1.   Institutions shall ensure that long term obligations are adequately met with a diversity of stable funding instruments under both normal and stressed conditions.

2.   The provisions set out in Title III shall apply exclusively for the purposes of specifying reporting obligations set out in Article 415.

3.   Member States may maintain or introduce national provisions in the area of stable funding requirements before binding minimum standards for net stable funding requirements are specified and introduced in the Union in accordance with Article 510.