Recital 7

(7)Pursuant to Article 40 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁸ , the competent authorities of host Member States may require that all credit institutions having branches within their territories report to them periodically on their activities in those host Member States. In accordance with Article 2(20) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 (ECB/2014/17), branches established in a participating Member State by a credit institution established in a non-participating Member State are supervised entities. Having regard to the need to have comparable financial information for significant supervised entities, this Regulation should lay down the information that should be reported by branches established in a participating Member State by a credit institution established in a non-participating Member State to NCAs. NCAs should thereafter submit this information to the ECB in accordance with Article 140(3) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 (ECB/2014/17).