{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1151/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1151/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1151/2014 of 4 June 2014 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the information to be notified when exercising the right of establishment and the freedom to provide services (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1151",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Branch passport notification",
  "text": "1. The information to be notified in a branch passport notification shall include the following:\n(a) name and address of the credit institution and name and intended principal place of business of the branch;\n(b) programme of operations as specified in paragraph 2.\n2. The programme of operations referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall comprise the following information:\n(a) types of business envisaged, comprising the following information:\n(i) the main objectives and business strategy of the branch and an explanation of how the branch will contribute to the strategy of the institution and, where applicable, of its group;\n(ii) a list of the activities in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU that the credit institution intends to carry out in the host Member State;\n(iii) an indication of the activities that will constitute the core business in the host Member State, including the intended start date for each core activity;\n(iv) a description of the target customers and counterparties;\n(b) structural organisation of the branch, comprising the following information:\n(i) a description of the organisational structure of the branch, including functional and legal reporting lines and the position and role of the branch within the corporate structure of the institution and, where applicable, of its group;\n(ii) a description of the governance arrangements and internal control mechanisms of the branch, including the following information:\nrisk management procedures of the branch and details of liquidity risk management of the institution, and where applicable, of its group,\nany limits that apply to the activities of the branch, in particular to its lending activities,\ndetails of the internal audit arrangements of the branch, including details of the person responsible for these arrangements and, where applicable, details of the external auditor,\nanti-money laundering arrangements of the branch, including details of the person appointed to ensure compliance with these arrangements,\ncontrols over outsourcing and other arrangements with third parties in connection with the activities carried out in the branch that are covered by the institution's authorisation;\n(iii) where the branch is expected to carry out one or more of the investment services and activities defined in point 2 of Article 4(1) of Directive 2004/39/EC, a description of the following arrangements:\nthe arrangements for safeguarding client money and assets;\nthe arrangements for compliance with the obligations laid down in Articles 19, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 28 of Directive 2004/39/EC and measures adopted pursuant thereto by the relevant competent authorities of the host Member State;\nthe internal code of conduct including controls over personal account dealing;\nthe details of the person responsible for dealing with complaints in relation to the investment services and activities of the branch;\nthe details of the person appointed to ensure compliance with the arrangements of the branch relating to investment services and activities;\n(c) the details of professional experience of the persons responsible for the management of the branch;\n(d) other information, comprising the following:\n(i) a financial plan containing forecasts for balance sheet and profit and loss account covering a period of three years;\n(ii) the name and contact details of the Union deposit guarantee and investor protection schemes of which the institution is a member and which cover the activities and services of the branch, together with the maximum coverage of the investor protection scheme;\n(iii) details of the branch's IT arrangements.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1151/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:11.247665+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}