
Article 1 

1. Delegated decisions pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) that involve significant supervised entities as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2014/17) shall be adopted by the Director-General or the Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General SSM Governance and Operations – or if they are unavailable the Head of the Authorisation Division – and one of the following heads of work units:
(a) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks;
(b) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions;
(c) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions.
If a delegated decision pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) involves more than one significant supervised entity, the relevant supervised entity shall be the supervised entity or group in which the qualifying holding is acquired.
2. Delegated decisions pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) that do not involve significant supervised entities shall be adopted by the Director-General or the Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General SSM Governance and Operations – or if they are unavailable the Head of the Authorisation Division.
Article 2 

1. Delegated decisions pursuant to Articles 3 and 5 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) in relation to significant supervised entities as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 (ECB/2014/17) shall be adopted by the Director-General or the Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General SSM Governance and Operations – or if they are unavailable the Head of the Authorisation Division – and one of the following heads of work units:
(a) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks;
(b) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions;
(c) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions.
2. Delegated decisions pursuant to Articles 3 and 5 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) in relation to less significant supervised entities as defined in point (7) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 (ECB/2014/17) shall be adopted by the Director-General or the Deputy Director-General the Directorate-General SSM Governance and Operations – or if they are unavailable the Head of the Authorisation Division.
Article 3 
Delegated decisions pursuant to Articles 3 and 6 of Decision (EU) 2019/1376 (ECB/2019/23) shall be adopted by one of the following heads of work units:

((a)) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Systemic and International Banks;
((b)) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Universal and Diversified Institutions;
((c)) the Director-General or a Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions, if supervision of the relevant supervised entity or group is carried out by the Directorate-General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions.
Article 4 

1. Decision (EU) 2019/1377 (ECB/2019/26) is repealed.
2. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2020.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 15 September 2020.
The President of the ECB
Christine LAGARDE