In the context of the sale of business tool, Article 38(6) of Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) requires Member States to empower resolution authorities to transfer assets, rights and liabilities back to the institution under resolution, and shares/other instruments of ownership to their original owners, provided that the purchaser consents to the transferral back. The modalities of exercise of such powers are to be governed by the applicable national law. In this respect, while Articles 40(7) and 42(10) BRRD set minimum conditions for the exercise of analogous powers of transferral back when the bridge bank and the asset separation are the tools applied, Article 38(6) BRRD makes the transfer back conditional solely on the consent of the purchaser. The purchaser’s consent may be obtained a priori by including specific provisions in the purchase contract, if national law allows for it.

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