1. Where an NCA is prevented by applicable national law from implementing a provision of this Guideline, it shall inform the ECB without undue delay and take reasonable measures at its disposal to overcome the obstacle posed by such national law, so as to achieve harmonised implementation of this Guideline across the SSM.
2. The provisions of this Guideline are without prejudice to more stringent ethics rules laid down by the ECB or the NCAs that are applicable to their members of staff and the members of their bodies.