11. For the purposes of paragraph 10 of these guidelines all the following factors should be …

For the purposes of paragraph 10 of these guidelines all the following factors should be considered in order to ensure that the information in summary or collective form is disclosed in anonymised form:

11.1. Number of institutions: if the confidential information relates to fewer than three institutions or entities referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU, disclosure should be avoided, unless the specific patterns, as specified in point 11.2 of this paragraph, and the context of disclosure, as specified in point 11.3 of this paragraph, do not create a risk of those individual institutions or entities being identified.

11.2. Specific patterns: when disclosing confidential information any reference to specific characteristics, distinctive features, names or to numerical, qualitative or other distinctive data allowing identification of the individual institutions or entities referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU should be avoided.

11.3. Context of disclosure: disclosure of confidential information should be avoided when a set of circumstances such as the means of the disclosure, the number and the characteristics of the addressees, the timing of the disclosure and any other distinctive circumstance creates a risk of the individual institutions or entities referred to in point (b),

• (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU being identified.

1. Overview

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

3. Related Standards

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