By-laws of the Deposit Protection Fund
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3. Subsection (1) shall not apply to communications made to<br />
(a) <strong>the</strong> competent supervisory or resolution authorities (including persons<br />
commissioned by same)<br />
(b) <strong>the</strong> Compensation Scheme <strong>of</strong> German Private Banks (Entschädigungseinrichtung<br />
deutscher Banken GmbH)<br />
(c) <strong>the</strong> Auditing Association<br />
(d) <strong>the</strong> executive bodies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> affected bank or<br />
(e) <strong>the</strong> principal shareholders <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bank pursuant to Section 5 (13) (b)<br />
by bodies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Banking Association at <strong>the</strong>ir due discretion in connection with<br />
<strong>the</strong> purposes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fund</strong> (including in connection with credit rating procedures<br />
pursuant to Section 4a and deposit rating pursuant to Section 4b). In <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong><br />
communications to principal shareholders, (subclause (e)), <strong>the</strong> communication<br />
must comply with applicable anti-trust, regulatory and insider-trading provisions<br />
and appropriate precautions must be taken to guarantee confidentiality.<br />
Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, subsection (1) shall not apply to communications to a member<br />
association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Banking Association in connection with <strong>the</strong> admission, <strong>the</strong><br />
exclusion or <strong>the</strong> calculation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> membership contributions <strong>of</strong> a bank.<br />
4. The obligation to maintain confidentiality and secrecy under subsections (1)<br />
and (2) shall also apply in regard to banks which are members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Auditing<br />
Association without already participating in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fund</strong>.<br />
5. The members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bodies and committees <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Banking Association as well<br />
as those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Risk Committee shall be obliged to act in <strong>the</strong> interests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Deposit</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> <strong>Fund</strong> in matters concerning <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fund</strong>. When making <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
decisions, <strong>the</strong>y shall nei<strong>the</strong>r pursue personal interests nor consider business<br />
opportunities for <strong>the</strong> bank <strong>the</strong>y represent. Any affected member <strong>of</strong> a body shall<br />
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