1.This Regulation specifies the information that the competent authorities of host and home Member States shall supply to one another in accordance with Article 50 of Directive 2013/36/EU.
2.It lays down rules on the information to be exchanged in relation to an institution which operates, through a branch or in the exercise of the freedom to provide services, in one or more Member States other than that in which its head office is situated.
Where the ultimate parent undertaking of an institution is set up in the same Member State as that in which the institution has its head office, and the competent authority of the institution's home Member State is also the consolidating supervisor, that competent authority shall, where appropriate in accordance with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Directive 2013/36/EU, provide information regarding this institution at the consolidated level and shall inform the competent authorities of host Member States that the information is provided at that level.