In accordance with Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2017/933 (ECB/2016/40), the Governing Council hereby delegates to the heads of work units of the ECB, nominated by the Executive Board in accordance with Article 5 of that Decision, the power to adopt national powers decisions in relation to the following: (a) acquisitions of holdings; (b) acquisitions of assets or liabilities; (c) sales of holdings; (d) sales of assets or liabilities; (e) mergers; (f) demergers; (g) operations in third countries or territories; (h) outsourcing; (i) amendments to statutes; (j) appointments of external auditors; (k) credit to related parties.

The national powers decisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted by means of a delegated decision if the relevant criteria for the adoption of delegated decisions set out in Articles 4 to 14 are fulfilled.

National powers decisions shall not be adopted by means of a delegated decision if national law requires supervisory approval of credit institutions' strategic measures or if the complexity of the assessment requires that they are adopted under the non-objection procedure.

Any delegation of decision-making powers applies both to the adoption of supervisory decisions and to the approval of positive assessments by the ECB where a supervisory decision is not required under national law.

Negative decisions shall not be adopted by means of a delegated decision.

Where a decision may not be adopted by means of a delegated decision, it shall be adopted in accordance with the non-objection procedure.