(7)To support the principle of equal treatment of credit institutions, options and discretions relating to the application of the NSFR requirement by small and non-complex institutions, as described in Chapter 5 of Title IV of Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, should be exercised in the same way as the corresponding options and discretions relating to the application of the NSFR requirement by other credit institutions, as set out in Chapters 1 to 4 of Title IV of Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.