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
The amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be limited to the amount not required to be deducted from own funds, prior to 1 January 2014, under national transposition measures of Directive 2006/48/EC, insofar as those national transposition measures would be eligible for the treatment set out in Article 481 of this Regulation in the Member State concerned.
The following factors apply:
- (a) 1 in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 0,8 in the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 0,6 in the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 0,4 in the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017;
- (e) 0,2 in the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
Institutions shall disclose the values of assets and liabilities in accordance with paragraph 2 in their published financial statements.
Article 473a
Introduction of IFRS 9
By way of derogation from Article 50 and until the end of the transitional periods set out in paragraphs 6 and 6a of this Article, the following may include in their Common Equity Tier 1 capital the amount calculated in accordance with this paragraph:
- (a) institutions that prepare their accounts in conformity with the international accounting standards adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002;
- (b) institutions that, pursuant to Article 24(2) of this Regulation, effect the valuation of assets and off-balance sheet items and the determination of own funds in conformity with the international accounting standards adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002;
- (c) institutions that effect the valuation of assets and off-balance sheet items in conformity with accounting standards under Directive 86/635/EEC and that use an expected credit loss model that is the same as the one used in international accounting standards adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002.
The amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be calculated as the sum of the following:
- (a) for exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II of Part Three, the amount (ABSA) calculated in accordance with the following formula:
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where:
| A2,SA | = | the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 2; |
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| A4,SA | = | the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 based on the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph 3; |
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| Image omitted; see official source | = | the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on 1 January 2020; |
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| Image omitted; see official source | = | the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on 1 January 2018 or on the date of the initial application of IFRS 9, whichever is later; |
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| f1 | = | the applicable factor laid down in paragraph 6; |
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| f2 | = | the applicable factor laid down in paragraph 6a; |
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| t1 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount A2,SA; |
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| t2 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount A4,SA; |
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| t3 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount Image omitted; see official source; |
- (b) for exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three, the amount (ABIRB) calculated in accordance with the following formula:
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where:
| A2,IRB | = | the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 which is adjusted in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 5; |
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| A4,IRB | = | the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 based on the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 which are adjusted in accordance with points (b) and (c) of paragraph 5; |
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| Image omitted; see official source | = | the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired, as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, reduced by the sum of related expected loss amounts for the same exposures calculated in accordance with Article 158(5), (6) and (10) of this Regulation, on 1 January 2020. Where the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of Image omitted; see official source to zero; |
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| Image omitted; see official source | = | the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired, as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on 1 January 2018 or on the date of the initial application of IFRS 9, whichever is later, reduced by the sum of related expected loss amounts for the same exposures calculated in accordance with Article 158(5), (6) and (10) of this Regulation. Where the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of Image omitted; see official source as equal to zero; |
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| f1 | = | the applicable factor laid down in paragraph 6; |
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| f2 | = | the applicable factor laid down in paragraph 6a; |
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| t1 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount A2,IRB; |
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| t2 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount A4,IRB; |
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| t3 | = | the increase of Common Equity Tier 1 capital that is due to tax deductibility of the amount Image omitted; see official source. |
Institutions shall calculate the amounts A2,SA and A2,IRB referred to, respectively, in points (a) and (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 as the greater of the amounts referred to in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph separately for their exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II of Part Three and for their exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three:
- (a) zero;
- (b) the amount calculated in accordance with point (i) reduced by the amount calculated in accordance with point (ii):
- (i) the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of IFRS 9 as set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (‘Annex relating to IFRS 9’) and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 as of 1 January 2018 or on the date of initial application of IFRS 9;
- (ii) the total amount of impairment losses on financial assets classified as loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments and available-for-sale financial assets, as defined in paragraph 9 of IAS 39, other than equity instruments and units or shares in collective investment undertakings, determined in accordance with paragraphs 63, 64, 65, 67, 68 and 70 of IAS 39 as set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 as of 31 December 2017 or the day before the date of initial application of IFRS 9.
Institutions shall calculate the amount by which the amount referred to in point (a) exceeds the amount referred to in point (b) separately for their exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II of Part Three and for their exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three:
- (a) the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on the reporting date and, where Article 468 of this Regulation applies, excluding expected credit losses determined for exposures measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2 A of the Annex relating to IFRS 9;
- (b) the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and, where Article 468 of this Regulation applies, excluding expected credit losses determined for exposures measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2 A of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on 1 January 2020 or on the date of the initial application of IFRS 9, whichever is later.
For exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II of Part Three, where the amount specified in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 3 exceeds the amount specified in point (b) of paragraph 3, institutions shall set A4,SA as equal to the difference between those amounts, otherwise they shall set A4,SA as equal to zero.
For exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three, where the amount specified in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 3, after applying point (b) of paragraph 5, exceeds the amount for these exposures as specified in point (b) of paragraph 3, after applying point (c) of paragraph 5, institutions shall set A4,IRB as equal to the difference between those amounts, otherwise they shall set A4,IRB as equal to zero.
For exposures which are subject to risk weighting in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three, institutions shall apply paragraphs 2 to 4 as follows:
- (a) for the calculation of A2,IRB institutions shall reduce each of the amounts calculated in accordance with points (b)(i) and (ii) of paragraph 2 of this Article by the sum of expected loss amounts calculated in accordance with Article 158(5), (6) and (10) as of 31 December 2017 or the day before the date of initial application of IFRS 9. Where for the amount referred to in point (b)(i) of paragraph 2 of this Article the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of that amount as equal to zero. Where for the amount referred to in point (b)(ii) of paragraph 2 of this Article the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of that amount as equal to zero;
- (b) institutions shall replace the amount calculated in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 3 of this Article with the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired, as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, and, where Article 468 of this Regulation applies, excluding expected credit losses determined for exposures measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2 A of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, reduced by the sum of related expected loss amounts for the same exposures calculated in accordance with Article 158(5), (6) and (10) of this Regulation on the reporting date. Where the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of the amount referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3 of this Article as equal to zero;
- (c) institutions shall replace the amount calculated in accordance with point (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article with the sum of the 12-month expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.5 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9 and the amount of the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses determined in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3 of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, excluding the loss allowance for lifetime expected credit losses for financial assets that are credit-impaired, as defined in Appendix A to the Annex relating to IFRS 9, and, where Article 468 of this Regulation applies, excluding expected credit losses determined for exposures measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2 A of the Annex relating to IFRS 9, on 1 January 2020 or on the date of the initial application of IFRS 9, whichever is later, reduced by the sum of related expected loss amounts for the same exposures calculated in accordance with Article 158(5), (6) and (10) of this Regulation on 1 January 2020 or on the date of the initial application of IFRS 9, whichever is later. Where the calculation results in a negative number, the institution shall set the value of the amount referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article as equal to zero.
Institutions shall apply the following factors f1 to calculate the amounts ABSA and ABIRB referred to in points (a) and (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 respectively:
- (a) 0,7 during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
- (b) 0,5 during the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
- (c) 0,25 during the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
- (d) 0 during the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024.
Institutions whose financial year commences after 1 January 2020 but before 1 January 2021 shall adjust the dates in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph so that they correspond to their financial year, shall report the adjusted dates to their competent authority and shall publicly disclose them.
Institutions which start to apply accounting standards as referred to in paragraph 1 on or after 1 January 2021 shall apply the relevant factors in accordance with points (b) to (d) of the first subparagraph starting with the factor corresponding to the year of the first application of those accounting standards.
6a. Institutions shall apply the following factors f2 to calculate the amounts ABSA and ABIRB referred to in points (a) and (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 respectively:
- (a) 1 during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
- (b) 1 during the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
- (c) 0,75 during the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
- (d) 0,5 during the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023;
- (e) 0,25 during the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
Institutions whose financial year commences after 1 January 2020 but before 1 January 2021 shall adjust the dates in points (a) to (e) of the first subparagraph so that they correspond to their financial year, shall report the adjusted dates to their competent authority and shall publicly disclose them.
Institutions which start to apply accounting standards as referred to in paragraph 1 on or after 1 January 2021 shall apply the relevant factors in accordance with points (b) to (e) of the first subparagraph starting with the factor corresponding to the year of the first application of those accounting standards.
Where an institution includes in its Common Equity Tier 1 capital an amount in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, it shall recalculate all requirements laid down in this Regulation and in Directive 2013/36/EU that use any of the following items by not taking into account the effects that the expected credit loss provisions that it included in its Common Equity Tier 1 capital have on those items:
- (a) the amount of deferred tax assets that is deducted from Common Equity Tier 1 capital in accordance with point (c) of Article 36(1) or risk weighted in accordance with Article 48(4);
- (b) the exposure value as determined in accordance with Article 111(1) whereby the specific credit risk adjustments by which the exposure value shall be reduced shall be multiplied by the following scaling factor (sf): Image omitted; see official source where: ABSA = the amount calculated in accordance with point (a) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1; RASA = the total amount of specific credit risk adjustments;
- (c) the amount of Tier 2 items calculated in accordance with point (d) of Article 62.
7a. By way of derogation from point (b) of paragraph 7 of this Article, when recalculating the requirements laid down in this Regulation and in Directive 2013/36/EU, institutions may assign a risk weight of 100 % to the amount ABSA referred to in point (a) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. For the purposes of calculating the total exposure measure referred to in Article 429(4) of this Regulation, institutions shall add the amounts ABSA and ABIRB referred to in points (a) and (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article to the total exposure measure.
Institutions may choose only once whether to use the calculation set out in point (b) of paragraph 7 or the calculation set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Institutions shall disclose their decision.
During the periods set out in paragraphs 6 and 6a of this Article, in addition to disclosing the information required in Part Eight, institutions that have decided to apply the transitional arrangements set out in this Article shall report to competent authorities and shall disclose the amounts of own funds, Common Equity Tier 1 capital and Tier 1 capital, the Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio, the Tier 1 capital ratio, the total capital ratio and the leverage ratio they would have in case they were not to apply this Article.
An institution shall decide whether to apply the arrangements set out in this Article during the transitional period and shall inform the competent authority of its decision by 1 February 2018. Where an institution has received the prior permission of the competent authority, it may reverse its decision during the transitional period. Institutions shall publicly disclose any decision taken in accordance with this subparagraph.
An institution that has decided to apply the transitional arrangements set out in this Article may decide not to apply paragraph 4 in which case it shall inform the competent authority of its decision by 1 February 2018. In such a case, the institution shall set A4,SA, A4,IRB, Image omitted; see official source, Image omitted; see official source, t2 and t3 referred to in paragraph 1 as equal to zero. Where an institution has received the prior permission of the competent authority, it may reverse its decision during the transitional period. Institutions shall publicly disclose any decision taken in accordance with this subparagraph.
An institution that has decided to apply the transitional arrangements set out in this Article may decide not to apply paragraph 2 in which case it shall inform the competent authority of its decision without delay. In such a case, the institution shall set A2,SA, A2,IRB and t1 referred to in paragraph 1 as equal to zero. An institution may reverse its decision during the transitional period provided it has received the prior permission of the competent authority.
Competent authorities shall notify EBA at least on an annual basis of the application of this Article by institutions under their supervision.
10. In accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, the EBA shall issue guidelines by 30 June 2018 on the disclosure requirements laid down in this Article.
Sub-Section 2
Deductions from Additional Tier 1 items
Article 474
Deductions from Additional Tier 1 items
By way of derogation from Article 56, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, the following shall apply:
- (a) institutions shall deduct from Additional Tier 1 items the applicable percentage specified in Article 478 of the amounts required to be deducted pursuant to Article 56;
- (b) institutions shall apply the requirements laid down in Article 475 to the residual amounts of the items required to be deducted pursuant to Article 56.
Article 475
Items not deducted from Additional Tier 1 items
By way of derogation from Article 56, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, the requirements laid down in this Article shall apply to the residual amounts referred to in point (b) of Article 474.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of the items referred to in point (a) of Article 56:
- (a) direct holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments are deducted at book value from Tier 1 items;
- (b) indirect and synthetic holdings of own Additional Tier 1 instruments, including own Additional Tier 1 instruments that an institution could be obliged to purchase by virtue of an existing or contingent contractual obligation, are not deducted and are risk weighted in accordance with Chapter 2 or 3 of Title II of Part Three and subject to the requirements of Title IV of Part Three, as applicable.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of the items referred to in point (b) of Article 56:
- (a) where an institution does not have a significant investment in a financial sector entity with which it has reciprocal cross holdings, the amount of its direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of those Additional Tier 1 instruments of that entity is treated as falling within point (c) of Article 56;
- (b) where the institution has a significant investment in a financial sector entity with which it has reciprocal cross holdings, the amount of its direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of those Additional Tier 1 instruments of that entity is treated as falling within point (d) of Article 56.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of the items referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 56:
- (a) the amount relating to direct holdings required to be deducted in accordance with points (c) and (d) of Article 56 are deducted half from Tier 1 items and half from Tier 2 items;
- (b) the amount relating to indirect and synthetic holdings required to be deducted in accordance with points (c) and (d) of Article 56 shall not be deducted and shall be subject to a risk weight in accordance with Chapter 2 or 3 of Title II of Part Three and to the requirements of Title IV of Part Three, as applicable.
Sub-Section 3
Deductions from Tier 2 items
Article 476
Deductions from Tier 2 items
By way of derogation from Article 66, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, the following shall apply:
- (a) institutions shall deduct from Tier 2 items the applicable percentage specified in Article 478 of the amounts required to be deducted pursuant to Article 66;
- (b) institutions shall apply the requirements laid down in Article 477 to the residual amounts required to be deducted pursuant to Article 66.
Article 477
Deductions from Tier 2 items
By way of derogation from Article 66, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, the requirements laid down in this Article shall apply to the residual amounts referred to in point (b) of Article 476.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of items referred to in point (a) of Article 66:
- (a) direct holdings of own Tier 2 instruments are deducted at book value from Tier 2 items;
- (b) indirect and synthetic holdings of own Tier 2 instruments, including own Tier 2 instruments that an institution could be obliged to purchase by virtue of an existing or contingent contractual obligation are not deducted and are risk weighted in accordance with Chapter 2 or 3 of Title II of Part Three and subject to the requirements of Title IV of Part Three, as applicable.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of the items referred to in point (b) of Article 66:
- (a) where an institution does not have a significant investment in a financial sector entity with which it has reciprocal cross holdings, the amount of its direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of the Tier 2 instruments of that entity is treated as falling within point (c) of Article 66;
- (b) where the institution has a significant investment in a financial sector entity with which it has reciprocal cross holdings, the amount of direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of the Tier 2 instruments of that financial sector entity are treated as falling within point (d) of Article 66.
Institutions shall apply the following to the residual amount of the items referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 66:
- (a) the amount relating to direct holdings that is required to be deducted in accordance with points (c) and (d) of Article 66 is deducted half from Tier 1 items and half from Tier 2 items;
- (b) the amount relating to indirect and synthetic holdings that is required to be deducted in accordance with points (c) and (d) of Article 66 is not be deducted and is subject to a risk weight under Chapter 2 or 3 of Title II of Part Three and the requirements laid down in Title IV of Part Three, as applicable.
Sub-Section 3a
Deductions from eligible liabilities items
Article 477a
Deductions from eligible liabilities items
By way of derogation from Article 72e(4) and until 31 December 2024, the resolution authority of a parent institution, after duly considering the opinion of the resolution authorities or relevant third-country authorities of any subsidiaries concerned, may permit that the adjusted amount mi be calculated by using the following definition of ri, and wi:
| ri | = | the total risk-based capital requirement applicable to subsidiary i in the third country where it has its head office, insofar as that requirement is met with instruments that would be considered own funds under this Regulation; |
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| wi | = | the total non-risk-based Tier 1 capital requirement applicable to subsidiary i in the third country where it has its head office, insofar as that requirement is met with instruments that would be considered Tier 1 capital under this Regulation. |
The resolution authority may grant the permission referred to in paragraph 1 where the subsidiary is established in a third country that does not yet have in place an applicable local resolution regime if at least one of the following conditions is met:
- (a) there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal impediment to the prompt transfer of assets from the subsidiary to the parent institution;
- (b) the relevant third-country authority of the subsidiary has provided an opinion to the resolution authority of the parent institution that assets equal to the amount to be deducted by the subsidiary in accordance with Article 72e(4), second subparagraph, could be transferred from the subsidiary to the parent institution.
Sub-Section 4
Applicable percentages for deduction
Article 478
Applicable percentages for deduction from Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 items
The applicable percentage for the purposes of Article 468(4), points (a) and (c) of Article 469(1), point (a) of Article 474 and point (a) of Article 476 shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 20 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 40 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 60 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 80 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for the items referred in point (c) of Article 36(1) that existed prior to 1 January 2014, the applicable percentage for the purpose of point (c) of Article 469(1) shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 0 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 10 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 20 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 30 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017;
- (e) 40 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
- (f) 50 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
- (g) 60 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
- (h) 70 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
- (i) 80 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
- (j) 90 % to 100 % for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.
Competent authorities shall determine and publish an applicable percentage in the ranges specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 for each of the following deductions:
- (a) the individual deductions required pursuant to points (a) to (h) of Article 36(1), excluding deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability and arise from temporary differences;
- (b) the aggregate amount of deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability and arise from temporary differences and the items referred to in point (i) of Article 36(1) that is required to be deducted pursuant to Article 48;
- (c) each deduction required pursuant to points (b) to (d) of Article 56;
- (d) each deduction required pursuant to points (b) to (d) of Article 66.
Section 4 minority interest and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments issued by subsidiaries
Article 479
Recognition in consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital of instruments and items that do not qualify as minority interests
By way of derogation from Title II of Part Two, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, recognition in consolidated own funds of the items that would qualify as consolidated reserves in accordance with national transposition measures for Article 65 of Directive 2006/48/EC that do not qualify as consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital for any of the following reasons shall be determined by the competent authorities in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article:
- (a) the instrument does not qualify as a Common Equity Tier 1 instrument, and the related retained earnings and share premium accounts consequently do not qualify as consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 items;
- (b) the items do not qualify as a result of Article 81(2);
- (c) the items do not qualify because the subsidiary is not an institution or an entity that is subject by virtue of applicable national law to the requirements of this Regulation and Directive 2013/36/EU;
- (d) the items do not qualify because the subsidiary is not included fully in the consolidation pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title II of Part One.
The applicable percentage of the items referred to in paragraph 1 that would have qualified as consolidated reserves in accordance with the national transposition measures for Article 65 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital.
For the purposes of paragraph 2, the applicable percentages shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 0 % to 80 % for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 0 % to 60 % for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 0 % to 40 % for the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 0 % to 20 % for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
Competent authorities shall determine and publish the applicable percentage in the ranges specified in paragraph 3.
Article 480
Recognition in consolidated own funds of minority interests and qualifying Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital
By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 84(1), point (b) of Article 85(1) and point (b) of Article 87(1), during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, the percentages referred to in those Articles shall be multiplied by an applicable factor.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, the applicable factor shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 0,2 to 1 in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 0,4 to 1 in the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 0,6 to 1 in the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016; and
- (d) 0,8 to 1 in the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
3. Competent authorities shall determine and publish the value of the applicable factor in the ranges specified in paragraph 2.
Section 5 Additional filters and deductions
Article 481
Additional filters and deductions
By way of derogation from Articles 32 to 36, 56 and 66, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, institutions shall make adjustments to include in or deduct from Common Equity Tier 1 items, Tier 1 items, Tier 2 items or own funds items the applicable percentage of filters or deductions required under national transposition measures for Articles 57, 61, 63, 63a, 64 and 66 of Directive 2006/48/EC, and for Articles 13 and 16 of Directive 2006/49/EC, and which are not required in accordance with Part Two of this Regulation.
By way of derogation from Article 36(1)(i) and Article 49(1), during the period from the 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, competent authorities may require or permit institutions to apply the methods referred to in Article 49(1) where the requirements laid down in point (b) of Article 49(1) are not met, rather than the deduction required pursuant to Article 36(1). In such cases, the proportion of holdings of the own funds instruments of a financial sector entity in which the parent undertaking has a significant investment that is not required to be deducted in accordance with Article 49(1) shall be determined by the applicable percentage referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article. The amount that is not deducted shall be subject to the requirements of Article 49(4), as applicable.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, the applicable percentage shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 0 % to 80 % for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 0 % to 60 % for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 0 % to 40 % for the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 0 % to 20 % for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
For the purpose of paragraph 2, the applicable percentage shall fall between 0 % and 50 % for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014.
For each filter or deduction referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, competent authorities shall determine and publish the applicable percentages in the ranges specified in paragraphs 3 and 4.
EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify the conditions according to which competent authorities shall determine whether adjustments made to own funds, or elements thereof, in accordance with national transposition measures for Directive 2006/48/EC or Directive 2006/49/EC that are not included in Part Two of this Regulation are, for the purposes of this Article, to be made to Common Equity Tier 1 items, Additional Tier 1 items, Tier 1 items, Tier 2 items or own funds.
EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by 28 July 2013.
Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.
Article 482
Scope of application for derivatives transactions with pension funds
In respect of those transactions referred to in Article 89 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and entered into with a pension scheme arrangement as defined in Article 2 of that Regulation, institutions shall not calculate own funds requirements for CVA risk as provided for in Article 382(4)(c) of this Regulation.
CHAPTER 2 Grandfathering of capital instruments
Section 1 Instruments constituting State aid
Article 483
Grandfathering of State aid instruments
By way of derogation from Articles 26 to 29, 51, 52, 62 and 63, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017 this Article applies to capital instruments and items where the following conditions are met:
- (a) the instruments were issued prior to 1 January 2014;
- (b) the instruments were issued within the context of recapitalisation measures pursuant to State aid rules. Insofar as part of the instruments are privately subscribed, they must be issued prior to 30 June 2012 and in conjunction with those parts that are subscribed by the Member State;
- (c) the instruments were considered compatible with the internal market by the Commission under Article 107 TFEU.
Where the instruments are subscribed by both the Member State and private investors and there is a partial redemption of the instruments subscribed by the Member State, a corresponding share of the privately subscribed part of the instruments shall be grandfathered in accordance with Article 484. When all the instruments subscribed by the Member State have been redeemed, the remaining instruments subscribed by private investors shall be grandfathered in accordance with Article 484.
Instruments that qualified in accordance with the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 instruments notwithstanding either of the following:
- (a) the conditions laid down in Article 28 of this Regulation are not met;
- (b) the instruments were issued by an undertaking referred to in Article 27 of this Regulation and the conditions laid down in Article 28 of this Regulation or, where applicable, Article 29 of this Regulation are not met.
Instruments referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article that do not qualify under national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 instruments notwithstanding the fact that the requirements of point (a) or (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article are not met, provided that the requirements of paragraph 8 of this Article are met.
Instruments that qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 pursuant to the first subparagraph shall not qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments or Tier 2 instruments under paragraph 5 or 7.
Instruments that qualified in accordance with the national transposition measures for point (ca) of Article 57 and for Article 66(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments notwithstanding that the conditions laid down in Article 52(1) of this Regulation are not met.
Instruments referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article that do not qualify under the national transposition measures for point (ca) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments notwithstanding that the conditions laid down in Article 52(1) of this Regulation are not met, provided that the requirements of paragraph 8 of this Article are met.
Instruments that qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments pursuant to the first subparagraph shall not qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 instruments or Tier 2 instruments under paragraph 3 or 7.
Items that qualified in accordance with national transposition measures for points (f), (g) or (h) of Article 57 and for Article 66(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Tier 2 instruments notwithstanding that the items are not referred to in Article 62 of this Regulation or that the conditions laid down in Article 63 of this Regulation are not met.
Instruments referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article that do not qualify under the national transposition measures for point (f), (g) or (h) of Article 57 and for Article 66(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Tier 2 instruments notwithstanding that the items are not referred to in Article 62 of this Regulation or that the conditions laid down in Article 63 of this Regulation are not met, provided that the conditions in paragraph 8 of this Article are met.
Instruments that qualify as Tier 2 instruments pursuant to the first subparagraph shall not qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 instruments or Additional Tier 1 instruments under paragraph 3 or 5.
8. Instruments referred to paragraphs 3, 5 and 7 may qualify as own funds instruments referred to in those paragraphs only where the condition in point (a) of paragraph 1 is met and where they are issued by institutions that are incorporated in a Member State that is subject to an Economic Adjustment Programme, and the issuance of those instruments is agreed or eligible under that programme.
Section 2 Instruments not constituting State aid
Sub-Section 1
Grandfathering eligibility and limits
Article 484
Eligibility for grandfathering of items that qualified as own funds under national transposition measures for Directive 2006/48/EC
This Article shall apply only to instruments and items that were issued on or prior to 31 December 2011 and that were eligible as own funds on 31 December 2011 and are not those referred to in Article 483(1).
By way of derogation from Articles 26 to 29, 51, 52, 62 and 63, this Article shall apply from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021.
Subject to Article 485 of this Regulation and to the limit specified in Article 486(2) thereof, capital within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive 86/635/EEC, and the related share premium accounts, that qualified as original own funds under the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 items notwithstanding that the conditions laid down in Article 28 or, where applicable, Article 29 of this Regulation are not met.
4. Subject to the limit specified Article 486(3) of this Regulation, instruments, and the related share premium accounts, that qualified as original own funds under national transposition measures for point (ca) of Article 57 and Article 154(8) and (9) of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 items, notwithstanding that the conditions laid down in Article 52 of this Regulation are not met.
Subject to the limits specified in Article 486(4) of this Regulation, items, and the related share premium accounts, that qualified under national transposition measures for points (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Tier 2 items, notwithstanding that those items are not included in Article 62 of this Regulation or that the conditions laid down in Article 63 of this Regulation are not met.
Article 485
Eligibility for inclusion in the Common Equity Tier 1 of share premium accounts related to items that qualified as own funds under national transposition measures for Directive 2006/48/EC
1. This Article shall apply only to instruments that were issued prior to 31 December 2010 and are not those referred to in Article 483(1).
Share premium accounts related to capital within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive 86/635/EEC that qualified as original own funds under the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 items if they meet the conditions laid down in points (i) and (j) of Article 28 of this Regulation.
Article 486
Limits for grandfathering of items within Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 items
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, the extent to which instruments and items referred to in Article 484 shall qualify as own funds shall be limited in accordance with this Article.
The amount of items referred to in Article 484(3) that shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 items is limited to the applicable percentage of the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph:
- (a) the nominal amount of capital referred to in Article 484(3) that were in issue on 31 December 2012;
- (b) the share premium accounts related to the items referred to in point (a).
The amount of items referred to in Article 484(4) that shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 items is limited to the applicable percentage multiplied by the result of subtracting from the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph the sum of the amounts specified in points (c) to (f) of this paragraph:
- (a) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(4), that remained in issue on 31 December 2012;
- (b) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (a);
- (c) the amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(4) which on 31 December 2012 exceeded the limits specified in the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 66(1) and Article 66(1a) of Directive 2006/48/EC;
- (d) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (c);
- (e) the nominal amount of instruments referred to Article 484(4) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 but do not qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments pursuant to Article 489(4);
- (f) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (e).
The amount of items referred to in Article 484(5) that shall qualify as Tier 2 items is limited to the applicable percentage of the result of subtracting from the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) to (d) of this paragraph the sum of amounts specified in points (e) to (h) of this paragraph:
- (a) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(5) that remained in issue on 31 December 2012;
- (b) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (a);
- (c) the nominal amount of subordinated loan capital that remained in issue on 31 December 2012, reduced by the amount required pursuant to national transposition measures for point (c) of Article 64(3) of Directive 2006/48/EC;
- (d) the nominal amount of items referred to in Article 484(5), other than the instruments and subordinated loan capital referred to in points (a) and (c) of this paragraph, that were in issue on 31 December 2012;
- (e) the nominal amount of instruments and items referred to in Article 484(5) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 that exceeded the limits specified in the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 66(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC;
- (f) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (e);
- (g) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(5) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 that do not qualify as Tier 2 items pursuant to Article 490(4);
- (h) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (g).
For the purposes of this Article, the applicable percentages referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 shall fall within the following ranges:
- (a) 60 % to 80 % during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;
- (b) 40 % to 70 % during the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;
- (c) 20 % to 60 % during the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
- (d) 0 % to 50 % during the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017;
- (e) 0 % to 40 % during the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
- (f) 0 % to 30 % during the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
- (g) 0 % to 20 % during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
- (h) 0 % to 10 % during the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.
Competent authorities shall determine and publish the applicable percentages in the ranges specified in paragraph 5.
Article 487
Items excluded from grandfathering in Common Equity Tier 1 or Additional Tier 1 items in other elements of own funds
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, institutions may, by way of derogation from Articles 51, 52, 62 and 63, treat as items referred to in Article 484(4), capital, and the related share premium accounts, referred to in Article 484(3) that are excluded from Common Equity Tier 1 items because they exceed the applicable percentage specified in Article 486(2), to the extent that the inclusion of that capital and the related share premium accounts, does not exceed the applicable percentage limit referred to in Article 486(3).
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, institutions may, by way of derogation from Articles 51, 52, 62 and 63, treat the following as items referred to in Article 484(5), to the extent that their inclusion does not exceed the applicable percentage limit referred to in Article 486(4):
- (a) capital, and the related share premium accounts, referred to in Article 484(3) that are excluded from Common Equity Tier 1 items because they exceed the applicable percentage specified in Article 486(2);
- (b) instruments, and the related share premium accounts, referred to in Article 484(4) that exceed the applicable percentage referred to in Article 486(3).
EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify the conditions for treating own funds instruments referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 as falling under Article 486(4) or (5) during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021.
EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by 28 July 2013.
Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.
Article 488
Amortisation of items grandfathered as Tier 2 items
The items referred to in Article 484(5) that qualify as Tier 2 items referred to in Article 484(5) or Article 486(4) shall be subject to the requirements laid down in Article 64.
Sub-Section 2
Inclusion of instruments with a call and incentive to redeem in additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 items
Article 489
Hybrid instruments with a call and incentive to redeem
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, instruments referred to in Article 484(4) that include in their terms and conditions a call with an incentive for them to be redeemed by the institution shall, by way of derogation from Articles 51 and 52, be subject to this Article.
The instruments shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments provided that the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only prior to 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 52 are met from 1 January 2013.
The instruments shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments with their recognition reduced in accordance with Article 484(4) until the date of their effective maturity and thereafter shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 items without limit provided that:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only on or after 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the instruments;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 52 are met from the date of the effective maturity of the instruments.
The instruments shall not qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments, and shall not be subject to Article 484(4), from 1 January 2014 where the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem between 31 December 2011 and 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the instruments;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 52 are not met from the date of the effective maturity of the instruments.
The instruments shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments with their recognition reduced in accordance with Article 484(4) until the date of their effective maturity, and shall not qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments thereafter, where the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem on or after 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the instruments;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 52 are not met from the date of the effective maturity of the instruments.
The instruments shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments in accordance with Article 484(4) where the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only prior to or on 31 December 2011;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the instruments;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 52 were not met from the date of the effective maturity of the instruments.
Article 490
Tier 2 items with an incentive to redeem
By way of derogation from Articles 62 and 63, during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, items referred to in Article 484(5) that qualified under the national transposition measures for point (f) or (h) of Article 57 of Directive 2006/48/EC and include in their terms and conditions a call with an incentive for them to be redeemed by the institution shall be subject to this Article.
The items shall qualify as Tier 2 instruments provided that:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only prior to 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call;
- (c) from 1 January 2013 the conditions laid down in Article 63 are met.
The items shall qualify as Tier 2 items in accordance with Article 484(5) until the date of their effective maturity, and shall qualify thereafter as Tier 2 items without limit, provided that the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only on or after 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the items;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 63 are met from the date of the effective maturity of the items.
The items shall not qualify as Tier 2 items from 1 January 2014 where the following conditions are met:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only between 31 December 2011 and 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the items;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 63 are not met from the date of the effective maturity of the items.
The items shall qualify as Tier 2 items with their recognition reduced in accordance with Article 484(5) until the date of their effective maturity, and shall not qualify as Tier 2 items thereafter, where:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem on or after 1 January 2013;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of their effective maturity;
- (c) the conditions set out in Article 63 are not met from the date of effective maturity of the items.
The items shall qualify as Tier 2 items in accordance with Article 484(5) where:
- (a) the institution was able to exercise a call with an incentive to redeem only prior to or on 31 December 2011;
- (b) the institution did not exercise the call on the date of the effective maturity of the items;
- (c) the conditions laid down in Article 63 are not met from the date of the effective maturity of the items.
Article 491
Effective maturity
For the purposes of Articles 489 and 490, effective maturity shall be determined as follows:
- (a) for the items referred to in paragraphs 3 and 5 of those Articles, the date of the first call with an incentive to redeem occurring on or after 1 January 2013;
- (b) for the items referred to in paragraph 4 of those Articles, the date of the first call with an incentive to redeem occurring between 31 December 2011 and 1 January 2013;
- (c) for the items referred to in paragraph 6 of those Articles, the date of the first call with an incentive to redeem prior to 31 December 2011.
CHAPTER 3 Transitional provisions for disclosure of own funds
Article 492
Disclosure of own funds
Institutions shall apply this Article during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021.
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015, institutions shall disclose the extent to which the level of Common Equity Tier 1 capital and Tier 1 capital exceed the requirements laid down in Article 465.
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017, institutions shall disclose the following additional information about their own funds:
- (a) the nature and effect on Common Equity Tier 1 capital, Additional Tier 1 capital, Tier 2 capital and own funds of the individual filters and deductions applied in accordance with Articles 467 to 470, 474, 476 and 479;
- (b) the amounts of minority interests and Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments, and related retained earnings and share premium accounts, issued by subsidiaries that are included in consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital, Additional Tier 1 capital, Tier 2 capital and own funds in accordance with 4 of Chapter 1;
- (c) the effect on Common Equity Tier 1 capital, Additional Tier 1 capital, Tier 2 capital and own funds of the individual filters and deductions applied in accordance with Article 481;
- (d) the nature and amount of items that qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 items, Tier 1 items and Tier 2 items by virtue of applying the derogations specified in Section 2 of Chapter 2.
From 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, institutions shall disclose the amount of instruments that qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 instruments, Additional Tier 1 instruments and Tier 2 instruments by virtue of applying Article 484.
EBA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to specify uniform templates for disclosure made in accordance with this Article. The templates shall include the items listed in points (a), (b), (d) and (e) of Article 437(1), as amended by Chapters 1 and 2 of this Title.
EBA shall submit those draft implementing technical standards to the Commission by 28 July 2013.
Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.
CHAPTER 4 Large exposures, own funds requirements, leverage and the Basel I Floor
Article 493
Transitional provisions for large exposures
Until 26 June 2021, the provisions on large exposures as laid down in Articles 387 to 403 of this Regulation shall not apply to investment firms, the main business of which consists exclusively of the provision of investment services or activities in relation to the financial instruments set out in points (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) of Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU and to which Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (42) did not apply on 31 December 2006.
By way of derogation from Article 400(2) and (3), Member States may, for a transitional period until the entry into force of any legal act following the review in accordance with Article 507, but not after 31 December 2028, fully or partially exempt the following exposures from the application of Article 395(1):
- (a) covered bonds as referred to in Article 129;
- (b) asset items constituting claims on regional governments or local authorities of Member States where those claims would be assigned a 20 % risk weight under Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2 and other exposures to or guaranteed by those regional governments or local authorities, claims on which would be assigned a 20 % risk weight under Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2;
- (c) exposures, including participations or other kinds of holdings, incurred by an institution to its parent undertaking, to other subsidiaries of that parent undertaking or to its own subsidiaries and qualifying holdings, in so far as those undertakings are covered by the supervision on a consolidated basis to which the institution itself is subject, in accordance with this Regulation, Directive 2002/87/EC or with equivalent standards in force in a third country; exposures that do not meet those criteria, whether or not exempted from Article 395(1) of this Regulation, shall be treated as exposures to a third party;
- (d) asset items constituting claims on and other exposures, including participations or other kinds of holdings, to regional or central credit institutions with which the credit institution belongs to a network in accordance with legal or statutory provisions and which are responsible, under those provisions, for cash-clearing operations within the network;
- (e) asset items constituting claims on and other exposures to credit institutions incurred by credit institutions, one of which operates on a non-competitive basis and provides or guarantees loans under legislative programmes or its statutes, to promote specified sectors of the economy under some form of government oversight and restrictions on the use of the loans, provided that the respective exposures arise from such loans that are passed on to the beneficiaries via credit institutions or from the guarantees of these loans;
- (f) asset items constituting claims on and other exposures to institutions, provided that those exposures do not constitute such institutions' own funds, do not last longer than the following business day and are not denominated in a major trading currency;
- (g) asset items constituting claims on central banks in the form of required minimum reserves held at those central banks which are denominated in their national currencies;
- (h) asset items constituting claims on central governments in the form of statutory liquidity requirements held in government securities which are denominated and funded in their national currencies provided that, at the discretion of the competent authority, the credit assessment of those central governments assigned by a nominated ECAI is investment grade;
- (i) 50 % of bucket 4 off-balance-sheet documentary credits and of bucket 3 off-balance-sheet undrawn credit facilities referred to in Annex I with an original maturity of up to and including one year and subject to the competent authorities’ agreement, 80 % of guarantees other than loan guarantees which have a legal or regulatory basis and are given for their members by mutual guarantee schemes possessing the status of credit institutions;
- (j) legally required guarantees used when a mortgage loan financed by issuing mortgage bonds is paid to the mortgage borrower before the final registration of the mortgage in the land register, provided that the guarantee is not used as reducing the risk in calculating the risk- weighted exposure amounts;
- (k) assets items constituting claims on and other exposures to recognised exchanges.
By way of derogation from Article 395(1), competent authorities may allow institutions to incur any of the exposures provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article meeting the conditions set out in paragraph 6 of this Article, up to the following limits:
- (a) 100 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 2018;
- (b) 75 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 2019;
- (c) 50 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 2020.
The limits referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph shall apply to exposure values after taking into account the effect of the credit risk mitigation in accordance with Articles 399 to 403.
The transitional arrangements set out in paragraph 4 shall apply to the following exposures:
- (a) asset items constituting claims on central governments, central banks, or public sector entities of Member States;
- (b) asset items constituting claims expressly guaranteed by central governments, central banks, or public sector entities of Member States;
- (c) other exposures to, or guaranteed by, central governments, central banks, or public sector entities of Member States;
- (d) asset items constituting claims on regional governments or local authorities of Member States treated as exposures to a central government in accordance with Article 115(2);
- (e) other exposures to, or guaranteed by, regional governments or local authorities of Member States treated as exposures to a central government in accordance with Article 115(2).
For the purposes of points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph, the transitional arrangements set out in paragraph 4 of this Article shall apply only to asset items and other exposures to, or guaranteed by, public sector entities which are treated as exposures to a central government, a regional government or a local authority in accordance with Article 116(4). Where asset items and other exposures to, or guaranteed by, public sector entities are treated as exposures to a regional government or a local authority in accordance with Article 116(4), the transitional arrangements set out in paragraph 4 of this Article shall apply only where exposures to that regional government or local authority are treated as exposures to a central government in accordance with Article 115(2).
The transitional arrangements set out in paragraph 4 of this Article shall apply only where an exposure referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article meets all of the following conditions:
- (a) the exposure would be assigned a risk weight of 0 % in accordance with the version of Article 495(2) in force on 31 December 2017;
- (b) the exposure was incurred on or after 12 December 2017.
An exposure as referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article incurred before 12 December 2017 to which a risk weight of 0 % was assigned on 31 December 2017 in accordance with Article 495(2) shall be exempted from the application of Article 395(1).
Article 494
Transitional provisions concerning the requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
By way of derogation from Article 92a, as from 27 June 2019 until 31 December 2021, institutions identified as resolution entities that are G-SII entities shall at all times satisfy the following requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities:
- (a) a risk-based ratio of 16 %, representing the own funds and eligible liabilities of the institution expressed as a percentage of the total risk exposure amount calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) and (4);
- (b) a non-risk-based ratio of 6 %, representing the own funds and eligible liabilities of the institution expressed as a percentage of the total exposure measure referred to in Article 429(4).
2. By way of derogation from Article 72b(3), as from 27 June 2019 until 31 December 2021, the extent to which eligible liabilities instruments referred to in Article 72b(3) may be included in eligible liabilities items shall be 2,5 % of the total risk exposure amount calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) and (4).
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