CHAPTER II JOINT DECISION PROCESS

Article 3 Planning of the steps of the joint decision process
1. Prior to the start of the joint decision process the consolidating supervisor and the relevant competent authorities shall agree on a timetable of steps to be followed in that process (hereinafter ‘joint decision timetable’). In case of disagreement, the consolidating supervisor shall set the joint decision timetable after considering the views and reservations expressed by the relevant competent authorities.
2. The joint decision timetable shall be updated at least annually and shall include the following steps:
(a) agreement on the involvement of other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries pursuant to Article 4;
(b) submission of the SREP reports and liquidity risk assessment reports from the relevant competent authorities pursuant to Article 5 and contributions from the other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries involved pursuant to Article 4(2);
(c) submission of the draft group risk assessment report and draft group liquidity risk assessment report by the consolidating supervisor to the relevant competent authorities pursuant to Article 6(6) and to other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries pursuant to Article 4(3), and Article 6(7);
(d) dialogue between the consolidating supervisor and relevant competent authorities on the draft group risk assessment report and draft group liquidity risk assessment report pursuant to Article 7;
(e) submission of the group risk assessment report and group liquidity risk assessment report by the consolidating supervisor to the relevant competent authorities pursuant to Article 8(2) and other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries pursuant to Article 4(3) and Article 8(5);
(f) submission of contributions to the draft capital joint decision and draft liquidity joint decision by relevant competent authorities to the consolidating supervisor pursuant to Article 9(1);
(g) submission of the draft capital joint decision document and draft liquidity joint decision document from the consolidating supervisor to the relevant competent authorities pursuant to Article 10(6) and Article 11(5);
(h) consultation on the draft capital joint decision and draft liquidity joint decision documents with the EU parent institution and institutions of the group, where required by the legislation of a Member State;
(i) dialogue between the consolidating supervisor and relevant competent authorities on the draft capital joint decision and draft liquidity joint decision;
(j) reaching of the capital joint decision and liquidity joint decision pursuant to Article 12;
(k) communication of the capital joint decision and liquidity joint decision by the consolidating supervisor and relevant competent authorities to the EU parent institution and institutions of the group pursuant to Article 13;
(l) agreement on the following year's timetable for the planning of the joint decision process.
3. The joint decision timetable shall fulfil all of the following requirements:
(a) it shall reflect the scope and complexity of each task, taking into account the size, systemic importance, nature, scale and complexity of the activities of the group as well as its risk-profile;
(b) it shall take account, so far as possible, of the commitments of the consolidating supervisor and the relevant competent authorities under the supervisory examination programme referred to in point (c) of the third subparagraph of Article 116(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU.
4. Where appropriate, in particular to reflect the urgency of any extraordinary update undertaken pursuant to Articles 20 and 21, the joint decision timetable shall be reviewed.
5. The consolidating supervisor and relevant competent authorities shall communicate to the institutions of the group for which they are respectively responsible an indicative date for the consultation referred to in point (h) of paragraph 2 on the aspects of the draft joint decision documents insofar as these institutions are concerned.
The consolidating supervisor and relevant competent authorities shall communicate to the institutions of the group for which they are respectively responsible an estimated date for the communication referred to in point (k) of paragraph 2.