The provisions of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) shall continue to apply, as unamended, in cases where a draft proposal for a qualifying holding or withdrawal decision was submitted by the national competent authority to the ECB prior to the entry into force of this Decision, or where the notification regarding the significant supervised entity's intention to establish a branch or to guarantee the commitments entered into by their subsidiary financial institution was submitted by the national competent authority to the ECB prior to the entry into force of this Decision.