(10)Staff members should not be subject to Article 94 of Directive 2013/36/EU where institutions establish on the basis of additional objective criteria that the activities of such staff members does in fact not have a material impact on the institution’s risk profile, taking into account all risks to which the institution is or may be exposed. To ensure effective and consistent application of those objective criteria, competent authorities should approve the exclusion of the highest earning staff members identified under the quantitative criteria. For staff members that are awarded more than EUR 1 000 000 (high earners), competent authorities should inform the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’) before approving exclusions, so that the EBA can assess the consistent application of those criteria.