Article 8
On-site-inspections in the branch
1. Before carrying out on-site inspections referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the competent authorities of the home and host Member States shall reach a common understanding on the terms and scope of the on-site inspection, including the following:
| (a) | the respective roles and responsibilities; | 
| (b) | the reasons for the on-site inspection. | 
2. The competent authorities of the home and host Member States shall inform each other of an on-site inspection of the branch of a CSD in a host Member State in accordance with paragraph 1 using the template set out in Table 2 of Annex III.