Article 1 — Scope

1.This Regulation establishes rules on the cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities of home and host Member States regarding notifications for the exercise of the right of establishment or the freedom to provide services by payment institutions, in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2015/2366/EC.

2.This Regulation applies mutatis mutandis to notifications between competent authorities of home and host Member States for the exercise of the right of establishment or of the freedom to provide services by electronic money institutions, including where they distribute electronic money by engaging a natural or legal person, in accordance with Article 3(1), (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/110/EC and Article 111 of Directive 2015/2366/EC.

3.The scope and treatment of information exchanged between competent authorities under the framework for cooperation defined in this Regulation does not entail any consequence on the competence of the home and host authorities as defined under Directive (EU) 2015/2366.