# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1075 of 23 March 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the content of recovery plans, resolution plans and group resolution plans, the minimum criteria that the competent authority is to assess as regards recovery plans and group recovery plans, the conditions for group financial support, the requirements for independent valuers, the contractual recognition of write-down and conversion powers, the procedures and contents of notification requirements and of notice of suspension and the operational functioning of the resolution colleges (Text with EEA relevance), Article 32: Assessment of credibility of a resolution strategy

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. After assessing the feasibility of the selected resolution strategy, resolution authorities shall assess its credibility, taking into consideration the likely impact of resolution on the financial systems and real economies of any Member State or of the Union, with a view to ensuring the continuity of critical functions carried out by the institution or group. The assessment shall include evaluation of matters addressed in points 21 to 28 of Section C of the Annex to Directive 2014/59/EU.
2. In conducting this assessment, resolution authorities shall consider the likely impact of the implementation of the resolution strategy on the financial systems of any Member State or of the Union. For this purpose, resolution authorities shall take into account the functions performed by the institution or group and assess whether implementation of the resolution strategy would be likely to have a material adverse impact on any of the following:
(a) financial market functioning, and in particular market confidence;
(b) financial market infrastructures, and in particular:
(i) whether the sudden cessation of activities would constrain the normal functioning of financial market infrastructures in a manner which negatively impacts the financial system as a whole;
(ii) whether and to what extent financial market infrastructures could serve as contagion channels in the liquidation process;
(c) other financial institutions, and in particular:
(i) whether liquidation would raise the funding costs of or reduce the availability of funding to other financial institutions in a manner which presents a risk to financial stability;
(ii) the risk of direct and indirect contagion and macroeconomic feedback effects;
(d) the real economy and in particular on the availability of financial services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1075/article/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1075/article-32
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