1.   The consolidating supervisor may decide to involve other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries in the production of the group risk assessment report or group liquidity risk assessment report. That decision is based on the relevance of the branch or institution within the group and its significance for the local market.

Such involvement shall be subject to confidentiality requirements equivalent to those of Section II of Chapter 1 of Title VII of Directive 2013/36/EU and, where applicable, Articles 54 and 58 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).

The equivalence shall be assessed by the consolidating supervisor and all relevant competent authorities.

2.   Where the consolidating supervisor decides to involve another competent authority as defined in Article 2(2) or a competent authority of a third country, both authorities shall reach an agreement on the scope of involvement of the other competent authority or competent authority of the third country. Such agreements are allowed for the following purposes:

3.   Where the consolidating supervisor decides to involve other competent authorities or competent authorities of third countries, the consolidating supervisor shall not provide the draft and final group risk assessment reports and group liquidity risk assessment reports to the other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries without consent from all relevant competent authorities.

4.   The consolidating supervisor shall keep the relevant competent authorities fully informed on the scope, level and nature of involvement of other competent authorities and competent authorities of third countries in the group risk assessment process and the extent to which the group risk assessment report has benefited from their contributions.