European Banking Union
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Summary
The Commentary on the European Banking Union presents an article-by-article analysis of the legislation which constitutes the basis of the two main pillars of the European Banking Union, i.e. the Single Supervisory Mechanism, with the European Central Bank as single supervisory authority for significant banking institutions (mainly) in the Eurozone, and the Single Resolution Mechanism and the Single Resolution Fund, with the Single Resolution Board as a centralized decision-making body for the resolution of banks (mainly) in the Eurozone.With contributions byMartina Almhofer, Fabian Amtenbrink, Jens-Hinrich Binder, Seraina Neva Grünewald, Christos V. Gortsos, Georg Gruber, Elke Gurlit, Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Matthias Haentjens, Janina Heinz, Ann-Katrin Kaufhold, Alexander Kern, Klaus Lackhoff, Christoph Ohler, Chryssa Papathanassiou, Mikulas Prokop, Georgios Psaroudakis, René Smits, Emiliano Tornese, Andreas Witte, Karl-Philipp Wojcik and Georgios Zagouras.
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- Copyright year
- 2022
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8487-3488-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8452-7848-3
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1254
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXX
- I. Introduction No access
- II. Banking supervision in the internal market No access
- 1. European System of Financial Supervision No access
- 2. The establishment of the SSM No access
- I. The scope of Art. 127(6) TFEU No access
- II. Supplementary national legislation No access
- I. Safety and soundness of credit institutions No access
- II. Stability of the financial system No access
- III. Equal treatment No access
- IV. Unity and integrity of the internal market No access
- V. Supervision in the public interest No access
- D. Principle of conferral No access
- A. Introductory remarks No access
- B. Single Supervision Mechanism No access
- C. Member States – Third countries No access
- D. Financial firms, groups of financial firms and related terms No access
- I. Authorities related to prudential supervision – teams of supervisory authorities No access
- II. Designated authorities No access
- I. General No access
- II. Supervised entities No access
- III. Supervised groups No access
- IV. Supervisory procedures and decisions No access
- I. Background and purpose of the provision: Cooperation as a prerequisite for effective financial supervision and the functioning of the internal market No access
- II. Structure of provision No access
- III. Obligation to “cooperate closely” No access
- IV. Consequences of a failure to comply No access
- a) Regulation No access
- b) Supervision No access
- 2. Cooperation with ESMA and EIOPA No access
- 3. Cooperation with ESRB No access
- 4. Cooperation with national competent or supervisory authorities No access
- II. Art. 3(1)(2) SSMR: Duty to enter into MoU with national market authorities No access
- C. Art. 3(2) SSMR: Participation in the EBA’s board of supervisors No access
- D. Art. 3(3) SSMR: Division of competences No access
- E. Art. 3(4) SSMR: Cooperation with resolution authorities No access
- F. Art. 3(5) SSMR: Coordination with public financial assistance facilities No access
- I. Art. 3(6)(1) SSMR: MoU with competent authorities in non-participating Member States No access
- II. Art. 3(6)(2) and (3) SSMR: MoU with competent authorities in Member States host to global systemically important institutions No access
- A. Function and background of the provisionThe views and opinions expressed in this contribution are strictly personal. No access
- I. Differentiation between “tasks” and “powers” No access
- II. Exclusive tasks in respect of all credit institutions? (“Within the framework of Art. 6 …”) No access
- 1. Is the list of tasks in Art. 4(1) SSMR exhaustive? No access
- 2. Art. 4(1)(a) SSMR No access
- 3. Art. 4(1)(b) SSMR No access
- 4. Art. 4(1)(c) SSMR No access
- 5. Art. 4(1)(d) SSMR No access
- 6. Art. 4(1)(e) SSMR No access
- 7. Art. 4(1)(f) SSMR No access
- 8. Art. 4(1)(g) SSMR No access
- 9. Art. 4(1)(h) SSMR No access
- 10. Art. 4(1)(i) SSMR No access
- IV. The counter-exemptions in Recital 28 SSMR No access
- V. Conferral of additional tasks on the ECB in other legal acts? No access
- I. General features of the supervisory regime for branches and cross-border services No access
- II. Intra-SSM relations (Art. 17(1) and (2) SSMR) No access
- 1. From non-SSM EEA to SSM (Art. 4(2) SSM‑FR) No access
- 2. From non-EEA to SSM (Recital 28 SSMR) No access
- 1. From SSM to non-SSM EEA (Art. 4(1)(b) SSMR) No access
- 2. From SSM to non-EEA No access
- I. The term “relevant Union law” No access
- II. Application of Union regulations (especially CRR) and the national exercise of options provided therein No access
- 1. Conceptual matters No access
- 2. National legislation No access
- 3. Transposing Union Directives No access
- IV. Application of tertiary law (Art. 4(3)(2) SSMR) No access
- V. Conflicts between national prudential provisions and national constitutions No access
- I. Decisions (Art. 4(3)(2) SSMR) No access
- II. Guidelines and recommendations (Art. 4(3)(2) SSMR) No access
- III. Regulations (Art. 4(3)(2) and (3) SSMR) No access
- IV. Operational acts No access
- F. Administrative and judicial review of supervisory acts of the ECB No access
- G. Participation in the work of the EBA (Art. 4(3)(4) SSMR) No access
- A. Limited macro-prudential supervisory competence of ECB (Art. 5(1) SSMR) No access
- B. Specific Competence of ECB (Art. 5(2)-(5) SSMR) No access
- C. National designated authorities No access
- D. Conflict between NDAs and ECB No access
- A. Introduction No access
- B. Art. 103 SSM Framework Regulation No access
- I. Art. 104(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- II. Art. 104(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- III. Art. 104(3) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- I. Art. 105(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- II. Art. 105(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- E. ECB’s scope of authority No access
- I. Definition, composition and legal nature of the SSM (Art. 6(1) SSMR) No access
- 1. The provisions of the SSMR (Art. 6(7) SSMR) No access
- 2. The provisions of the SSM Framework Regulation: An overview No access
- III. Main principles and obligations imposed on the ECB and NCAs (Art. 6(2) SSMR) No access
- 1. Provisions of the SSMR (Art. 6(3) and 6(8) SSMR) No access
- a) Right of the ECB to instruct NCAs or NDAs to make use of their powers and take action No access
- b) Language regimes No access
- 1. From the Commission’s proposal to the SSM Regulation and the SSM Framework Regulation No access
- a) Classification on an individual basis – implications for direct supervision No access
- b) Classification on a group basis No access
- c) Specific provisions for branches and subsidiaries No access
- a) Review of the status of a supervised entity or group: regular and ad hoc classification processes No access
- b) Procedure applicable in determining the significance of a supervised entity or group No access
- 4. List of supervised entities No access
- a) General provisions No access
- (i) The rule No access
- (ii) Basis of determination in specific or exceptional circumstances No access
- (iii) Groups of consolidated undertakings – methods of consolidation No access
- 2. Significance on the basis of the economic importance criterion No access
- 3. Significance on the basis of the cross-border activities criterion No access
- 4. Significance on the basis of the direct public financial assistance criterion No access
- 5. Significance on the basis of the fact that the supervised entity is one of the three most significant credit institutions in a participating Member State No access
- 6. The term “particular circumstances” No access
- 7. Quantitative vs. qualitative criteria for determining significance No access
- 1. The facts No access
- 2. The decision of the Court No access
- a) Establishment and composition No access
- b) Tasks of JSTs No access
- 2. Supervision on a consolidated basis No access
- 3. Supplementary supervision of credit institutions participating in financial conglomerates No access
- 1. Micro-prudential supervision of significant supervised entities and assistance by NCAs No access
- 2. In particular: compliance with fit and proper requirements for managers No access
- 3. Other procedures No access
- 1. Beginning of direct supervision by the ECB No access
- 2. End of direct supervision by the ECB – reclassification of a significant supervised entity or group as less significant No access
- 3. Pending procedures No access
- a) Introductory remarks No access
- b) The individual powers of the ECB No access
- a) Criteria No access
- (i) Activation of Art. 6(5)(b) SSMR on the ECB’s initiative No access
- (ii) Activation of Art. 6(5)(b) SSMR at the request of an NCA No access
- c) Supervised entities classified as significant on the basis of Art. 6(5)(b) SSMR No access
- 1. The provisions of Art. 6(6) SSMR No access
- (i) Rapid and significant deterioration of a less significant supervised entity’s financial situation No access
- (ii) Information requirements relating to “material” supervisory procedures No access
- (iii) Requirements relating to “material” draft supervisory Decisions No access
- b) Ex-post reporting to the ECB No access
- A. Rationale of close cooperation No access
- I. Notification by the Member State No access
- II. Decision by the ECB No access
- III. Complementary national legislation No access
- IV. Legal effects of a close cooperation No access
- I. Application of the SSMR mutatis mutandis No access
- II. Powers of the ECB No access
- III. Indirect supervision of all credit institutions No access
- D. Suspension and termination No access
- I. Overview No access
- 1. Treaty making power of the EU No access
- 2. Treaty-making power of the ECB No access
- 3. Shared competences No access
- III. External competences in matters of banking supervision No access
- B. External competences under Art. 8 SSMR No access
- A. Introduction No access
- I. The ECB as the competent or designated authority No access
- 1. Powers under the SSMR No access
- 2. Powers under Union law and national law transposing Union law No access
- 3. Other supervisory powers under national law No access
- III. Possibility to give instructions No access
- C. Exercise of powers by the ECB – Art. 9(2) SSMR No access
- D. Exercise of powers in non-euro area Member States – Art. 9(3) SSMR No access
- A. Overview to the investigatory powers of Arts. 10 to 13 SSMR No access
- B. Function and background of Art. 10 SSMR No access
- I. Material scope – what can be requested No access
- II. Personal scope – who can be requested information No access
- III. Professional secrecy – no limitation to the obligation to provide information No access
- D. Procedural aspects of the exercise of the power to request information and consequences of non-compliance with such request No access
- E. Exchange of information between the ECB and national competent authorities No access
- F. Power to require the provision of information at recurring intervals and in specified formats for supervisory and related statistical purpose No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- B. Personal scope No access
- C. Material scope No access
- D. Exercise of the general investigation powers No access
- Art. 12 SSMR On-site inspections Klaus Lackhoff and Mikulas ProkopOn-site inspections/Authorisation by a judicial authority No access Pages 177 - 178
- A. Background and purpose of on-site inspections No access
- I. Personal scope of an on-site inspection – who can be subject to an on-site inspection No access
- II. Territorial scope of an on-site inspection – where can the ECB conduct an on-site inspection No access
- I. Planning and initiation of an on-site inspection No access
- II. Conduct of an on-site inspection No access
- III. Follow up on the on-site inspection No access
- D. Art. 13 SSMR: Authorisation by a judicial authority No access
- I. Basic content No access
- 1. Substantial requirements for authorisation No access
- 2. Substantial requirements for withdrawal of authorisation No access
- 3. Procedural requirements No access
- III. Practical relevance No access
- I. Credit institutions No access
- II. All credit institutions irrespective of significance No access
- III. Territorial scope of application No access
- I. Triggers for Art. 14 SSMR procedures No access
- II. Submission of application to an NCA (Art. 14(1) SSMR) No access
- 1. Draft decision to grant authorisation No access
- 2. Final decision to reject application No access
- 1. Assessment of compliance with Union law No access
- 2. Procedure No access
- 3. The ECB’s decision on an application No access
- 4. Scope of authorisation No access
- I. Authorisations subject to withdrawal No access
- 1. Assessment of the NCA No access
- 2. Procedure No access
- a) Assessment No access
- b) Procedure No access
- c) Decision No access
- 1. Assessment of ECB No access
- 2. Procedure No access
- 3. Decision No access
- IV. Lapsing of the authorisation No access
- I. Distribution of competences between national and European courts No access
- 1. Optional administrative review No access
- 2. Admissibility of action for annulment No access
- 3. Assessment of the court und judgment No access
- I. Basic content No access
- 1. Substantial provisions No access
- 2. Procedural rules No access
- III. Practical relevance No access
- I. Credit institutions as acquisition targets No access
- II. Completed acquisitions No access
- III. Disposal of acquisitions No access
- IV. Exemption for resolution-related acquisitions No access
- V. Territorial scope No access
- I. Point of entry for notifications and relevant law No access
- 1. Proposed acquirer No access
- 2. Target credit institution No access
- 1. Direct qualifying holding No access
- 2. Indirect qualifying holding No access
- 3. Significant influence No access
- IV. Content of notification No access
- V. Procedure No access
- I. Assessment according to Union and national law No access
- II. Procedure No access
- III. Draft decision of the NCA No access
- I. Assessment according to Union law No access
- II. Procedure No access
- III. Decision No access
- I. Distribution of competences between national and European courts No access
- 1. Optional administrative review No access
- 2. Admissibility of action for annulment No access
- 3. Assessment of the court No access
- 1. Art. 16(1) SSMR within the system of the SSM Regulation No access
- 2. Field of application in relation to supervised entities No access
- 3. Use, delimitation and exercise of supervisory powers No access
- 4. The measures to be taken by the ECB – principle of proportionality No access
- 1. The three conditions No access
- 2. The provisions of Art. 102(1) CRD IV No access
- 1. Introductory remarks No access
- 2. Comparison with Art. 104(1) CRD IV (as in force) No access
- a) The provisions in force until the application of the CRD V No access
- b) The provisions in force after the application of the CRD V No access
- Art. 16(2)(b) SSMR: reinforcement of arrangements, processes, mechanisms and strategies No access
- Art. 16(2)(c) SSMR: restoration of compliance with supervisory requirements No access
- Art. 16(2)(d) SSMR: application of a specific provisioning policy or treatment of assets in terms of own funds requirements No access
- Art. 16(2)(e) SSMR: restriction or limitation on business, operations or network – divestment of activities No access
- Art. 16(2)(f) SSMR: reduction of the risk inherent in activities, products and systems No access
- Art. 16(2)(k) SSMR: the imposition of specific liquidity requirements No access
- Art. 16(2)(g) SSMR: limitation of variable remuneration No access
- Art. 16(2)(h) and (i) SSMR: request for distribution of net profits (only) – imposition of restrictions or prohibitions on distributions No access
- Art. 16(2)(m) SSMR: removal of members of the management board No access
- Art. 16(2)(j) SSMR: the imposition of additional or more frequent reporting requirements No access
- Art. 16(2)(l) SSMR: imposition of additional disclosure requirements No access
- Art. 17 SSMR Home-Host Framework (including Arts. 6, 17 SSM Framework Regulation) No access
- Arts. 8–17 SSM Framework Regulation Introduction Framework Regulation No access Pages 252 - 253
- Consolidated Supervisor (Art. 8 SSM Framework Regulation) No access
- A. Art. 9(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- B. Art. 9(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- Members of supervisory College (Art. 10 SSM Framework Regulation) No access
- A. Introduction No access
- B. Notification of NCA and ECB – Art. 11(1)-(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- C. Decision by the ECB – Art. 11(3)-(5) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- Freedom to provide services by credit Institutions (Art. 12 SSM Framework Regulation) No access
- A. Art. 13(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- B. Art. 13(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- C. Art. 13(3)-(4) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- A. Art. 14(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- B. Art. 14(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- Art. 15 SSM Framework Regulation No access
- Art. 16 SSM Framework Regulation No access
- A. Introduction No access
- B. Art. 17(1) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- C. Art. 17(2) SSM Framework Regulation No access
- D. Principle of fair balance No access
- E. Supervisory gaps in the SSM Framework Regulation No access
- A. General observations No access
- B. Ratio legis No access
- I. Supervisory measures, enforcement and sanctions No access
- II. Procedural safeguards for sanctions (Arts. 120–137 SSM Framework Regulation) No access
- 1. Act violating directly applicable Union law or ECB decisions and regulations No access
- 2. Addressees are only legal persons No access
- 3. Intent or negligence No access
- 4. The maximum level of pecuniary penalties and mitigating factors No access
- 5. The right to be heard No access
- 6. Statute of limitations No access
- 7. Publication No access
- IV. The ECB’s indirect competence No access
- V. Sanctions by NCAs No access
- VI. The interplay with the general sanctions regime of the ECB (Regulations (EC) 2532/98 and 2157/1999) No access
- D. Review of a sanctioning decision No access
- A. Origin and development No access
- 1. Institutional independence No access
- 2. Functional independence No access
- 3. Personal independence No access
- 4. Financial independence No access
- II. Ethics Framework and Code of Conduct (Art. 19(3) SSMR) No access
- A. Origin and development No access
- I. European Central Bank accountability for the implementation of the SSMR (Art. 20(1) SSMR) No access
- II. Reporting (Art. 20(2)-(3) SSMR) No access
- III. Appearances before the Eurogroup (Art. 20(4) SSMR) No access
- IV. Appearances before the European Parliament (Art. 20(5) SSMR) No access
- V. Questions by the European Parliament or the Eurogroup (Art. 20(6) SSMR) No access
- VI. Role of the Court of Auditors (Art. 20(7) SSMR) No access
- VII. Confidential oral discussions with the European Parliament (Art. 20(8) SSMR) No access
- VIII. Cooperation with European Parliament investigations (Art. 20(9) SSMR) No access
- A. Origin and development No access
- I. Reporting (Art. 21(1) SSMR) No access
- II. Questions by national parliaments (Art. 21(2) SSMR) No access
- III. Appearances before national parliaments (Art. 21(3) SSMR) No access
- IV. Accountability arrangements pursuant to national law (Art. 20(4) SSMR) No access
- A. General remarks No access
- 1. Before taking “supervisory decisions” No access
- 2. “Persons who are the subject of the proceeding” No access
- 1. “Before” taking supervisory decisions No access
- 2. Written and/or oral hearing No access
- 3. Subject matter of hearing No access
- 4. Time frame No access
- III. Consequences of failure to comply No access
- a) “Persons concerned” No access
- b) “After the opening of the ECB supervisory procedure” No access
- a) “Files” No access
- b) “Access” No access
- a) “Legitimate interest of other persons in the protection of their business secrets” No access
- b) “Confidential information” No access
- 4. Consequences of failure to comply No access
- II. Art. 22(2)(2): Duty to give reasons No access
- A. General remarks No access
- I. Protection of whistleblowers No access
- II. Breaches of relevant EU law No access
- III. Means to report breaches No access
- IV. Follow-up of a report No access
- V. Practical experience with ECB breach reporting system No access
- A. Administrative review and judicial review of ECB decisions No access
- B. The place of the ABoR in the ECB’s decision-making process No access
- I. Appointment of Members and Alternates; required qualifications No access
- II. Independence, ethical standards No access
- III. Expertise, secretarial support, training and expert advice No access
- IV. Proceedings: admissibility No access
- V. Proceedings: suspension of the contested decision No access
- VI. Proceedings: rapporteur, hearing, evidence, directions No access
- VII. Proceedings: opinion and follow-up No access
- VIII. Proceedings: timing, access to file and costs No access
- D. Practice thus far – ABoR in earlier case law No access
- A. Introductory remarks No access
- 1. The rules: Art. 25(1)-(2) SSMR No access
- 2. Compliance with the rules: Art. 25(3)-(5) SSMR No access
- 1. Organisational separation No access
- 2. Professional secrecy No access
- 3. Access to information between policy functions and classification No access
- 4. Exchange of confidential information No access
- I. The provisions of the SSMR: Art. 25(5) SSMR No access
- 1. Membership and internal organisation No access
- a) Request for mediation No access
- b) The Case Committee No access
- c) Decision-making process No access
- 3. Confidentiality and professional secrecy No access
- A. Introduction No access
- 1. Tasks No access
- 2. Composition No access
- 3. Status of the members of the Supervisory Board No access
- a) General No access
- b) Appointment and term of office of the Chair No access
- c) Appointment and term of office of the Vice-Chair No access
- d) Appointment and term of office of the ECB representatives No access
- a) Meetings No access
- b) Written procedures No access
- 6. Secretariat No access
- II. Steering Committee No access
- III. Executive Board No access
- IV. Governing Council No access
- 1. Scope No access
- a) Approval of draft decisions by the Supervisory Board No access
- b) Submission of the draft decision to the Governing Council No access
- c) Adoption of decisions by the Governing Council No access
- d) Publication or notification of legal acts No access
- e) Involvement of participating Member States whose currency is not the euro No access
- II. The procedure for the adoption of macroprudential decisions No access
- III. The decision-making procedure under Art. 6(7) SSMR No access
- IV. The standard decision-making procedure No access
- V. Delegated decision-making No access
- D. Conclusion No access
- A. Purpose of professional secrecy obligations No access
- B. Professional secrecy and the ECB public access regime No access
- C. Professional secrecy and right of access to the file No access
- D. Different layers of the ECB’s professional secrecy obligations No access
- I. Personal scope of application No access
- 1. Non-public information of a supervisory nature No access
- 2. Interest in maintaining confidentiality No access
- I. Prohibition of unlawful disclosure No access
- II. Time aspect of professional secrecy obligations No access
- 1. Principles of lawful disclosure No access
- 2. Information in summary or aggregate form No access
- 3. Criminal law cases No access
- 4. Civil or commercial proceedings No access
- 5. Consent of the persons adversely affected by disclosure No access
- a) Application of CRD rules on information exchange by the ECB No access
- b) Information exchange with EU authorities and bodies No access
- c) Information exchange with third-country authorities or bodies No access
- G. Procedural requirements for lawful disclosure No access
- H. Consequences of unlawful disclosure No access
- A. Interaction with other provisions and principles in EU law No access
- I. General observations No access
- II. Necessary financial resources No access
- 1. Staffing of the ECB’s supervisory function No access
- 2. Use of NCAs’ staff and external consultants No access
- C. Legal consequences of an improper allocation No access
- A. Separation of supervisory costs in the ECB budget No access
- B. Supervisory budget as part of the ECB reports on supervisory activities No access
- C. Supervisory income and expenses included in the ECB annual accounts No access
- D. Audit of the ECB annual accounts No access
- A. Background No access
- B. Scope of the provision No access
- C. Adressees No access
- I. Overall costs No access
- II. Calculation of individual fees No access
- III. Invoicing and notifications No access
- E. Right of NCAs to levy fees No access
- F. Cooperation with NCAs No access
- A. Background No access
- B. Secondment and staff exchange No access
- I. Ratio legis and general considerations No access
- II. Supervisory Board related provisions No access
- III. Cooling-off periods for Staff Members No access
- D. Accountability Requirements No access
- A. Introductory remarks No access
- I. IntroductionEuropean Commission, Report (2017), Section I. No access
- 1. General overviewEuropean Commission, Report (2017), Section II. No access
- a) Accountability, due process and independence arrangements No access
- b) Decision-making No access
- c) Separation between supervisory and monetary functions No access
- d) Division of tasks and responsibilities between the ECB and the NCAs No access
- a) Categorisation of supervised entities No access
- b) JSTs No access
- c) Horizontal functions No access
- d) On-site inspections No access
- e) Colleges No access
- f) Options and discretions No access
- a) Common procedures for authorisations and assessment of acquisitions No access
- b) Ongoing supervision of significant institutions: Fit and proper assessment No access
- c) Ongoing supervision of significant institutions: Own funds’ approval and waivers No access
- d) Ongoing supervision of significant institutions: Internal models No access
- e) Ongoing supervision of significant institutions: SREP No access
- f) In particular: Possibility to influence credit institutions’ provisioning for non-performing loans No access
- g) Ongoing supervision of significant institutions: Enforcement and sanctioning No access
- h) Oversight of NCAs’ supervision of LSIs No access
- i) Performance of macro-prudential functions No access
- a) Interaction with the EBA – supervisory convergence and stress tests No access
- b) Cooperation with the ESRB – macro-prudential convergence No access
- c) Cooperation with the SRB – early intervention and triggering of resolution No access
- d) Participation in the BCBS and the FSB – international regulatory convergence No access
- 6. Cost-effectiveness of the SSM No access
- III. Conclusions No access
- 1. Art. 33(1) SSMR: publication of the SSM Framework Regulation No access
- 2. Art. 33(2) SSMR: assumption by the ECB of its specific supervisory tasks and related implementation arrangements and measures No access
- 3. Art. 33(5) SSMR: Authorised credit institutions No access
- 4. Art. 33(6) SSMR: Transitional arrangement for voting in the Supervisory Board No access
- II. In particular: The Comprehensive Assessment (Art. 33(4) SSMR) No access
- B. Provisions that have not been activated (Arts. 33(2), fourth sub-paragraph and 33(3)) No access
- I. Actions by national competent authorities No access
- II. Continuation of existing cooperation arrangements No access
- III. Member States with a derogation whose currency becomes the euro No access
- Art. 34 SSMR Entry into force Christos V. Gortsos No access Pages 451 - 453
- A. Introduction No access
- I. General background No access
- 1. Art. 114 TFEU as legal base and its implications for the institutional design of the SRM No access
- 2. The legislative procedure No access
- I. ‘Uniform rules and a uniform procedure’: SRMR and BRRD No access
- II. Inter-agency cooperation (overview) No access
- III. Institutional provisions and general powers (overview) No access
- A. Introduction No access
- I. Credit institutions established in Participating Member States (Art. 2(a) SRMR) No access
- II. Parent undertakings, including financial holding and mixed financial holding companies subject to consolidated supervision by the ECB (Art. 2(b) SRMR) No access
- III. Investment firms and financial institutions subject to consolidated supervision by the ECB (Art. 2(c) SRMR) No access
- I. Introductory remarks – link to definitions already presented No access
- II. Financial firms and groups No access
- III. Authorities No access
- 1. General No access
- 2. In particular: own funds – own funds instruments – own funds requirements No access
- V. Resolution-specific terms No access
- VI. In particular: resolution tools No access
- VII. Definitions relating to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) No access
- VIII. Deposit guarantee-related terms No access
- IX. Other terms No access
- I. Introductory remarks No access
- II. Amendments to existing definitions No access
- III. New definitions No access
- I. Limited geographical and personal scope of the Banking Union No access
- II. Decision by the ECB No access
- III. Legal effects of close cooperation within the SRM No access
- IV. Relationship to non-participating Member States No access
- B. Suspension or termination of a close cooperation No access
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- IV. Perspectives to be taken into account (Art. 8(6)-(7) SRMR) No access
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- Art. 32 SRMR Consultation of, and cooperation with, non-participating Member States and third countries Georgios PsaroudakisConsultation of, and cooperation with, non-participating Member States No access Pages 918 - 921
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- Art. 39 SRMR Periodic penalty payments Chryssa Papathanassiou No access Pages 946 - 947
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- D. Competence in cases of urgency (Art. 54(3) SRMR); delegation No access
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- I. General provisions (Arts. 56(5) and (7) sent. 3 SRMR) No access
- II. Special provisions in relation to the first Chair (Arts. 56(7) sent. 1 and 2, (8) SRMR) No access
- G. Removal from office (Art. 56(9) SRMR) No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- I. Tasks for which resources must be devoted No access
- II. Concept of financial and human resources No access
- III. Consequences of failure to devote the necessary resources No access
- I. Political and legal rationale for the exclusion No access
- II. Legal content of the provision No access
- III. Budgetary liability of the Union? No access
- I. Role in the system of the SRMR No access
- II. Basic principles of the SRB budget cycle No access
- III. Recourse to other sources of budgetary law No access
- I. Autonomy of the SRB budget No access
- II. Showing estimates of revenue and expenditure in the budget No access
- III. Financial year No access
- C. Balancing of the budget (Art. 58(2)) No access
- D. Division of the budget in two parts (Art. 58(3)) No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- B. Revenues of Part I (Art. 59(1)) No access
- C. Expenditures of Part I (Art. 59(2)) No access
- I. Purpose and parallel provisions No access
- II. Extent of the safeguard No access
- III. Constraints on national funding schemes for NRAs outside Art. 59(3) SRMR No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- I. Bank levies (Art. 60(1)(a)) No access
- II. Loans received from resolution financing arrangements in non-SRM Member States (Art. 60(1)(b)) No access
- III. Loans received from financial institutions or other third parties (Art. 60(1)(c)) No access
- IV. Returns on investments (Art. 60(1)(d)) No access
- V. Recovered resolution expenditures (Art. 60(1)(e)) No access
- I. Expenditures for resolution financing (Art. 60(2)(a)) No access
- II. Investments (Art. 60(2)(b)) No access
- III. Interest paid on loans from resolution financing arrangements in non-SRM Member States (Art. 60(2)(c)) No access
- IV. Interest paid on loans received from financial institutions or other third parties (Art. 60(2)(d)) No access
- I. Role of Art. 61 SRMR in the SRB budgetary regime No access
- II. Legal nature and challengeability of the budget No access
- B. Drawing-up and adoption of the budget (Art. 61(1)) No access
- C. Adjustments and adoption of final budget (Art. 61(2)) No access
- D. Consequences of non-compliance with Art. 61 SRMR No access
- E. Possibility to adopt supplementary and amending budgets? No access
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- I. Institutional position of the internal audit function No access
- II. Compliance with international standards No access
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- C. Advisory role of the internal audit function (Art. 62(2)) No access
- D. Responsibilities of the Board (Art. 62(3)) No access
- E. External audit No access
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- B. Authorising officer (Art. 63(1)) No access
- I. Overview of documents and deadlines No access
- II. Content of the documents that are to be drawn up under Arts. 63(2) and (3) SRMR No access
- D. Drawing-up, approval and transmission of the final accounts (Arts. 63(4) to (7)) No access
- E. Discharge (Art. 63(8)) No access
- F. Provision of information to the Parliament and/or the Council (Art. 63 (9)) No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- I. Procedure for adoption No access
- II. Legal nature of the internal financial provisions No access
- C. Relationship with the framework financial Regulation (Art. 64(2)) No access
- D. Content of the internal financial provisions No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- B. Contributory institutions and overall level of contributions (Arts. 65 (1)–(2)) No access
- C. Procedure for raising contributions (Art. 65(3)) No access
- D. Commitment of the contributions to a specific purpose (Art. 65(4)) No access
- I. Adoption and legal nature of the delegated act No access
- II. Content of the delegated act No access
- A. Function and background of the provision No access
- B. Accession of the SRB to the Interinstitutional Agreement (Art. 66(1)) No access
- C. Power of audit of the Court of Auditors (Art. 66(2)) No access
- D. OLAF investigations (Art. 66(3)) No access
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- 1. General aspects No access
- 2. The provisions of international financial law No access
- 3. Resolution financing in the EU context No access
- II. The structure of Section 1 of the SRMR No access
- I. Legal nature, purpose and scope No access
- II. Consistency and relationship with EU law No access
- III. Ratification, approval or acceptance – entry into force and accession No access
- IV. Application No access
- 1. Dispute settlement No access
- 2. Compensation of non-participating Member States No access
- A. The provisions of the SRMR No access
- I. General rules No access
- II. Transfer of additional ex-ante contributions and target level No access
- III. Temporary transfer between compartments No access
- IV. Contracting Parties whose currency is not the euro No access
- 1. Respect of the general principles and objectives of resolution – fundamental change of circumstances No access
- 2. Compliance No access
- Art. 68 SRMR Requirement to establish resolution financing arrangements Christos V. Gortsos No access Pages 1095 - 1097
- A. The target level during the initial period – spreading out of ex-ante contributions to the SRF (Arts. 69(1)-(2) and 69(5)(a) SRMR) No access
- B. Extension of the initial period (Arts. 69(3) and 69(5)(b) SRMR) No access
- C. Specific provisions which may apply after the initial period (Arts. 69(4) and 69(5)(c) SRMR) No access
- A. Key provisions (Art. 70(1)-(4) SRMR) No access
- I. The provisions of Art. 70(2)(2)-(4) SRMR No access
- 1. General overview No access
- 2. In particular: a brief presentation of the methodology for the calculation of risk-adjusted contributions No access
- C. Adoption of implementing acts by the Council (Art. 70(7) SRMR) No access
- D. The discretion given to the participating Member States (Art. 70(5) SRMR) No access
- E. Case law No access
- A. Payment of extraordinary ex-post contributions (Art. 71(1) SRMR) No access
- I. The provisions of Art. 71(2)-(3) SRMR No access
- 1. General aspects No access
- 2. The conditions for deferral and the assessments by the Board No access
- 3. The deferral period No access
- A. Request by the Board to borrow from resolution financing arrangements in the non-participating Member States No access
- B. Board decision to lend to resolution financing arrangements in the non-participating Member States No access
- A. The provisions of Art. 73 SRMR No access
- B. In particular: resort to this Article for the provision of liquidity after resolution No access
- A. The provisions of Art. 74 SRMR and the loan facility agreements (LFAs) No access
- I. The political agenda No access
- II. The proposal to establish an EMF tasked to provide the common backstop No access
- III. Current developments No access
- IV. In particular: the potential contribution of the common backstop for the provision of liquidity after resolution and related proposals and actions No access
- A. Competence to administer the Fund No access
- B. Proceeds of the Fund No access
- C. Investment strategy of the Fund No access
- D. Delegated rule-making by the Commission and Board discretion No access
- A. Introduction No access
- B. Potential uses of the Fund in the sale of business, bridge institution and asset separation tools No access
- C. Potential use of the Fund in the bail-in tool No access
- D. Comparative and general remarks No access
- Art. 77 SRMR Use of the Fund Georgios Psaroudakis No access Pages 1136 - 1140
- Art. 78 SRMR Mutualisation of national financing arrangements in the case of group resolution involving institutions in non-participating Member States Georgios PsaroudakisMutualisation of national fi... No access Pages 1140 - 1141
- A. Conceptual remarks No access
- B. Liability of the deposit guarantee scheme No access
- C. Limitations of the burden on the deposit guarantee scheme No access
- A. On Protocol (No 7)The author wishes to thank Eleftheria Diamanti for her very valuable comments and suggestions on the analysis of → Arts. 80-84 and 88-92 below. The usual disclaimer applies. No access
- B. Application to the Board No access
- C. Application to the Board’s staff No access
- D. Application to representatives of the Member States and missions of third countries No access
- A. On Council Regulation No 1 (Art. 81(1) SRMR) No access
- B. The provisions of Art. 81(2)-(5) SRMR No access
- A. Application of the Council’s Regulation on Staff Regulations and Conditions of Employment of other servants and exception (Art. 82(1) SRMR) No access
- B. Adoption of necessary implementing measures in accordance with Art. 110 of the Staff Regulations (Art. 82(2) SRMR) No access
- C. Powers exercised by the Board (Art. 82(3) SRMR) No access
- I. The provisions of Art. 83(1)-(2) SRMR No access
- 1. General provisions – cost-free SNEs No access
- 2. Selection procedure – duration and place of secondment No access
- 3. Tasks No access
- I. The provisions of Art. 83(3)-(4) SRMR No access
- 1. Establishment and scope of activities No access
- 2. In particular: tasks No access
- 3. Staffing No access
- 4. IRT coordinator and sub-coordinators No access
- Art. 84 SRMR Internal committees Christos V. Gortsos No access Pages 1162 - 1163
- A. General remarks No access
- B. Art. 85(1) SRMR: Duty to establish an Appeal Panel No access
- C. Art. 85(2) SRMR: Composition of the Appeal Panel No access
- I. Appealable decisions No access
- 1. Directly concerned No access
- 2. Individually concerned No access
- III. Time limit for appeal, statement of reasons, form requirement No access
- E. Art. 85(4) SRMR: Time limit and quorum for the decisions of Appeal Panel No access
- F. Art. 85(5) SRMR: Independence of the members of the Appeal Panel No access
- G. Art. 85(6) SRMR: Interim legal protection of the appellant No access
- H. Art. 85(7) SRMR: Appeal proceedings and examination of the merits of the appeal No access
- I. Art. 85(8) SRMR: Operative part and binding effect of decisions of the Appeal Panel No access
- J. Art. 85(9) SRMR: Duty to motivate and to notify No access
- K. Art. 85(10) SRMR: Rules of procedure of Appeal Panel No access
- I. Practical significance of judicial remedies against measures of resolution authorities No access
- II. Declaratory and independent effects of the Art. 86 SRMR No access
- III. Competent Court No access
- I. Double-staged judicial review No access
- II. In particular: Action for annulment against a resolution decision of the SRB No access
- C. Art. 86(2) SRMR: Possible claimants against decisions of the Board No access
- D. Art. 86(3) SRMR: Action for failure to act against the Board No access
- E. Art. 86(4) SRMR No access
- A. General remarks No access
- B. Art. 87(1) SRMR: Contractual liability of the Board No access
- C. Art. 87(2) SRMR: Jurisdiction for contractual liability claims No access
- I. Replication of Art. 340(2) TFEU and Art. 41(3) CFREU No access
- a) Rule of law infringed is intended to confer rights on individuals No access
- b) Qualified unlawfulness No access
- 2. Actual and certain damage No access
- 3. Direct causal link No access
- 1. “Act or omission” committed by a national resolution authority “in the course of a resolution” No access
- 2. Damages “ordered to pay” or “undertaken to pay pursuant to an amicable settlement” No access
- 3. Duty to pay damages is the “consequence” of the act or omission No access
- II. Exemption No access
- F. Art. 87(5) SRMR: Jurisdiction for non-contractual liability and compensation claims, limitation period No access
- G. Art. 87(6) SRMR: Personal liability of SRB staff No access
- A. Field of application of the requirements of professional secrecy (Art. 88(1)-(3) SRMR)The general aspects relating to professional secrecy and exchange of information have been covered in depth (al... No access
- B. Procedural aspects (Art. 88(4)-(5) SRMR) No access
- C. Exceptions (Art. 88(6) SRMR) No access
- A. Overview No access
- I. Subject matter and scope No access
- II. Safeguards and specification of the controller No access
- III. Restrictions to rights – communication of a personal data breach to the data subject No access
- IV. The Data Protection Officer (DPO) – provision of information to the data subject No access
- V. Right of access by the data subject – the right of rectification, erasure and restriction of processing No access
- A. On Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (Art. 90(1) SRMR) No access
- B. The Board’s “Public Access Decision” and “Public Register of Documents” (Art. 90(2) SRMR) No access
- C. Processing of confirmatory applications (Art. 90(3) SRMR) No access
- D. Right of access to files (Art. 90(4) SRMR) No access
- A. Obligations imposed on the Board No access
- B. Key aspects of Commission Decision 2015/444 No access
- C. Sensitive non-classified information under Commission Decision 2015/443 No access
- A. Overview No access
- B. The ECA’s Reports and the power of the European Parliament and the Council to request additional examinations – ECA powers (Art. 92(1)-(5) and (8) SRMR) No access
- C. Recipients of the ECA’s Reports – disclosure requirements (Art. 92(6)-(7) SRMR) No access
- A. The power conferred on the Commission to adopt delegated acts (Art. 93(1) SRMR) No access
- B. The conditions (Arts. 93(2)-93(7) SRMR) No access
- A. Introductory remarks No access
- I. IntroductionReport (2019), Section I, pp. 1-2. No access
- II. Overview of the state of play in the application and completion of the resolution framework No access
- a) Precautionary recapitalisationReport (2019), Section III, p. 5 (A. Precautionary recapitalisation). No access
- b) Early intervention measuresReport (2019), Section III, p. 6 (A. Early intervention measures). No access
- c) Common backstop to the Board for the SRF and the SRF Intergovernmental AgreementReport (2019), Section III, pp. 6-7 (A. Common backstop to the SRF and the Intergovernmental Agreement). No access
- d) Liquidity after resolutionReport (2019), Section III, pp. 7-8 (A. Liquidity in resolution). No access
- e) Further issuesReport (2019), Section III, p. 8 (A. Other issues). No access
- 2. Interaction between resolution and insolvency and reflection on possible further harmonisation of insolvencyReport (2019), Section III, pp. 8-9 (B). No access
- 3. Functioning of the SRM and the BoardReport (2019), Section III, pp. 10-12 (C). No access
- IV. Conclusion No access
- A. The EBAR No access
- B. The amendments introduced to the EBAR by Art. 95 SRMR No access
- Art. 96 SRMR Replacement of national resolution financing arrangements Christos V. Gortsos No access Pages 1222 - 1223
- Art. 97 SRMR Headquarters Agreement and operating conditions Christos V. Gortsos No access Pages 1223 - 1224
- A. The provisions of Art. 98 SRMR No access
- B. The application of the provisions of Art. 98 SRMR No access
- Α. Entry into force and principal date of application (Art. 99((1)-(2) SRMR) No access
- B. Derogations in respect to earlier application (Art. 99(3)-(5) SRMR) No access
- C. Derogation in respect to later application (Art. 99(6) SRMR) No access





