COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 620/2014 of 4 June 2014 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to information exchange between competent authorities of home and host Member States, according to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

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In order to ensure efficient and timely cooperation between competent authorities of home and host Member States information exchange should be two-way, within the respective supervisory competences of those authorities. Standard forms, templates and operating procedures, including timelines, should therefore be established for the exchange of information during going concern situations and liquidity stress situations. Harmonised frequencies and maximum remittance dates for the information to be exchanged on a regular basis should also be established, providing for information to be exchanged on a bi-annual or annual basis. To ensure that the most up-to-date information is exchanged, competent authorities should nevertheless exchange information as early as is practicable without waiting until the expiry of maximum remittance dates.

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Without prejudice to procedures for standard information exchange established in this Regulation, competent authorities of home or host Member States should inform each other without undue delay about any potential situation affecting the financial stability or functioning of a branch and provide all essential and relevant information regarding that situation.

(3)

Given the differences in size, complexity and significance of branches operating in host Member States, it is important to apply the principle of proportionality in the exchange of information. To this end, the need for competent authorities in host Member States to receive a more extensive range of information where these authorities are responsible for branches identified as significant in accordance with Article 51 of Directive 2013/36/EU should be reflected in the forms, templates and frequencies used for exchanging this information.

(4)

To ensure an efficient transmission of information to the relevant persons as well as the confidentiality of the information, the competent authorities should establish, share and regularly update lists of contact persons.

(5)

Information exchange between competent authorities of home and host Member States is not limited to the types of information specified in Article 50 of Directive 2013/36/EU, and therefore to the types of information specified in this Regulation. In particular, Directive 2013/36/EU sets out provisions for exchange of information regarding on-the-spot verification of branches, notifications of the exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services, and measures, including precautionary ones, taken by competent authorities in relation to branches and their parent undertakings. This Regulation should therefore not set out requirements for exchange of information in those areas.

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Standard forms, templates and procedures should also address exchanges of information in relation to the carrying out of activities in a host Member State by way of the provision of cross border services.

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Given the nature of cross-border services, competent authorities of host Member States are confronted with a lack of information regarding operations being conducted in their jurisdictions, and it is essential to establish procedures for sharing information for the purposes of safeguarding financial stability and monitoring conditions of authorisations, in particular monitoring whether the institution provides services in accordance with the notifications provided. Despite the importance of such information, given the need to avoid potential burden in collecting and disseminating this to all competent authorities of host Member States, the information should be provided following a request from the competent authorities of host Member States rather than be shared on a regular basis.

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Given the fact that the type of information to be exchanged between competent authorities is detailed in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 524/2014 (2), this Implementing Regulation should be considered as the necessary corollary of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 524/2014.

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This Regulation is based on the draft implementing technical standards submitted by the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) (EBA) to the Commission.

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The EBA has conducted open public consultations on the draft implementing technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the opinion of the Banking Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),