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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1943/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1943",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1943 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on information and requirements for the authorisation of investment firms (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1943",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General information",
  "text": "An applicant seeking authorisation as an investment firm in accordance to Title II of Directive 2014/65/EU shall submit to the competent authority an application that includes the following general information:\n(a) its name (including its legal name and any other trading name to be used); legal structure (including information on whether it will be a legal person or, where allowed by national legislation, a natural person), address of the head office and, for existing companies, registered office; contact details; its national identification number, where available; as well as:\n(i) for domestic branches: information on where the branches will operate;\n(ii) for domestic tied agents: details on its intention to use tied agents;\n(b) the list of investment services and activities, ancillary services and financial instruments to be provided, and whether clients' financial instruments and funds will be held (even on a temporary basis).\n(c) copies of corporate documents and evidence of registration with the national register of companies, where applicable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1943/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:29.940207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}