Recital 1

(1)Resolution authorities have been conferred the task of drawing up resolution plans for credit institutions and investment firms (‘institutions’) in accordance with the requirements and the procedure laid down in Directive 2014/59/EU and for that purpose they have been empowered to request the necessary information from institutions. With specific regard to group resolution plans, the Union parent institution is to submit the relevant information to the group-level resolution authority which must then transmit it to the authorities listed in the second subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU in accordance with the procedure laid down therein.