1.   For the purposes of verifying, in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 2014/59/EU, whether part or all of the necessary information to be requested by the resolution authority from the institution in order to draw the resolution plan is already available to the competent authority, the resolution authority shall first request such information from the competent authority of the relevant institution.

2.   Where part or all the requested information is already available to the competent authority, that authority shall provide such information to the resolution authority in a timely manner

3.   Where the information is not already available to the competent authority or where the format in which the information is provided by the competent authority is not satisfactory to the resolution authority, taking into account in particular the procedure to draw up group resolution plans, the resolution authority shall directly request the institution to provide the necessary information.

4.   Where the information requested by the resolution authority in accordance with paragraph 3 is included in one of the categories set out in Article 3, the institution shall provide that information to the resolution authority by submitting the appropriate template contained in Annexes I to XII, following the instructions set out in Annex XIII.

5.   Where the information requested by the resolution authority is not covered by one of the categories set out in Article 3, the information shall be provided in the format requested by the resolution authority.

6.   A request of information by the resolution authority to an institution as referred to in paragraph 3 shall:

(a)	specify, taking into account the volume and complexity of the requested information, the appropriate time frame within which the institution shall provide the information to the resolution authority;

(b)	where the requested information is included in one of the categories set out in Article 3, specify the appropriate template contained in Annexes I to XII to be used in order to provide the information to the resolution authority;

(c)	where the requested information is not included in one of the categories set out in Article 3, or is not covered by any template contained in Annexes I to XII, specify the format to be used in order to provide the information to the resolution authority;

(d)	specify whether the relevant template contained in Annexes I to XII has to be completed on an individual or group level basis and whether its scope is local, Union-wide or global in accordance with the instructions contained in Annex XIII;

(e)	provide the necessary contact details to which the information has to be provided within the resolution authority.