Article 9 — Removal from the national register

1. A Member State shall remove from its national register any certified financial intermediary registered pursuant to Article 7(2), where the certified financial intermediary: (a) requests such removal; or (b) no longer meets the requirements of Article 8. 2. A Member State may remove from its national register any certified financial intermediary registered pursuant to Article 7(2): (a) where the certified financial intermediary has been found not to have complied with its obligations under this Directive or Directive (EU) 2015/849 or under comparable rules of a third country of residence for tax purposes; or (b) where the certified financial intermediary has been found to have committed one or more offences or infringements under the national rules of a Member State or another jurisdiction and such offences or infringements have led to a loss of withholding tax revenue; or (c) where an inquiry is opened by a Member State or another jurisdiction in relation to the certified financial intermediary concerning potential tax fraud or tax abuse which could lead to a loss of withholding tax revenue. For the purposes of point (b), the source Member State shall only take such offences or infringements into account to the extent that they became known to that Member State not more than 10 years prior to the removal of the financial intermediary. 3. A Member State may prohibit any certified financial intermediary registered pursuant to Article 7(1) from requesting relief under this Directive: (a) where the certified financial intermediary has been found not to have complied with its obligations under this Directive or Directive (EU) 2015/849 or with the comparable rules of a third country of residence for tax purposes; or (b) where the certified financial intermediary has been found to have committed one or more offences or infringements under the national rules of a Member State or another jurisdiction and such offences or infringements have led to a loss of withholding tax revenue; or (c) where an inquiry is opened by a Member State or another jurisdiction in relation to the certified financial intermediary concerning potential tax fraud or tax abuse which could lead to a loss of withholding tax revenue. For the purposes of point (b), the source Member State shall only take such offences or infringements into account to the extent that they became known to that Member State not more than 10 years prior to the prohibition to request relief. Where a Member State prohibits a certified financial intermediary pursuant to this paragraph, it shall without delay update the information contained in the national register accordingly. 4. Where a Member State removes a financial intermediary from the national register pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2, or prohibits a certified financial intermediary from requesting relief pursuant to paragraph 3, the Member State shall ensure that the financial intermediary is re-registered or is allowed to submit another request for relief, if the Member State determines that the circumstances that caused the removal or prohibition have been remedied.