By-laws of the Deposit Protection Fund

5. Ahead of measures to be decided by the Deposit Protection Committee, the Risk
Committee shall take action apt to be of assistance (Section 2 (2)) and undertake
preparatory work. In this process, the Risk Committee shall be supported by,
and cooperate with, the Task Force in accordance with Section 7a (7). The Task
Force shall regularly attend meetings of the Risk Committee in an advisory
capacity. In addition, the Risk Committee may decide to call on the member
of the Senior Management of the Banking Association with responsibility for
deposit protection to serve in an advisory capacity.
6. The Deposit Protection Committee may issue rules of procedure for the Risk
Committee setting out, in particular, the functions of the Risk Committee in
more detail.
7. A joint Task Force shall be set up with the Auditing Association to prepare the
activities of the Risk Committee and to support the Risk Committee in carrying
out its functions. The Task Force shall comprise the
(a) Head of Deposit Protection
(b) Management of the Deposit Protection Fund and
(c) Management Board of the Auditing Association.
Details of the Task Force and of the cooperation between the Banking Association
and the Auditing Association shall be set out in a separate agreement.
8. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11, the Task Force and the Risk
Committee may only pass on information to third parties (including banks and
representatives of banks) or to parties within the Banking Association insofar
as this is necessary to duly carry out the functions of the Task Force or the Risk
Committee and provided that no legal barriers, especially of an antitrust or
contractual nature, prevent this.
40 By-laws Section 7a