3. By 10 May 2022, the Commission shall make an assessment, after consulting ESMA, on the application of this Regulation to crowdfunding service providers that provide crowdfunding services only on a national basis and on the impact of this Regulation on the development of national crowdfunding markets and on access to finance. On the basis of that assessment, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 to extend the period referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article once by a 12-month period.