Recital 8

(8)To enable prospective buyers of non-performing credit agreements to perform their financial due diligence and to value non-performing credit agreements before entering into a buy-sell transaction and before committing to a specific price, credit institutions should provide such prospective buyers with all necessary information early enough in the sale process. However, considering the level of detail of such information and the associated confidentiality implications, credit institutions should provide such information only to those prospective buyers that are seriously interested in purchasing the non-performing credit agreements concerned. For data protection reasons, credit institutions should only be allowed to provide personal data in cases where it is necessary to identify individuals whose credit agreements are non-performing. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁸ applies to the processing of personal data in the context of this implementing Regulation.