For the purposes of Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall be the competent national authority responsible for the prior authorisation and supervision of data communication service providers referred to in Article 2(3) of the same Regulation.