Article 8 Competent authorities and single points of contact

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Each Member State shall designate or establish one or more competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 responsible for cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; and for the supervisory tasks referred to in Chapter VII (competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46).

The competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 referred to in paragraph 1 shall monitor the implementation of this Directive at national level.

Each Member State shall designate or establish a single point of contact. Where a Member State designates or establishes only one competent authorityas defined in Article 46 pursuant to paragraph 1, that competent authorityas defined in Article 46 shall also be the single point of contact for that Member State.

Each single point of contact shall exercise a liaison function to ensure cross-border cooperation of its Member State’s authorities with the relevant authorities of other Member States, and, where appropriate, with the Commission and ENISA, as well as to ensure cross-sectoral cooperation with other competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 within its Member State.

Member States shall ensure that their competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 and single points of contact have adequate resources to carry out, in an effective and efficient manner, the tasks assigned to them and thereby to fulfil the objectives of this Directive.

Each Member State shall notify the Commission without undue delay of the identity of the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 referred to in paragraph 1 and of the single point of contact referred to in paragraph 3, of the tasks of those authorities, and of any subsequent changes thereto. Each Member State shall make public the identity of its competent authorityas defined in Article 46. The Commission shall make a list of the single points of contact publicly available.