Criteria for the adoption of delegated decisions on sales of holdings
Article 6
1. Decisions on the approval of sales of holdings by a significant supervised entity shall be taken by means of a delegated decision if all of the following criteria are met: (a) the impact on the own funds of the selling significant supervised entity is limited, which means that: (i) following the sale, the own funds exceed and are estimated to continue exceeding the sum of the requirements laid down in Article 92(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, the own funds required to be held in accordance with Article 16(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, the combined buffer requirement as defined in point (6) of Article 128 of Directive 2013/36/EU and the Pillar 2 capital guidance as set out in the last available SREP decision; and (ii) the impact of the reduction on the Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio, the Tier 1 capital ratio and the total capital ratio is below 100 basis points; (b) the impact on the liquidity situation of the selling significant supervised entity is limited, which means that: (i) the LCR remains above 110 % and is above the liquidity requirements set out in the last available SREP decision, if these are higher than the required minimum LCR; and (ii) at consolidated level, the LCR is not reduced by more than 50 %. 2. The assessment of sales of holdings shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of national law, also taking into consideration any applicable ECB guides and/or national competent authorities' policy stances, guidance or similar acts.