1.   In order to inform the European Banking Authority (EBA) about the application of Article 4(1), (8), (9) and (10) of Directive 2014/59/EU to institutions in their jurisdictions, competent authorities and resolution authorities shall transmit to the EBA the information identified in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation.

2.   For the purposes of the transmission of information in accordance with paragraph 1, competent authorities and resolution authorities shall complete the relevant templates set out in Annex I and, where appropriate, refer to the optional indicators set out in Annex II.

3.   Competent authorities and resolution authorities may choose to complete the templates set out in Annex I on a joint basis in the following manner:

4.   Where competent authorities and resolution authorities transmit the information identified in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation to the EBA, those authorities may make reference to a ‘category of institutions’, where they determine that two or more institutions share similar characteristics in terms of the criteria referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU for the application of simplified obligations.