Recital 1

(1)This Regulation specifies certain aspects of the intervention powers granted to competent authorities and, in exceptional circumstances, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) established and exercising its powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council ² , as regards the criteria and factors to be taken into account for determining the existence of a significant investor protection concern or threat to the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or to the stability of the whole or part of the financial system of at least one Member State or respectively of the Union.