1. Where prior permission is required under national law, decisions on prior permission to classify capital instruments as Additional Tier 1 or Tier 2 instruments shall be taken by means of a delegated decision.
2. Negative decisions shall not be adopted by means of a delegated decision and shall be adopted in accordance with the non-objection procedure.
3. The assessment on the classification of instruments as Additional Tier 1 or Tier 2 instruments shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 52 to 54 and 63 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Articles 8, 9 and 20 to 24a of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014.