13. Where a CSD operating a DLT SS intends to introduce a material change to the functioning of the distributed ledger technology used, or to the services or activities of that CSD, and that material change requires a new specific permission, a new exemption, or the modification of one or more of that CSD’s existing exemptions or of any conditions attached to an exemption, the CSD operating the DLT SS shall request a new specific permission, exemption or modification.
Where a CSD operating a DLT SS requests a new specific permission, exemption or modification, the procedure set out in Article 5 shall apply. That request shall be processed by the competent authority in accordance with this Article.