# 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), Article 1: General information

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

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:
(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:
(i) for domestic branches: information on where the branches will operate;
(ii) for domestic tied agents: details on its intention to use tied agents;
(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).
(c) copies of corporate documents and evidence of registration with the national register of companies, where applicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1943/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1943/article-1
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