Guidance on additional own funds
Article 41
1. Taking into account the principle of proportionality and commensurate with the size, systemic importance, nature, scale and complexity of activities of investment firms that do not meet the conditions for qualifying as small and non‐interconnected investment firms set out in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, competent authorities may require such investment firms to have levels of own funds which, based on Article 24, are sufficiently above the requirements set out in Part Three of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and in this Directive, including the additional own funds requirements referred to in point (a) of Article 39(2), to ensure that cyclical economic fluctuations do not lead to a breach of those requirements or threaten the ability of the investment firm to wind down and cease activities in an orderly manner; 2. Competent authorities shall, where appropriate, review the level of own funds that has been set by each investment firm that does not meet the conditions for qualifying as a small and non‐interconnected investment firm set out in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article and, where relevant, shall communicate the conclusions of that review to the investment firm concerned, including any expectation for adjustments to the level of own funds established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Such a communication shall include the date by which the competent authority requires the adjustment to be completed.