Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 Text with EEA relevance

PART ONE

GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation lays down uniform rules concerning general prudential requirements that institutions, financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies supervised under Directive 2013/36/EU shall comply with in relation to the following items:

(a) own funds requirements relating to entirely quantifiable, uniform and standardised elements of credit risk, market risk, operational risk, settlement risk and leverage;

(b) requirements limiting large exposures;

(c) liquidity requirements relating to entirely quantifiable, uniform and standardised elements of liquidity risk;

(d) reporting requirements related to points (a), (b) and (c);

(e) public disclosure requirements.

This Regulation lays down uniform rules concerning the own funds and eligible liabilities requirements that resolution entities that are global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs) or part of G-SIIs and material subsidiaries of non-EU G-SIIs shall comply with.

This Regulation does not govern publication requirements for competent authorities in the field of prudential regulation and supervision of institutions as set out in Directive 2013/36/EU.

Article 2

Supervisory powers

Article 3

Application of stricter requirements by institutions

This Regulation shall not prevent institutions from holding own funds and their components in excess of, or applying measures that are stricter than those required by this Regulation.

Article 4

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘credit institution’ means an undertaking the business of which consists of any of the following: (a) to take deposits or other repayable funds from the public and to grant credits for its own account; (b) to carry out any of the activities referred to in Annex I, Section A, points (3) and (6), to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁶), where one of the following applies, but the undertaking is not a commodity and emission allowance dealer, a collective investment undertaking, an insurance undertaking, or an investment firm for which the authorisation as a credit institution is waived in accordance with Article 8a of Directive 2013/36/EU: (i) the total value of the consolidated assets of the undertaking established in the Union, including any of its branches and subsidiaries established in a third country, is equal to or exceeds EUR 30 billion; (ii) the total value of the assets of the undertaking established in the Union, including any of its branches and subsidiaries established in a third country, is less than EUR 30 billion, and the undertaking is part of a group in which the total value of the consolidated assets of all undertakings in that group that are established in the Union, including any of their branches and subsidiaries established in a third country, that individually have total assets of less than EUR 30 billion and that carry out any of the activities referred to in Annex I, Section A, points (3) and (6), to Directive 2014/65/EU is equal to or exceeds EUR 30 billion; (iii) the total value of the assets of the undertaking established in the Union, including any of its branches and subsidiaries established in a third country, is less than EUR 30 billion, and the undertaking is part of a group in which the total value of the consolidated assets of all undertakings in the group that carry out any of the activities referred to in Annex I, Section A, points (3) and (6), to Directive 2014/65/EU, is equal to or exceeds EUR 30 billion, where the consolidating supervisor, in consultation with the supervisory college, so decides in order to address potential risks of circumvention or potential risks for financial stability of the Union; for the purposes of points (b)(ii) and (b)(iii), where the undertaking is part of a third‐country group, the total assets of each branch of the third‐country group authorised in the Union shall be included in the combined total value of the assets of all undertakings in the group;

(2) ‘investment firm’ means an investment firm as defined in point (1) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU which is authorised under that Directive but excludes credit institutions;

(3) ‘institution’ means a credit institution authorised under Article 8 of Directive 2013/36/EU or an undertaking as referred to in Article 8a(3) thereof;

(5) ‘insurance undertaking’ means insurance undertaking as defined in point (1) of Article 13 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (⁷);

(6) ‘reinsurance undertaking’ means reinsurance undertaking as defined in point (4) of Article 13 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(7) ‘collective investment undertaking’ or ‘CIU’ means a UCITS as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁸) or an alternative investment fund (AIF) as defined in point (a) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁹);

(8) ‘public sector entity’ means a non-commercial administrative body responsible to central governments, regional governments or local authorities, or to authorities that exercise the same responsibilities as regional governments and local authorities, or a non-commercial undertaking that is owned by or set up and sponsored by central governments, regional governments or local authorities, and that has explicit guarantee arrangements, and may include self-administered bodies governed by law that are under public supervision;

(9) ‘management body’ means management body as defined in point (7) of Article 3(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU;

(10) ‘senior management’ means senior management as defined in point (9) of Article 3(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU;

(11) ‘systemic risk’ means systemic risk as defined in point (10) of Article 3(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU;

(13) ‘originator’ means an originator as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (¹⁰);

(14) ‘sponsor’ means a sponsor as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;

(14a) ‘original lender’ means an original lender as defined in point (20) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;

(15) ‘parent undertaking’ means an undertaking that controls, within the meaning of point (37), one or more undertakings;

(16) ‘subsidiary’ means an undertaking that is controlled, within the meaning of point (37), by another undertaking; subsidiaries of subsidiaries shall also be considered to be subsidiaries of the undertaking that is their original parent undertaking;

(17) ‘branch’ means a place of business which forms a legally dependent part of an institution and which carries out directly all or some of the transactions inherent in the business of institutions;

(18) ‘ancillary services undertaking’ means an undertaking the principal activity of which, whether provided to undertakings inside the group or to clients outside the group, consists of any of the following: (a) a direct extension of banking; (b) operational leasing, the ownership or management of property, the provision of data processing services or any other activity insofar as those activities are ancillary to banking; (c) any other activity considered similar by EBA to those referred to in points (a) and (b);

(19) ‘asset management company’ means an asset management company as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Directive 2002/87/EC or an AIFM as defined in Article 4(1)(b) of Directive 2011/61/EU, including, unless otherwise provided, third-country entities that carry out similar activities and that are subject to the laws of a third country which applies supervisory and regulatory requirements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union;

(20) ‘financial holding company’ means an undertaking that meets all of the following conditions: (a) it is a financial institution; (b) it is not a mixed financial holding company; (c) it has at least one subsidiary that is an institution; (d) more than 50 % of any of the following indicators are associated, on a steady basis, with subsidiaries that are institutions or financial institutions, and with activities carried out by the undertaking itself that are not related to the acquisition or owning of holdings in subsidiaries when those activities are of the same nature as the ones carried out by institutions or financial institutions: (i) the undertaking’s equity based on its consolidated situation; (ii) the undertaking’s assets based on its consolidated situation; (iii) the undertaking’s revenues based on its consolidated situation; (iv) the undertaking’s personnel based on its consolidated situation; (v) other indicators considered relevant by the competent authority. The competent authority may decide that an entity does not qualify as a financial holding company even if one of the indicators referred to in the first paragraph, points (i) to (iv), is met, where the competent authority considers that the relevant indicator does not convey a fair and true view of the main activities and risks of the group. Before making such decision, the competent authority shall consult EBA and provide a substantiated and detailed qualitative and quantitative justification. The competent authority shall have due regard to EBA’s opinion and, where it decides to deviate from it, shall within three months of the date of receipt of EBA’s opinion, provide to EBA the rationale for deviating from the relevant opinion;

(20a) ‘investment holding company’ means an investment holding company as defined in Article 4(1), point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033;

(21) ‘mixed financial holding company’ means mixed financial holding company as defined in point (15) of Article 2 of Directive 2002/87/EC;

(22) ‘mixed activity holding company’ means a parent undertaking, other than a financial holding company or an institution or a mixed financial holding company, the subsidiaries of which include at least one institution;

(23) ‘third-country insurance undertaking’ means third-country insurance undertaking as defined in point (3) of Article 13 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(24) ‘third-country reinsurance undertaking’ means third-country reinsurance undertaking as defined in point (6) of Article 13 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(25) ‘recognised third-country investment firm’ means a firm meeting all of the following conditions: (a) if it were established within the Union, it would be covered by the definition of an investment firm; (b) it is authorised in a third country; (c) it is subject to and complies with prudential rules considered by the competent authorities at least as stringent as those laid down in this Regulation or in Directive 2013/36/EU;

(26) ‘financial institution’ means an undertaking that meets both of the following conditions: (a) it is not an institution, a pure industrial holding company, a securitisation special purpose entity, an insurance holding company as defined in Article 212(1), point (f), of Directive 2009/138/EC or a mixed-activity insurance holding company as defined in Article 212(1), point (g), of that Directive, except where a mixed-activity insurance holding company has a subsidiary institution; (b) it meets one or more of the following conditions: (i) the principal activity of the undertaking is to acquire or own holdings or to pursue one or more of the activities listed in Annex I, points 2 to 12 and points 15, 16 and 17, to Directive 2013/36/EU, or to pursue one or more of the services or activities listed in Annex I, Section A or B, to Directive 2014/65/EU in relation to financial instruments listed in Annex I, Section C, to Directive 2014/65/EU; (ii) the undertaking is an investment firm, a mixed financial holding company, an investment holding company, a payment services provider as categorised under Article 1(1), points (a) to (d), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹¹), an asset management company or an ancillary services undertaking;

(26a) ‘pure industrial holding company’ means an undertaking that meets all of the following conditions: (a) its principal activity is to acquire or own holdings; (b) it is not referred to in point (27)(a), or point (27)(d) to (l), of this paragraph and is not an investment firm or an asset management company, or a payment service provider as categorised under Article 1(1), points (a) to (d), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; (c) it does not hold any participations in a financial sector entity;

(27) ‘financial sector entity’ means any of the following: (a) an institution; (b) a financial institution; ————— (d) an insurance undertaking; (e) a third-country insurance undertaking; (f) a reinsurance undertaking; (g) a third-country reinsurance undertaking; (h) an insurance holding company as defined in point (f) of Article 212(1) of Directive 2009/138/EC; (k) an undertaking excluded from the scope of Directive 2009/138/EC in accordance with Article 4 of that Directive; (l) a third-country undertaking with a main business comparable to any of the entities referred to in points (a) to (k);

(28) ‘parent institution in a Member State’ means an institution in a Member State which has an institution or a financial institution as a subsidiary, or which holds a participation in an institution or financial institution, and which is not itself a subsidiary of another institution authorised in the same Member State, or of a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in the same Member State;

(29) ‘EU parent institution’ means a parent institution in a Member State which is not a subsidiary of another institution authorised in any Member State, or of a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in any Member State;

(29a) ‘parent investment firm in a Member State’ means a parent undertaking in a Member State that is an investment firm;

(29b) ‘EU parent investment firm’ means an EU parent undertaking that is an investment firm;

(29c) ‘parent credit institution in a Member State’ means a parent institution in a Member State that is a credit institution;

(29d) ‘EU parent credit institution’ means an EU parent institution that is a credit institution;

(30) ‘parent financial holding company in a Member State’ means a financial holding company which is not itself a subsidiary of an institution authorised in the same Member State, or of a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in the same Member State;

(31) ‘EU parent financial holding company’ means a parent financial holding company in a Member State which is not a subsidiary of an institution authorised in any Member State or of another financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in any Member State;

(32) ‘parent mixed financial holding company in a Member State’ means a mixed financial holding company which is not itself a subsidiary of an institution authorised in the same Member State, or of a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in that same Member State;

(33) ‘EU parent mixed financial holding company’ means a parent mixed financial holding company in a Member State which is not a subsidiary of an institution authorised in any Member State or of another financial holding company or mixed financial holding company set up in any Member State;

(34) ‘central counterparty’ or ‘CCP’ means a CCP as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

(35) ‘participation’ means a participating interest as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹²), or the ownership, direct or indirect, of 20 % or more of the voting rights or capital of an undertaking;

(36) ‘qualifying holding’ means a direct or indirect holding in an undertaking which represents 10 % or more of the capital or of the voting rights or which makes it possible to exercise a significant influence over the management of that undertaking;

(37) ‘control’ means the relationship between a parent undertaking and a subsidiary, as described in Article 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU, or in the accounting standards to which an institution is subject under Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹³), or a similar relationship between any natural or legal person and an undertaking;

(38) ‘close links’ means a situation in which two or more natural or legal persons are linked in any of the following ways: (a) participation in the form of ownership, direct or by way of control, of 20 % or more of the voting rights or capital of an undertaking; (b) control; (c) a permanent link of both or all of them to the same third person by a control relationship;

(39) ‘group of connected clients’ means any of the following: (a) two or more natural or legal persons who, unless it is shown otherwise, constitute a single risk because one of them, directly or indirectly, has control over the other or others; (b) two or more natural or legal persons between whom there is no relationship of control as described in point (a) but who are to be regarded as constituting a single risk because they are so interconnected that, if one of them were to experience financial problems, in particular funding or repayment difficulties, the other or all of the others would also be likely to encounter funding or repayment difficulties. Notwithstanding points (a) and (b), where a central government has direct control over or is directly interconnected with more than one natural or legal person, the set consisting of the central government and all of the natural or legal persons directly or indirectly controlled by it in accordance with point (a), or interconnected with it in accordance with point (b), may be considered as not constituting a group of connected clients. Instead the existence of a group of connected clients formed by the central government and other natural or legal persons may be assessed separately for each of the persons directly controlled by it in accordance with point (a), or directly interconnected with it in accordance with point (b), and all of the natural and legal persons which are controlled by that person according to point (a) or interconnected with that person in accordance with point (b), including the central government. The same applies in cases of regional governments or local authorities to which Article 115(2) applies. Two or more natural or legal persons who fulfil the conditions set out in point (a) or (b) because of their direct exposure to the same CCP for clearing activities purposes are not considered as constituting a group of connected clients;

(40) ‘competent authority’ means a public authority or body officially recognised by national law, which is empowered by national law to supervise institutions as part of the supervisory system in operation in the Member State concerned;

(41) ‘consolidating supervisor’ means a competent authority responsible for the exercise of supervision on a consolidated basis in accordance with Article 111 of Directive 2013/36/EU;

(42) ‘authorisation’ means an instrument issued in any form by the authorities by which the right to carry out the business is granted;