# Article 12 — Connectivity of ARMs **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/571 · superseded — not in force · OJ L 87, 31.3.2017 · dated 2 Jun 2016 [no longer in force]** *No longer in force · Consolidated version of 6 February 2018 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02017R0571-20180206)* 1. An ARM shall have in place policies, arrangements and technical capabilities to comply with the technical specification for the submission of transaction reports required by the competent authority of its home Member State and by other competent authorities to whom the ARM sends transaction reports. 2. An ARM shall have in place adequate policies, arrangements and technical capabilities to receive transaction reports from clients and to transmit information back to clients. The ARM shall provide the client with a copy of the transaction report which the ARM submitted to the competent authority on the client's behalf.