I. – Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, pursuant to I of Article L. 613-32-1, requests the authority responsible for supervision on a consolidated basis of a group or the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 or L. 532-16 that a branch be considered to be of material importance, it shall justify its request by means of the information referred to in Article R. 613-32.
Where the authority responsible for supervision on a consolidated basis of a group or the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 or L. 532-16 reach, in consultation with the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, a joint decision on the materiality of a branch pursuant to I of Article L. 613-32-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall apply that decision.
II. – If no joint decision is taken within two months of the request referred to in I above, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall itself decide within a further two-month period on the materiality of the branch, taking into account the opinions and reservations expressed by the other authority or authorities to which the request was made. Its decision shall state the reasons on which it is based. It shall be communicated to the other competent authorities of the Member States concerned.