1. A credit institution referred to in paragraph 1, may be exempted from the provisions in Articles 10, 12 and 13 (1) and Title VII Chapter 4 of this Directive and Parts Two to Four and Six to Eight of Regulation (EU) No ./2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of .[on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms] provided that, without prejudice to the application of those provisions to the central body, the whole as constituted by the central body together with its affiliated institutions is subject to those provisions on a consolidated basis.

Credit institutions, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, institutions for occupational retirement provisions, management and investment companies, alternative investment fund managers and central counterparties as defined in Regulation (EU) No xx/201x of the European Parliament and of the Council of xx xxx 201x on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories shall make their own credit risk assessment and shall not solely or mechanistically rely on credit ratings for assessing the creditworthiness of an entity or financial instrument.

Credit institutions, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, institutions for occupational retirement provisions, management and investment companies, alternative investment fund managers and central counterparties as defined in Regulation (EU) No xx/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of xx xxx 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories shall make their own credit risk assessment and shall not solely rely on credit ratings for assessing the creditworthiness of an entity or financial instrument.

Rules on clearing OTC derivative contracts, reporting on derivative transactions and risk-mitigation techniques for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP should apply to financial counterparties, namely investment firms as authorised in accordance with Directive 2004/39/EC, credit institutions as authorised in accordance with Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions , insurance undertakings as authorised in accordance with First Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, Regulations ...[+++] and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life insurance , assurance undertakings as authorised in accordance with Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning life assurance , reinsurance undertakings as authorised in accordance with Directive 2005/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2005 on reinsurance , undertakings for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS) and, where relevant, their management companies, as authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) , institutions for occupational retirement provision as defined in Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 June 2003 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision and alternative investment funds managed by alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) as authorised or registered in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers

(15) Rules on clearing and reporting obligations and rules on risk mitigation techniques for derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP should apply to financial counterparties, namely investment firms authorised under Directive 2004/39/EC, credit institutions authorised under Directive 2006/48/EC, insurance undertakings authorised under Directive 73/239/EEC, assurance undertakings authorised under Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning life assurance, reinsurance undertakings a ...[+++]uthorised under Directive 2005/68/EC, undertakings for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS) authorised under Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), and alternative investment funds managed by alternative investment fund managers authorised or registered under Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on Alternative Investment Fund Managers.

I urge the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament to concentrate on these central questions and to put the finishing touches, above all, to the European Works Councils and not only to the issue of offering consultation and information.