Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/365 of 13 December 2018 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the procedures and forms for exchange of information on sanctions, measures and investigations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)

1 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) shall designate a single contact point for receiving the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 and for all communications on any issue relating to the reception of such information. Details of the contact point shall be made available on ESMA's website.

2 The competent authorities of each Member State shall designate a single contact point for that Member State for all communications relating to the provision of the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365. Competent authorities shall notify ESMA of those contact points.

1 The contact points designated by competent authorities for each Member State pursuant to Article 1(2) shall provide ESMA with the information referred to in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 using the form in Annex I to this Regulation. Copies of decisions imposing administrative sanctions and other administrative measures and summaries of such decisions shall be provided, unless the sanction or measure has already been reported to ESMA under Article 25(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365. Copies of decisions shall be submitted in email attachments accompanying the form.

2 The contact points designated by competent authorities for each Member State pursuant to Article 1(2) shall provide ESMA with the information referred to in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 using the form in Annex II to this Regulation.

3 The forms referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall cover a reporting period of one calendar year and shall, together with any attachments, be electronically completed and submitted by email to ESMA's contact point no later than 31 March the following year. The first submission of the forms referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be made in 2018 for the calendar years 2016 and 2017.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.