Recital 10

(10)If a member is not deemed to fulfil the fit and proper requirements, the fit and proper decision should not be adopted by means of a delegated decision, but rather under the non-objection procedure. It is thus necessary to allow for sufficient time for a non-objection procedure in cases where it is not possible to determine in advance whether a delegated decision may be adopted. For this reason, if a national competent authority does not submit to the ECB a draft delegated decision 20 working days before the expiry of the deadline for the adoption of the fit and proper decision under applicable national law, the decision should be adopted under the non-objection procedure. Furthermore, if the heads of work units have concerns regarding the fit and proper requirements being fulfilled by the member due to insufficient information being provided by the national competent authority or the complexity of the assessment, the non-objection procedure should again be used,