Article 10 Sponsorship of network service providersF1

If a TIPS DCA holder wishes to use the services of a network service provider which is not on the list of TIPS network service providers, as referred to in Article 9(2), the TIPS DCA holder may request the ECB to initiate the assessment of whether a network service provider may operate as a TIPS network service provider.

A network service provider may operate as a TIPS network service provider provided that it successfully passed the assessment conducted in accordance with the rules and procedure set out in Appendix V and after having signed the TIPS connectivity hosting terms and conditions as published on the ECB's website and as amended from time to time.

The ECB shall inform the TIPS DCA holder of the outcome of the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within 120 calendar days from the date of the receipt of the request. In the event of the rejection of the network service provider, the ECB shall inform the TIPS DCA holder of the reasons for the rejection.

The requests referred to in paragraph 1 may be submitted to the ECB from 1 June 2019 .