Art. 1 Tasks of the members of the joint examination team | RTS on joint examination teams | DORA

This foundational article defines the full scope of tasks that members of the joint examination team are responsible for carrying out, all under the coordination of the Lead Overseer.

It establishes that the joint examination team exists to both support the Lead Overseer on an ongoing basis and to execute specific, defined oversight activities in relation to critical ICT third-party service providers.

These tasks span the entire oversight lifecycle, from planning and investigation through to inspections, recommendations, and remediation follow-up.

The article directly connects to and operationalises several key provisions of DORA (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554), acting as the practical task mandate for the joint examination team established under that framework.

Important points:

Members of the joint examination team are required to carry out their tasks under the direction of the Lead Overseer coordinator, covering everything from drafting oversight plans to conducting investigations and inspections.
The joint examination team must ensure relevant information about financial entities using critical ICT third-party service providers is shared with the Lead Overseer.
Where the Lead Overseer significantly revises the individual annual oversight plan mid-year, it must involve the joint examination team in both the execution and the revision of that plan.

1. The members of the joint examination team shall perform their tasks under the coordination of the Lead Overseer coordinator. Those tasks shall include the ongoing support of the activities carried out by the Lead Overseer and the execution of specific tasks. Those tasks shall be:
  1. assist the Lead Overseer in the preparation and drafting of the individual annual oversight plan referred to in Article 33(4) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  2. assist the Lead Overseer in performing the assessment referred to in Article 33(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  3. assess the information obtained by the Lead Overseer from the critical ICT third-party service provider under Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and Chapter II of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/295(⁷);
  4. conduct general investigations on the critical ICT third-party service providers referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  5. conduct the inspections referred to in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  6. draft the recommendations referred to in Article 35(1), point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  7. assess the remediation plan and the progress reports referred to in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/295;
  8. prepare and draft the requests and decisions referred to in Article 35(6), Article 37(1), Article 38(4), and Article 39(6) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  9. assist the Lead Overseer in its contribution to horizontal oversight activities, including in the development of the comprehensive benchmarks referred to in Article 32(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;
  10. ensure that the relevant information relating to financial entities making use of the services provided by critical ICT third-party service providers are shared with the Lead Overseer;
  11. assist the Lead Overseer in unplanned ad hoc activities deemed necessary by the Lead Overseer for the purpose of oversight.
1. Where the Lead Overseer significantly revises the individual annual oversight plan during the year, the Lead Overseer shall involve the members of the joint examination team in the execution of the individual annual oversight plan and in the revision of that.