11. The control team shall assess the compliance of threat intelligence providers and testers they consider involving in the TLPT with the requirements laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and with Article 7(1) of this Regulation, and document the outcome of that assessment. The control team shall select threat intelligence providers in accordance with that assessment and with its risk management practices. Prior to contracting the selected threat intelligence providers and external testers, the control team shall provide to the test managers evidence of compliance of those threat intelligence providers and testers with the requirements laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and with Article 7(1) of this Regulation. The control team shall not proceed with contracting the selected threat intelligence providers and external testers where the TLPT authority is of the opinion that the selected threat intelligence providers and external testers do not comply with the requirements laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, or with the requirements laid down in Article 7(1) of this Regulation or with additional requirements stemming from national security legislations in accordance with Union law, or where the financial entity does not comply with Article 7(2), first subparagraph, of this Regulation, or where the circumstances referred to in Article 7(2), second subparagraph, of this Regulation are not met.