1.Member States shall designate the authority in charge of the application of this Article. This authority shall be the competent authority or the designated authority.
2.Where the authority determineddesignated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article identifies changes in the intensity of macroprudential or systemic risk in the financial system with the potential to have serious negative consequences to the financial system and the real economy in a specific Member State and which that authority considers wouldthat bettercannot be addressed by means of other macroprudential tools set out in this Regulation and in Directive 2013/36/EU as effectively as by implementing stricter national measures, it shall notify the EuropeanCommission Parliament, the Council, the Commission,and the ESRB accordingly. The ESRB shall forward the notification to the European Parliament, to the Council and to EBA ofwithout that fact and submit relevant quantitative or qualitative evidence of all of the following:delay.
The notification shall be accompanied by the following documents and include, where appropriate, relevant quantitative or qualitative evidence on:
(a)the changes in the intensity of macroprudential or systemic risk;
(c)a justification of why Articles 124 and 164 of this Regulation and Articles 101, 103, 104, 105, 133, and 136 of Directive 2013/36/EU cannot adequately address the macroprudential or systemic risk identified, taking into account the relative effectiveness of those measures;
(b)the reasons why such changes could pose a threat to financial stability at national level;level or to the real economy;
(c)an explanation as to why the authority considers that the macroprudential tools set out in Articles 124 and 164 of this Regulation and Articles 133 and 136 of Directive 2013/36/EU would be less suitable and effective to deal with those risks than the draft national measures referred to in point (d) of this paragraph;
(d)the draft national measures for domestically authorised institutions, or a subset of those institutions, intended to mitigate the changes in the intensity of risk and concerning:
(i)the level of own funds laid down in Article 92;
(ii)the requirements for large exposures laid down in Article 392 and ArticleArticles 395 to 403;
(iii)(v) liquidity requirements laid down in Part Six;
(iv)(vi) risk weights for targeting asset bubbles in the residential property and commercial immovable property sector; or
(v)(iii) the public disclosure requirements laid down in ArticlesPart 431 to 455;Eight;
(vi)(iv) the level of the capital conservation buffer laid down in Article 129 of Directive 2013/36/EU; or
(vii)intra financialintra-financial sector exposures;
(e)an explanation as to why the draft measures are deemedconsidered by the authority determineddesignated in accordance with paragraph 1 to be suitable, effective and proportionate to address the situation; and
(f)an assessment of the likely positive or negative impact of the draft measures on the internal market based on information which is available to the Member State concerned.
3.When authorised to apply national measures in accordance with this Article, the authorities determined in accordance with paragraph 1 shall provide relevant competent authorities or designated authorities in other Member States with all relevant information.
4.The power to adopt an implementing act to reject the draft national measures referred to in point (d) of paragraph 2 is conferred on the Council, acting by qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission.
Within one month of receivingreceipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 2, the ESRB and EBA shall provide their opinions on the matters referred to in points mentioned(a) into (f) of that paragraph to the Council, to the Commission and to the Member State concerned.
Taking utmost account of the opinions referred to in the second subparagraph and if there is robust, strong and detailed evidence that the measure will have a negative impact on the internal market that outweighs the financial stability benefits resulting in a reduction of the macroprudential or systemic risk identified, the Commission may, within one month, propose to the Council an implementing act to reject the draft national measures.
In the absence of a Commission proposal within that period of one month, the Member State concerned may immediately adopt the draft national measures for a period of up to two years or until the macroprudential or systemic risk ceases to exist if that occurs sooner.
The Council shall decide on the proposal by the Commission within one month after receipt of the proposal and state its reasons for rejecting or not rejecting the draft national measures.
The Council shall only reject the draft national measures if it considers that one or more of the following conditions are not complied with:met:
(a)the changes in the intensity of macroprudential or systemic risk are of such nature as to pose risk to financial stability at national level;
(e)the risks have not already been addressed by other measures in this Regulation or in Directive 2013/36/EU.
(b)Articlesthe 124macroprudential andtools 164set ofout in this Regulation and Articles 101, 103, 104, 105, 133, and 136 ofin Directive 2013/36/EU cannotare adequatelyless addresssuitable or effective than the draft national measures to deal with the macroprudential or systemic risk identified, taking into account the relative effectiveness of those measures;identified;
(c)the draft national measures are more suitable to address the identified macroprudential or systemic risk and do not entail disproportionate adverse effects on the whole or parts of the financial system in other Member States or in the Union as a whole, thus forming or creating an obstacle to the functioning of the internal market; and
(d)the issue concerns only one Member State; andState.
The assessment of the Council shall take into account the opinion of the ESRB and EBA and shall be based on the evidence presented in accordance with paragraph 2 by the authority determineddesignated in accordance with paragraph 1.
In the absence of a Council implementing act to reject the draft national measures within one month afterof receipt of the proposal by the Commission, the Member State concerned may adopt the measures and apply them for a period of up to two years or until the macroprudential or systemic risk ceases to exist if that occurs sooner.
5.Other Member States may recognise the measures setadopted in accordance with this Article and apply them to domestically authorised institutions, which have branches or have exposures located in the Member State authorised to apply the measures.measure.
6.Where Member States recognise the measures set in accordance with this Article, they shall notify the Council, the Commission, EBA, the ESRB and the Member State authorised to apply the measures.
7.When deciding whether to recognise the measures set in accordance with this Article, the Member State shall take into consideration the criteria set in paragraph 4.
8.The Member State authorised to apply the measures may ask the ESRB to issue a recommendation as referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 to one or more Member States which do not recognise the measures.
9.Before the expiry of the authorisation issued in accordance with paragraph 4, the Member State concerned shall, in consultation with the ESRB and EBA, review the situation and may adopt, in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 4, a new decision for the extension of the period of application of national measures for oneup to two additional yearyears each time. After the first extension, the Commission shall in consultation with the ESRB and EBA review the situation at least annually.every two years thereafter.
10.Notwithstanding the procedure as set out in paragraphs 3 to 9,9 of this Article, Member States shall be allowed to increase the risk weights beyond those provided for in this Regulation by up to 25 %, for those exposures identified in points (vi)(d)(iv) and (vii)(d)(vii) of paragraph 2(d)2 of this Article and tighten the large exposure limit provided for in Article 395 by up to 15 % for a period of up to two years or until the macroprudential or systemic risk ceases to exist if that occurs sooner, provided that the conditions and notification requirements laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article are met.