1. Obliged entities wishing to carry out activities within the territory of another Member State for the first time shall notify the supervisors of their home Member State of the activities which they intend to carry out in that other Member State. That notification shall be submitted as soon as the obliged entity takes steps to carry out the activities, and, in the case of establishments at least 3 months prior to the commencement of those activities. Obliged entities shall immediately notify the supervisors of their home Member State upon commencement of those activities in that other Member State.

The first subparagraph shall not apply to obliged entities subject to specific notification procedures for the exercise of the freedom of establishment and of the freedom to provide services under other Union legal acts or to cases where the obliged entity is subject to specific authorisation requirements in order to operate in the territory of that other Member State.

2. Any planned change to the information communicated under paragraph 1 shall be communicated by the obliged entity to the supervisor of the home Member State at least 1 month before making the change.

3. Where this Regulation allows Member States to adopt additional rules applicable to obliged entities, obliged entities shall comply with the national rules of the Member State in which they are established.