# Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 of 2 May 2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 24: Nominating and approval of authorised representatives ...

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. When requesting the opening of an account, the prospective account holder must nominate a number of authorised representatives ... in accordance with Article 23.
2. When nominating an authorised representative ..., the account holder must provide information as required by the national administrator. That information must include, at a minimum, the information set out in Annex VIII.
3. Within 20 working days of the receipt of a complete set of information required in accordance with paragraph 2, the national administrator must approve an authorised representative ..., or inform the account holder of its refusal. Where evaluation of the nominee information requires more time, the national administrator may extend the evaluation process by up to 20 additional working days, and notify the extension to the account holder.
4. The national administrator must verify whether the information and documents provided for nominating an authorised representative ... are complete, up-to-date, accurate and true.
5. A national administrator may refuse to approve an authorised representative ...:
(a) if the information and documents provided are incomplete, out-of-date or otherwise inaccurate or false;
(b) if the prospective representative is under investigation or has been convicted in the preceding five years for fraud involving allowances or Kyoto units, money laundering, terrorist financing or other serious crimes for which the account may be an instrument;
(c) if the national administrator is not satisfied that the proposed authorised representative is a fit and proper person to act as an authorised representative.
6. If the national administrator refuses to approve an authorised representative, the account holder may appeal against the decision in accordance with Article 110c.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/389/article/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-389/article-24
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