024/2494 — ITS — ESA Cooperation Exchange \[in force\]](../level-2/its/implementing-technical-standards-cooperation-exchange-information-between-competent-authorities-eba-esma.md) ### Process documents - [ESMA75-453128700-949 — Report — Cooperation Information Exchange \[final draft submitted\]](../process/final-report-on-the-technical-standards-specifying-requirements-for-cooperation-exchange-of-informa.md) *** [Title VII — Competent authorities, EBA and ESMA](../titles/vii.md) › Chapter 1 — Powers of competent authorities and cooperation between competent authorities, EBA and ESMA · [← Article 95](95.md) · [Article 97 →](97.md)