Article 3 1.

For the purposes of this Regulation, a supervised entity shall be classified as significant 12 months after a decision as referred to in Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 (ECB/2014/17) has been notified to it. It shall report information in accordance with Title II of this Regulation as a significant supervised entity on the first reporting reference date which occurs after it has been classified as significant.