1. Where the third country's law prohibits or restricts the sharing of information referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 by branches and majority-owned subsidiaries established in the third country with other entities in their group, credit institutions and financial institutions shall at least:
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(a)
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inform the competent authority of the home Member State without undue delay and in any case no later than 28 days after identifying the third country of the following:
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(i)
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the name of the third country concerned;
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(ii)
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how the implementation of the third country's law prohibits or restricts the sharing or processing of the content of information referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 identified by a branch and majority-owned subsidiary established in a third country with other entities in their group;
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(b)
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require the branch or majority-owned subsidiary to provide relevant information to the credit institution's or financial institution's senior management so that it is able to assess the money laundering and terrorist financing risk associated with the operation of such a branch or majority-owned subsidiary and the impact this has on the group, such as:
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(i)
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the number of suspicious transactions reported within a set period;
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(ii)
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aggregated statistical data providing an overview of the circumstances that gave rise to suspicion.
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