CHAPTER II

JOINT DECISION PROCESS

Assessment of the completeness of the application
Article 4
1
Upon receipt of an application for a permission referred to in Article 143(1), Article 151(4) and (9), Article 283, Article 312(2) or Article 363 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 submitted by the applicant, the consolidating supervisor shall forward the application to the relevant competent authorities without undue delay, and in any case within 10 days.
2
The consolidating supervisor and the relevant competent authorities shall assess the completeness of the application within 6 weeks of receipt of the application by the consolidating supervisor.
3
An application shall be deemed complete if it contains all information needed by the competent authorities in order to assess the application in accordance with the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and in particular in Articles 143, 144, 151, 283, 312 and 363 of that Regulation.
4
The relevant competent authorities shall provide their assessment of the completeness of the application to the consolidating supervisor.
5
The assessment referred to in paragraph 4 shall indicate any elements of the application that are assessed as incomplete or missing.
6
Where a relevant competent authority does not provide its assessment of the completeness of the application to the consolidating supervisor within the period specified in paragraph 2, the relevant competent authority shall be deemed to consider the application complete.
7
Where the consolidating supervisor or any of the relevant competent authorities consider that the information provided in the application is incomplete, the consolidating supervisor shall inform the applicant of the aspects of the application which are considered to be incomplete or missing and shall provide to the applicant the opportunity to submit the missing information.
8
Where an applicant provides the missing information referred to in paragraph 7, the consolidating supervisor shall forward that information to the relevant competent authorities without undue delay, and in any case within 10 days from the receipt of that information.
9
The consolidating supervisor and the relevant competent authorities shall assess the completeness of the application taking into account the additional information within 6 weeks of receipt by the consolidating supervisor of that information in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 3 to 6.
10
Where a complete application has previously been assessed as incomplete, the 6-month period referred to in point (a) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 shall be deemed to start on the date of receipt by the consolidating supervisor of the information that completed the application.
11
Upon an application being assessed as complete, the consolidating supervisor shall inform the applicant and the relevant competent authorities of that fact together with the date of receipt of the complete application or the date of receipt of the information that completed the application.
12
In any case, the consolidating supervisor or any of the relevant competent authorities may require the applicant to provide additional information for the purposes of evaluating the application and reaching a joint decision on the application.