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# Article 40 — Obligation to provide information

*In force · Consolidated version of 6 June 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 30 Sep 2026 ·* [*Official source*](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606)

A third-country firm intending to obtain authorisation for the provision of any investment services or the performance of investment activities with or without any ancillary services in the territory of a Member State through a branch shall provide the competent authority of that Member State with the following:

**(a)** the name of the authority responsible for its supervision in the third country concerned. When more than one authority is responsible for supervision, the details of the respective areas of competence shall be provided;

**(b)** all relevant details of the firm (name, legal form, registered office and address, members of the management body, relevant shareholders) and a programme of operations setting out the investment services and/or activities as well as the ancillary services to be provided and the organisational structure of the branch, including a description of any outsourcing to third parties of essential operating functions;

**(c)** the name of the persons responsible for the management of the branch and the relevant documents to demonstrate compliance with requirements laid down in [Article 9(1)](/mifid-ii/articles/9.md);

**(d)** information about the initial capital at free disposal of the branch.

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[Title II — Authorisation and operating conditions for investment firms](/mifid-ii/titles/ii.md) · [← Article 39](/mifid-ii/articles/39.md) · [Article 41 →](/mifid-ii/articles/41.md)


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