Article 4 Quantitative criteria

Subject to paragraphs 2 to 5, staff shall be deemed to have a material impact on an institution's risk profile where any of the following quantitative criteria are met:

1. (a)

   the staff member has been awarded total remuneration of EUR 500000 or more in the preceding financial year;

2. (b)

   the staff member is within the 0.3 % of the number of staff, rounded up to the next integer, who have been awarded the highest total remuneration in the preceding financial year;

3. (c)

   the staff member was in the preceding financial year awarded total remuneration that is equal to or greater than the lowest total remuneration awarded in that financial year to a member of senior management or to a member of staff who meets any of the criteria in points (1), (5), (6), (8), (11), (12), (13) or (14) of Article 3.

A criterion set out in paragraph 1 shall not be deemed to be met where the institution determines that the professional activities of the staff member do not have a material impact on the institution's risk profile because the staff member, or the category of staff to which the staff member belongs:

1. (a)

   only carries out professional activities and has authorities in a business unit which is not a material business unit; or

2. (b)

   has no material impact on the risk profile of a material business unit through the professional activities carried out.

The condition set out in point (b) of paragraph 2 shall be assessed on the basis of objective criteria which take into account all relevant risk and performance indicators used by the institution to identify, manage and monitor risks in accordance with Directive 2013/36/EU UK law which implemented Article 74 of Directive 2013/36/EU and on the basis of the duties and authorities of the staff member or category of staff and their impact on the institution's risk profile when compared with the impact of the professional activities of staff members identified by the criteria set out in Article 3 of this Regulation.

An institution shall notify the appropriate regulator of the application of paragraph 2 in relation to the criterion in point (a) of paragraph 1. The notification shall set out the basis on which the institution has determined that the staff member concerned, or the category of staff to which the staff member belongs, meets one of the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 and shall, if applicable, include the assessment carried out by the institution pursuant to paragraph 3.

The application of paragraph 2 by an institution in respect of a staff member who was awarded total remuneration of EUR 750000 or more in the preceding financial year, or in relation to the criterion in point (b) of paragraph 1, shall be subject to the prior approval of the appropriate regulator.

The appropriate regulator shall only give its prior approval where the institution can demonstrate that one of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 is satisfied, having regard, in respect of the condition in point (b) of paragraph 2, to the assessment criteria set out in paragraph 3.

Where the staff member was awarded total remuneration of EUR 1000000 or more in the preceding financial year the appropriate regulator shall only give its prior approval in exceptional circumstances.