When the group-level resolution authority identifies substantive impediments to resolvability or assents to an opinion on identified substantive impediments expressed by any of the authorities having been consulted on the group resolution plan and resolvability assessment, the group-level resolution authority shall suspend the joint decision process in accordance with Article 17(2) of Directive 2014/59/EU and shall notify its decision to the resolution college members.

The group-level resolution authority shall start re-conducting the joint decision process on the group resolution plan including the performance of its resolvability assessment, as soon as the joint decision process referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2014/59/EU on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability has been completed.

Prior to the start of the joint decision process on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability, the group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries shall agree on a timetable of steps to be followed in the joint decision timetable.

In the case of a failure to agree on that timetable, the group-level resolution authority shall set the joint decision timetable after considering the views and any reservations expressed by the resolution authorities of subsidiaries.

The joint decision timetable shall include the following steps:

1. (a)

   preparation and circulation of the report on substantive impediments identified in accordance with Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/59/EU by the group-level resolution authority in consultation with the consolidating supervisor and the EBA;

2. (b)

   submission of the report pursuant to Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/59/EU from the group-level resolution authority to the Union parent undertaking, the resolution authorities of subsidiaries, and the resolution authorities of jurisdictions in which significant branches are located;

3. (c)

   date when the Union parent undertaking submits to the group-level resolution authority its observations and alternative measures to remedy the substantive impediments, if any, in accordance with Article 18(3) of Directive 2014/59/EU;

4. (d)

   dialogue between the group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries and other resolution college members, on any observations or alternative measures to remedy the substantive impediments proposed by the Union parent undertaking pursuant to Article 18(3) of Directive 2014/59/EU, as appropriate;

5. (e)

   development of the draft joint decision on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability;

6. (f)

   finalisation of the joint decision on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability; and

7. (g)

   communication of the joint decision on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability.

The joint decision timetable shall be reviewed and updated by the group-level resolution authority in order to reflect the extension of the joint decision process where the Union parent undertaking submits observations and proposes any alternative measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability in accordance to Article 18(3) of Directive 2014/59/EU.

When drafting the joint decision timetable, the group-level resolution authority shall have regard to the terms and conditions of the observers' participation as set out in the resolution college written arrangements and in the respective provisions of Directive 2014/59/EU.

The group-level resolution authority shall communicate to the Union parent undertaking those aspects of the joint decision timetable that envisage the involvement of the Union parent undertaking.

The group-level resolution authority shall prepare a draft report on substantive impediments to resolvability in accordance with Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/59/EU and shall transmit it to the consolidating supervisor, the EBA, the competent authorities and the resolution authorities of the subsidiaries and of jurisdictions in which significant branches are located.

It may also submit the draft report to other resolution college members and observers, as appropriate and in the manner agreed and detailed in the resolution college written arrangements and procedures.

Comments and views received shall be considered by the group-level resolution authority for the purposes of the finalisation of the report. The group-level resolution authority shall provide full reasoning in relation to any deviation from a view or comment made by the EBA or by the consolidating supervisor.

Upon finalisation, the report shall be provided to the Union parent undertaking.

The group-level resolution authority shall communicate to the resolution college the start of the four-month period for reaching the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability.

Where the Union parent undertaking submits observations and proposes to the group-level resolution authority, within four months of the date of receipt of the report in accordance with Article 18(3) of Directive 2014/59/EU, alternative measures to remedy the substantive impediments to resolvability, the group-level resolution authority shall forward those observations and measures to other college members without undue delay and in any case within 10 days.

The group-level resolution authority shall, having regard to paragraph 1, communicate to the resolution college the extension of the time period for reaching the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability in accordance with Article 18(3) and (5) of Directive 2014/59/EU.

While circulating the observations and alternative measures submitted by the Union parent undertaking, the group-level resolution authority shall set a time limit for submission of comments.

Where authorities do not provide their comments by the time limit referred to in paragraph 3, the group-level resolution authority shall presume that these authorities do not have any comments on the observations and alternative measures submitted by the Union parent undertaking and shall proceed further.

The group-level resolution authority shall provide, as soon as possible and without undue delay, to the resolution authorities of subsidiaries any comments submitted by the other resolution college members and shall discuss with them the proposed measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability.

The group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries shall in addition duly discuss and consider the potential impact of the proposed measures on all entities that are part of the group, on all the Member States where the group operates, and on the Union as a whole.

The group-level resolution authority shall, taking into account the outcome of the dialogue under Article 79(5) and (6), as appropriate, prepare a draft joint decision on measures to address or remove substantive impediments to resolvability.

The draft joint decision shall set out all of the following items:

1. (a)

   the name of the Union parent undertaking and the group entities to which the joint decision relates and applies;

2. (b)

   the names of the group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries reaching the joint decision;

3. (c)

   the names of the relevant competent authorities and the names of the resolution authorities of significant branches that have been consulted on the resolvability of the group, on the measures to address or remove substantive impediments, and on the observations and alternative measures, if any, submitted by the Union parent undertaking;

4. (d)

   the names of the observers where those observers were involved in the joint decision process in accordance with the terms and conditions of observers' participation as noted in the written arrangements;

5. (e)

   the references to the applicable Union and national law relating to the preparation, finalisation and application of the joint decision;

6. (f)

   the date of the joint decision;

7. (g)

   the measures pursuant to Article 17(5) and (6) of 2014/59/EU decided by the group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries and the time period within which the respective group entities shall address these measures;

8. (h)

   where the measures proposed by the Union parent undertaking are not accepted or are partially accepted by the group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries, an explanation of how the measures proposed by the Union parent undertaking are assessed as not fit to remove the substantive impediments to resolvability and how the measures referred to in point (g) would effectively reduce or remove the substantive impediments to resolvability;

9. (i)

   a summary of views expressed by the authorities consulted in the joint decision process;

10. (j)

    where the EBA has been consulted during the joint decision process, an explanation of any deviation from the advice of the EBA.

The group-level resolution authority shall send the draft joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability to the resolution authorities of subsidiaries without undue delay setting a time limit for the resolution authorities of subsidiaries to provide their written agreement to that joint decision, which may be sent by electronic means of communication.

Upon receipt of the draft joint decision the resolution authorities of subsidiaries not disagreeing with it shall transmit their written agreement to the group-level resolution authority within the time limit set out in paragraph 1.

The final joint decision shall consist of the joint decision document drafted in accordance with Article 80 and of the written agreements referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and the one of the group-level resolution authority attached thereto and shall be provided to the resolution authorities of subsidiaries agreeing with the joint decision by the group-level resolution authority.

The group-level resolution authority shall communicate the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability to the resolution college.

The group-level resolution authority shall communicate the joint decision to the management body of the Union parent undertaking in a timely manner and in any event by the time limit specified in the joint decision timetable pursuant to Article 77(2)(g). The group-level resolution authority shall inform the resolution authorities of subsidiaries about that communication.

Where some of the measures taken in accordance to Article 17(5) and (6) of Directive 2014/59/EU are addressed to specific entities of the group other than the Union parent undertaking, the resolution authorities of subsidiaries shall provide to the management bodies of those entities under their jurisdiction the respective parts of the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability, in a timely manner and in any event by the time limit specified in the joint decision timetable pursuant to Article 77(2)(g).

The group-level resolution authority may discuss details of the content and the application of the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability with the Union parent undertaking.

The resolution authorities of subsidiaries may discuss details of the content and the application of the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability with the entities under their jurisdictions.

The group-level resolution authority shall communicate the outcome of the discussion, if any, referred to in Article 82(3) to the resolution authorities of subsidiaries.

The resolution authorities of subsidiaries shall communicate the outcome of the discussion, if any, referred to in Article 82(4) to the group-level resolution authority.

The group-level resolution authority and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries shall monitor the application of the joint decision on measures to address substantive impediments to resolvability that are relevant to each of the entities of the group for which they are respectively responsible.