Recital 2

(2)Decisions by competent authorities to grant permissions and waivers within the meaning of Articles 8(4), 49(3), 113(7), 422(8) and 425(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Article 33(2)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 and any decisions resulting from the monitoring of IPSs are directed at individual credit institutions. As such, the European Central Bank (ECB), as the competent authority for the prudential supervision within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of credit institutions that are classified as significant in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 and Part IV and Article 147(1) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2014/17) ⁴ , is responsible for the assessment of applications submitted by significant credit institutions and the monitoring of IPSs that include them, while the national competent authorities (NCAs) are responsible for the assessment of applications submitted by less significant credit institutions and the monitoring of IPSs that include them.