competent authorities definition

competent authorities means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II;
competent authorities means the authorities designated by the Member States of the Union to receive, accept and verify FLEGT licences;
competent authorities means the government agencies or entities responsible for the administrative functions under this Agreement;

Examples of competent authorities in a sentence

  • The Competent Authorities intend to maintain appropriate safeguards and infrastructure as described in Article 3(8) of the IGA (“Data Safeguards”).

  • The Competent Authorities note that, under Article 4(1)(c) and Xxxxx XX of the IGA, a Reporting Costa Rican Financial Institution or Paragraph 1.

  • The Competent Authorities understand that feedback with regard to data quality and usability is an important element of the exchange process and they may consult with each other as provided in Paragraph 7.2 about data error or transmission problems inadequately addressed through standard notification processes over IDES.

  • Automatic Exchange within Nine (9) Months: Consistent with Articles 3(5) and 3(6) of the IGA, the Competent Authorities intend to exchange automatically the information described in Articles 2 and 4(1)(b) of the IGA within nine (9) months after the end of the calendar year to which the information relates.

  • This Arrangement becomes operative on the later of (i) the date the IGA enters into force, or (ii) the date the Arrangement is signed by the U.S. and Costa Rican Competent Authorities.


More Definitions of competent authorities

competent authorities means the national authorities which are empowered by law or regulation to supervise credit institutions;
competent authorities means public authorities or bodies officially recognized by national law, which are empowered by national law to supervise credit institutions or investment firms as part of the supervisory system in operation in the Member State concerned.
competent authorities means the authorities which each Member State designates under Article 97;
competent authorities means one or more entities designated and authorised by each Party to act on its behalf in the implementation of this Agreement.
competent authorities means the national authorities designated to carry out the duties provided for in this Directive;
competent authorities means the authorities or bodies designated by law that are in charge of the regulation and/or oversight of statutory auditors and audit firms or of specific aspects thereof; the reference tocompetent authority’ in a specific article means a reference to the authority or body(ies) responsible for the functions referred to in that Article;