1.Based on the information contained in a request for prior approval as referred to in Article 6(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923, the ECB shall assess:
the completeness of the documentation;
the basis on which the supervised credit institution has determined that the staff member concerned, or the category of staff to which the staff member belongs, meets one of the conditions laid down in Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923;
whether the staff member, or the category of staff to which the staff member belongs, has no material impact on the risk profile of a material business unit through the professional activities carried out by verifying:
whether the supervised credit institution has duly taken into account the condition set out in Article 6(2)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923 or set out in Article 6(2)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923, as applicable; and
whether the supervised credit institution has demonstrated that the staff member concerned, or the category of staff to which the staff member belongs, for whom the request for prior approval as referred to in Article 6(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923 is submitted, does not have an impact on the supervised credit institution’s risk profile comparably as material as that of those categories of staff specified in points (a), (b) or (c) of Article 92(3) of Directive 2013/36/EU;
with regard to the requests for prior approval for staff members awarded a total remuneration of EUR 1 000 000 or more, whether exceptional circumstances apply. In such cases the ECB shall inform the European Banking Authority of the results of the initial assessment prior to taking any decision.
2.The ECB shall issue a decision within 3 months of receipt of the complete documentation.