Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1771 of 13 March 2024 on supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the scope and methods for prudential consolidation of an investment firm group

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Publication 2024-06-25
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2024/1771 25.6.2024

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the prudential requirements of investment firms and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 806/2014 [^ntr1-L_202401771EN.000101-E0001], and in particular Article 7(5), third subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Definitions

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

Article 2

Scope of prudential consolidation

1.

Competent authorities shall include in the scope of prudential consolidation of a Union parent undertaking the following relevant entities:

Meeting the condition set out in point (d)(i) shall not be required where an undertaking outside the investment firm group has the rights referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) with regard to that relevant entity.

2.

In addition to the relevant entities referred to in paragraph 1, competent authorities shall determine whether the following relevant entities may be included in the scope of prudential consolidation of a Union parent undertaking:

3.

In addition to the relevant entities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, a competent authority shall determine whether the following relevant entities may be included in the scope of prudential consolidation:

Article 3

Exemptions from prudential consolidation

1.

Competent authorities may exempt a Union parent undertaking from prudentially consolidating a relevant entity as referred to in Article 2 where the sum of its total assets and of its off-balance sheet items, excluding assets under management or safekeeping, is less than the smaller of the following thresholds:

2.

Competent authorities cannot exempt the Union parent undertaking from prudentially consolidating entities referred to in paragraph 1 where the sum of total assets and of off-balance sheet items, excluding assets under management of these entities exceeds any of the thresholds referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) or (b).

3.

Competent authorities may exempt a Union parent undertaking from prudentially consolidating a relevant entity as referred to in Article 2 where any of the following conditions is met:

Article 4

Management on a unified basis

1.

For the purposes of Article 2(2), point (b), a competent authority shall determine that two or more relevant entities are managed on a unified basis where all of the following conditions are met:

2.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, point (a), competent authorities may, in particular, take into account the following elements:

Article 5

Modality of application of Article 2(3)

1.

Where consolidation is required pursuant to Article 2(3), the following entity shall be responsible for consolidating all relevant entities in the investment firm group and for applying Articles 8 to 11:

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (b), the investment firm shall calculate the amount of total assets on the basis of the latest audited financial statements or, where consolidated financial statements are not required to be prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting framework, the latest audited individual financial statement of the investment firm.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities or, where applicable, the group supervisor, may designate as responsible for the prudential consolidation of all relevant entities in the investment firm group and for applying Articles 8 to 11, an investment firm or a financial institution in the group if that relevant entity already has the duty to prepare the consolidated financial statements for the investment firm group.

Article 6

Method for prudential consolidation

1.

The Union parent undertaking, or the relevant entity designated in accordance with Article 5, shall consolidate the entities referred to in Article 2(1) and (2) in accordance with Article 22(6) of Directive 2013/34 EU (full consolidation), and the entities referred to in Article 2(3) in accordance with Article 22(8) and (9) of that Directive (aggregation method).

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the group supervisor may, regarding the relevant entities meeting the criteria in Article 2(3), allow the application to one or more of those relevant entities the consolidation method set out in Article 22(8) and (9) of Directive 2013/34/EU.

Article 7

Methods and necessary details for the recognition in consolidated own funds of minority interest and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments

1.

Institutions shall treat the minority interests and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments in accordance with Part Two, Title II, of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Article 34a of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 [^ntr9-L_202401771EN.000101-E0009].

2.

Where the consolidation method is the one provided for in Article 6(2), the minority interests and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments that are issued by entities that are included in the scope of the prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 2 may be included in that consolidation provided that those minority interests and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments cover the losses of all the relevant entities included in the prudential scope of consolidation.

3.

Where the method of consolidation is the one provided for in Article 6(2), the minority interests and additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments that are issued by entities that are included in the scope of consolidation in accordance with Article 2, and that are owned by persons other than the entities included in the scope of consolidation which manage the entities pursuant to Article 2(3), shall be deemed to be available to cover the losses of all the entities included in the prudential scope of consolidation.

Article 8

Consolidation of own funds requirements

1.

The own funds of a Union parent undertaking, or of a relevant entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall, on a consolidated basis, amount to at least the highest of any of the following:

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the own funds of a Union parent undertaking, or of a relevant entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, that meet, on a consolidated basis, the conditions for qualifying as a small and non-interconnected investment firm as referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, shall, on a consolidated basis, amount to at least the highest of the amounts referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b).

3.

The Union parent undertaking, or the relevant entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall notify the group supervisor, as soon as it becomes aware thereof, that it no longer complies with or will no longer comply with paragraph 1 or 2, as applicable.

Article 9

Consolidated permanent minimum capital requirement

1.

The consolidated permanent minimum capital requirement shall amount to the sum of the following:

2.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, the individual permanent minimum capital requirements of relevant entities established in third countries shall be the permanent minimum capital requirements that would apply if those relevant entities had been authorised in the Union.

Article 10

Consolidated fixed overheads requirement

1.

A Union parent undertaking, or a relevant entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall calculate its consolidated fixed overheads on the basis of its consolidated expenditure figures resulting from the applicable accounting framework on a consolidated basis.

2.

Where the consolidated expenditure figures are not available under the applicable accounting framework, the consolidated fixed overheads shall amount to the sum of the following:

3.

The Union parent undertaking, or the relevant entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall include in the investment firm group’s consolidated expenditure figures those expenditures of consolidated tied agents that have not yet been included in those consolidated expenditure figures.

4.

A competent authority shall consider an increase or a decrease of the business activity of one or more relevant entities in the scope of consolidation in the investment firm group as a material change as referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 where such increase or decrease results in a change of 30 % or more in the projected consolidated fixed overheads of the current year.

Article 11

Consolidated K-factor requirement

1.

A Union parent undertaking, or an entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall calculate the consolidated K-factor requirement on the basis of its consolidated situation by applying the following steps in the following order:

2.

A Union parent undertaking, or an entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5, shall calculate the following amounts of the investment firm group as follows:

For the purposes of points (a)(ii)(1) and (a)(ii)(2), AUM shall include only those assets for which those asset management companies provide investment advice on financial instruments as referred to in Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU to relevant entities consolidated in the same investment firm group.

Where delegation occurs between two relevant entities in the investment firm group, the rules with respect to the calculation of the AUM laid down in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 shall apply.

For the purposes of point (c), ASA shall exclude the individual amount of ASA of the relevant entities providing intragroup services to the consolidated financial institutions, as well as the amount of ASA of asset management companies related to the provision of asset safekeeping and administration in relation to the amount of private equity shares of alternative investment funds (AIFs).

For the purposes of point (d), where a group includes an investment firm which calculates K-AUM and there is another investment firm in the group which handles orders for the former investment firm in the form of reception, transmission, and execution of orders, the Union parent undertaking or the entity designated in accordance with Article 5 shall not calculate K-COH corresponding to those orders passed by the former investment firm and handled by the latter investment firm.

3.

A Union parent undertaking or an entity designated as responsible for prudential consolidation in accordance with Article 5 shall calculate the investment firm group consolidated K-factor requirements, including the amounts corresponding to activities of tied agents, where, and to the extent that, those activities are not already included in the investment firm group consolidated K-factor requirements.

Article 12

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

[^ntr1-L_202401771EN.000101-E0001]: OJ L 314, 5.12.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/2033/oj.

[^ntr2-L_202401771EN.000101-E0002]: Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/34/oj).

[^ntr3-L_202401771EN.000101-E0003]: Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the prudential supervision of investment firms and amending Directives 2002/87/EC, 2009/65/EC, 2011/61/EU, 2013/36/EU, 2014/59/EU and 2014/65/EU (OJ L 314, 5.12.2019, p. 64, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/2034/oj).

[^ntr4-L_202401771EN.000101-E0004]: Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/65/oj).

[^ntr5-L_202401771EN.000101-E0005]: Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/65/oj).

[^ntr6-L_202401771EN.000101-E0006]: Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/61/oj).

[^ntr7-L_202401771EN.000101-E0007]: 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 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/575/oj).

[^ntr8-L_202401771EN.000101-E0008]: Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/1093/oj).

[^ntr9-L_202401771EN.000101-E0009]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 of 7 January 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for own funds and eligible liabilities requirements for institutions (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2014/241/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/1771/oj

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