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Amendments to Directive 2013/36/EU Directive 2013/36/EU is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC’;

(2) Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 Subject matter This Directive lays down rules concerning:

(a) access to the activity of credit institutions;

(b) supervisory powers and tools for the prudential supervision of credit institutions by competent authorities;

(c) the prudential supervision of credit institutions by competent authorities in a manner that is consistent with the rules set out in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013;

(d) publication requirements for competent authorities in the field of prudential regulation and supervision of credit institutions.’;

(3) Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraphs 2 and 3 are deleted;

(b) in paragraph 5, point (1) is deleted;

(c) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. The entities referred to in points (3) to (24) of paragraph 5 of this Article shall be treated as financial institutions for the purposes of Article 34 and Title VII, Chapter 3.’;

(4) in Article 3(1), point (4) is deleted;

(5) Article 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 Coordination within Member States Member States that have more than one competent authority for the prudential supervision of credit institutions and financial institutions shall take the requisite measures to organise coordination between such authorities.’;

(6) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 8a Specific requirements for authorisation of credit institutions referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 1. Member States shall require the undertakings referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 which have already obtained an authorisation pursuant to Title II of Directive 2014/65/EU to submit an application for authorisation in accordance with Article 8, at the latest on the day when either of the following events takes place:

(a) the average of monthly total assets, calculated over a period of 12 consecutive months, is equal to or exceeds EUR 30 billion; or (b) the average of monthly total assets calculated over a period of 12 consecutive months is less than EUR 30 billion, and the undertaking is part of a group in which the total value of the consolidated assets of all undertakings in the group that individually have total assets of less than EUR 30 billion and that carry out any of the activities referred to in points (3) and (6) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU is equal to or exceeds EUR 30 billion, both calculated as an average over a period of 12 consecutive months

2. The undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may continue carrying out the activities referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 until they obtain the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, the undertakings referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 that on 24 December 2019 carry out activities as investment firms authorised under Directive 2014/65/EU shall apply for authorisation in accordance with Article 8 of this Directive by 27 December 2020 4. Where the competent authority, after receiving the information in accordance with Article 95a of Directive 2014/65/EU, determines that an undertaking is to be authorised as a credit institution in accordance with Article 8 of this Directive, it shall notify the undertaking and the competent authority as defined in point (26) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU and shall take over the authorisation procedure from the date of that notification

5. In cases of reauthorisation, the authorising competent authority shall ensure that the process is as streamlined as possible and that information from existing authorisations is taken into account 6. EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify:

(a) the information to be provided by the undertaking to the competent authorities in the application for the authorisation, including the programme of operations provided for in Article 10;

(b) the methodology for calculating the thresholds referred to in paragraph 1. Power is delegated to the Commission to supplement this Directive by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by 26 December 2020.’;

(7) in Article 18, the following point is inserted: ‘(aa) uses its authorisation exclusively to engage in the activities referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and has, for a period of five consecutive years, average total assets below the thresholds set out in that Article;’;

(8) Article 20 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. EBA shall publish on its website, and shall update at least annually, a list of the names of all credit institutions that have been granted authorisation.’;

(b) the following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. The list referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall include the names of undertakings referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and shall identify those credit institutions as such. That list shall also outline any changes in comparison with the previous version of the list.’;

(9) in Article 21b, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘5. For the purposes of this Article:

(a) the total value of assets in the Union of the third‐country group shall be the sum of the following:

(i) the total value of assets of each institution in the Union of the third‐country group, as resulting from its consolidated balance sheet or as resulting from their individual balance sheets, where an institution’s balance sheet is not consolidated; and (ii) the total value of assets of each branch of the third‐country group authorised in the Union in accordance with this Directive, Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council () or Directive 2014/65/EU;

(b) the term “institution” shall also include investment firms.

(10) Title IV is deleted;

(11) in Article 51(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘1. The competent authorities of a host Member State may request the consolidating supervisor, where Article 112(1) applies, or the competent authorities of the home Member State, that a branch of a credit institution shall be considered to be significant.’;

(12) in Article 53, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities from exchanging information with each other or transmitting information to the ESRB, EBA, or the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) (“ESMA”) established by Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council () in accordance with this Directive, with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council (), with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010, with Articles 31, 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 and with Articles 31 and 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010, with Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and with other directives applicable to credit institutions. That information shall be subject to paragraph 1.

(13) in Article 66(1), the following point is inserted: ‘(aa) carrying out at least one of the activities referred to in point (1)(b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and meeting the threshold indicated in that Article without being authorised as a credit institution;’;

(14) in Article 76(5), the sixth subparagraph is deleted;

(15) in Article 86, paragraph 11 is replaced by the following: ‘11. Competent authorities shall ensure that institutions have in place liquidity recovery plans setting out adequate strategies and proper implementation measures to address possible liquidity shortfalls, including in relation to branches established in another Member State. Competent authorities shall ensure that those plans are tested by the institutions at least annually, updated on the basis of the outcome of the alternative scenarios set out in paragraph 8, reported to and approved by senior management, so that internal policies and processes can be adjusted accordingly. Institutions shall take the necessary operational steps in advance to ensure that liquidity recovery plans can be implemented immediately. Those operational steps shall include holding collateral immediately available for central bank funding. This includes holding collateral in the currency of another Member State where necessary, or the currency of a third country to which the institution has exposures, and where operationally necessary within the territory of a host Member State or of a third country to whose currency it is exposed.’;