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MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN DEPOSIT GUARANTEE SCHEMES AND DESIGNATED AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION The subscribing deposit guarantee schemes (DGSs) and, where appropriate, designated authorities of the Member States of the European Union, Recognising the responsibility of DGSs to protect depositors, and their additional role in contributing to market confidence and financial stability, Recognising the importance of cooperation between DGSs within the European Union, in particular, when deposit-taking business is carried out on a cross-border basis, Having regard to the first subparagraph of Article 14(5) of Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes (Directive 2014/49/EU), which establishes that ‘In order to facilitate an effective cooperation between DGSs, with particular regard to this Article and to Article 12, the DGSs or, where appropriate, the designated authorities, shall have written cooperation agreements in place. Such agreements shall take into account the requirements laid down in Article 4(9)’, Having regard to the second subparagraph of Article 14(5) of Directive 2014/49/EU, which establishes that ‘The designated authority shall notify EBA of the existence and the content of such agreements and EBA may issue opinions in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (Regulation (EU) 1093/2010). If designated authorities or DGSs cannot reach an agreement or if there is a dispute about the interpretation of an agreement, either party may refer the matter to EBA in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 1093/2010 and EBA shall act in accordance with that Article’, Conscious of the need to ensure a consistent application of Directive 2014/49/EU throughout the European Union and avoid the conclusion of a high number of overly complex bilateral agreements between deposit guarantee schemes, Have agreed as follows PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 Objective of this Multilateral Framework Cooperation Agreement
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