Article 70
Power to restrict the enforcement of security interests
1.
Member States shall ensure that resolution authorities have the power to restrict secured creditors of an institution under resolution from enforcing security interests in relation to any assets of that institution under resolution from the publication of a notice of the restriction in accordance with Article 83(4) until midnight in the Member State of the resolution authority of the institution under resolution at the end of the business day following that publication.
2.
Resolution authorities shall not exercise the power referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in relation to any of the following:
(a)
security interest of systems or operators of systems designated for the purposes of Directive 98/26/EC;
(b)
central counterparties authorised in the Union pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and third-country central counterparties recognised by ESMA pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; and
(c)
central banks, over assets pledged or provided by way of margin or collateral by the institution under resolution.
3.
Where Article 80 applies, resolution authorities shall ensure that any restrictions imposed pursuant to the power referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are consistent for all group entities in relation to which a resolution action is taken.
4.
When exercising a power under this Article, resolution authorities shall have regard to the impact the exercise of that power might have on the orderly functioning of financial markets.