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
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
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This instrument has 525 articles. This page lists the table of contents, plus 290 articles that fall under no subdivision; read the full text on each subdivision page or article page.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
PART THREE — CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
TITLE I — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, VALUATION AND REPORTING
CHAPTER 2 — Calculation and reporting requirements
Article 101Specific reporting obligations
CHAPTER 3 — Trading book
Article 102Requirements for the Trading Book
Article 103Management of the trading book
Article 104Inclusion in the Trading Book
Article 105Requirements for Prudent Valuation
Article 106Internal Hedges
TITLE II — CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT RISK
CHAPTER 1 — General principles
Article 107Approaches to credit risk
Article 108Use of credit risk mitigation technique under the Standardised Approach and the IRB Approach
Article 109Treatment of securitised exposures under the Standardised Approach and the IRB Approach
Article 110Treatment of credit risk adjustment
CHAPTER 2 — Standardised Approach
Section 1 — General principles
Article 111Exposure value
Article 112Exposure classes
Article 113Calculation of risk weighted exposure amounts
Section 2 — Risk weights
Article 114Exposures to central governments or central banks
Article 115Exposures to regional governments or local authorities
Article 116Exposures to public sector entities
Article 117Exposures to multilateral development banks
Article 118Exposures to international organisations
Article 119Exposures to institutions
Article 120Exposures to rated institutions
Article 121Exposures to unrated institutions
Article 122Exposures to corporates
Article 123Retail exposures
Article 124Exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property
Article 125Exposures fully and completely secured by mortgages on residential property
Article 126Exposures fully and completely secured by mortgages on commercial immovable property
Article 127Exposures in default
Article 128Items associated with particular high risk
Article 129Exposures in the form of covered bonds
Article 130Items representing securitisation positions
Article 131Exposures to institutions and corporates with a short-term credit assessment
Article 132Exposures in the form of units or shares in CIUs
Article 133Equity exposures
Article 134Other items
Section 3 — Recognition and mapping of credit risk assessment
Sub-Section 1 — Recognition of ECAIs
Article 135Use of credit assessments by ECAIs
Sub-Section 2 — Mapping of ECAI's credit assessments
Article 136Mapping of ECAI's credit assessments
Sub-Section 3 — Use of credit assessments by Export Credit Agencies
Article 137Use of credit assessments by Export Credit Agencies
Section 4 — Use of the ecai credit assessments for the determination of risk weights
Article 138General requirements
Article 139Issuer and issue credit assessment
Article 140Long-term and short-term credit assessments
Article 141Domestic and foreign currency items
CHAPTER 3 — Internal Ratings Based Approach
Section 1 — Permission by competent authorities to use the irb approach
Article 142Definitions
Article 143Permission to use the IRB Approach
Article 144Competent authorities' assessment of an application to use an IRB Approach
Article 145Prior experience of using IRB approaches
Article 146Measures to be taken where the requirements of this Chapter cease to be met
Article 147Methodology to assign exposure to exposures classes
Article 148Conditions for implementing the IRB Approach across different classes of exposure and business units
Article 149Conditions to revert to the use of less sophisticated approaches
Article 150Conditions for permanent partial use
Section 2 — Calculation of risk weighted exposure amounts
Sub-Section 1 — Treatment by type of exposure class
Article 151Treatment by exposure class
Article 152Treatment of exposures in the form of units or shares in CIUs
Sub-Section 2 — Calculation of risk weighted exposure amounts for credit risk
Article 153Risk weighted exposure amounts for exposures to corporates, institutions and central governments and central banks
Article 154Risk weighted exposure amounts for retail exposures
Article 155Risk weighted exposure amounts for equity exposures
Article 156Risk weighted exposure amounts for other non credit-obligation assets
Sub-Section 3 — Calculation of risk weighted exposure amounts for dilution risk of purchased receivables
Article 157Risk weighted exposure amounts for dilution risk of purchased receivables
Section 3 — Expected loss amounts
Article 158Treatment by exposure type
Article 159Treatment of expected loss amounts
Section 4 — PD, LGD and maturity
Sub-Section 1 — Exposures to corporates, institutions and central governments and central banks
Article 160Probability of default (PD)
Article 161Loss Given Default (LGD)
Article 162Maturity
Sub-Section 2 — Retail exposures
Article 163Probability of default (PD)
Article 164Loss Given Default (LGD)
Sub-Section 3 — Equity exposures subject to PD/LGD method
Article 165Equity exposures subject to the PD/LGD method
Section 5 — Exposure value
Article 166Exposures to corporates, institutions, central governments and central banks and retail exposures
Article 167Equity exposures
Article 168Other non credit-obligation assets
Section 6 — Requirements for the IRB approach
Sub-Section 1 — Rating systems
Article 169General principles
Article 170Structure of rating systems
Article 171Assignment to grades or pools
Article 172Assignment of exposures
Article 173Integrity of assignment process
Article 174Use of models
Article 175Documentation of rating systems
Article 176Data maintenance
Article 177Stress tests used in assessment of capital adequacy
Sub-Section 2 — Risk quantification
Article 178Default of an obligor
Article 179Overall requirements for estimation
Article 180Requirements specific to PD estimation
Article 181Requirements specific to own-LGD estimates
Article 182Requirements specific to own-conversion factor estimates
Article 183Requirements for assessing the effect of guarantees and credit derivatives for exposures to corporates, institutions and central governments and central banks where own estimates of LGD are used and retail exposures
Article 184Requirements for purchased receivables
Sub-Section 3 — Validation of internal estimates
Article 185Validation of internal estimates
Sub-Section 4 — Requirements for equity exposures under the internal models approach
Article 186Own funds requirement and risk quantification
Article 187Risk management process and controls
Article 188Validation and documentation
Sub-Section 5 — Internal governance and oversight
Article 189Corporate Governance
Article 190Credit risk control
Article 191Internal Audit
CHAPTER 4 — Credit risk mitigation
Section 1 — Definitions and general requirements
Article 192Definitions
Article 193Principles for recognising the effect of credit risk mitigation techniques
Article 194Principles governing the eligibility of credit risk mitigation techniques
Section 2 — Eligible forms of credit risk mitigation
Sub-Section 1 — Funded credit protection
Article 195On-balance sheet netting
Article 196Master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions or securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market-driven transactions
Article 197Eligibility of collateral under all approaches and methods
Article 198Additional eligibility of collateral under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method
Article 199Additional eligibility for collateral under the IRB Approach
Article 200Other funded credit protection
Sub-Section 2 — Unfunded credit protection
Article 201Eligibility of protection providers under all approaches
Article 202Eligibility of protection providers under the IRB Approach which qualify for the treatment set out in Article 153(3)
Article 203Eligibility of guarantees as unfunded credit protection
Sub-Section 3 — Types of derivatives
Article 204Eligible types of credit derivatives
Section 3 — Requirements
Sub-Section 1 — Funded credit protection
Article 205Requirements for on-balance sheet netting agreements other than master netting agreements referred to in Article 206
Article 206Requirements for master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions or securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market driven transactions
Article 207Requirements for financial collateral
Article 208Requirements for immovable property collateral
Article 209Requirements for receivables
Article 210Requirements for other physical collateral
Article 211Requirements for treating lease exposures as collateralised
Article 212Requirements for other funded credit protection
Sub-Section 2 — Unfunded credit protection and credit linked notes
Article 213Requirements common to guarantees and credit derivatives
Article 214Sovereign and other public sector counter-guarantees
Article 215Additional requirements for guarantees
Article 216Additional requirements for credit derivatives
Article 217Requirements to qualify for the treatment set out in Article 153(3)
Section 4 — Calculating the effects of credit risk mitigation
Sub-Section 1 — Funded credit protection
Article 218Credit linked notes
Article 219On-balance sheet netting
Article 220Using the Supervisory Volatility Adjustments Approach or the Own Estimates Volatility Adjustments Approach for master netting agreements
Article 221Using the Internal Models Approach for Master netting agreements
Article 222Financial Collateral Simple Method
Article 223Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method
Article 224Supervisory volatility adjustment under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method
Article 225Own estimates of volatility adjustments under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method
Article 226Scaling up of volatility adjustment under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive method
Article 227Conditions for applying a 0 % volatility adjustment under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive method
Article 228Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts and expected loss amounts under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive method
Article 229Valuation principles for other eligible collateral under the IRB Approach
Article 230Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts and expected loss amounts for other eligible collateral under the IRB Approach
Article 231Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts and expected loss amounts in the case of mixed pools of collateral
Article 232Other funded credit protection
Sub-Section 2 — Unfunded credit protection
Article 233Valuation
Article 234Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts and expected loss amounts in the event of partial protection and tranching
Article 235Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts under the Standardised Approach
Article 236Calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts and expected loss amounts under the IRB Approach
Section 5 — Maturity mismatches
Article 237Maturity mismatch
Article 238Maturity of credit protection
Article 239Valuation of protection
Section 6 — Basket CRM techniques
Article 240First-to-default credit derivatives
Article 241Nth-to-default credit derivatives
CHAPTER 5 — Securitisation
Section 1 — Definitions
Article 242Definitions
Section 2 — Recognition of significant risk transfer
Article 243Traditional securitisation
Article 244Synthetic securitisation
Section 3 — Calculation of the risk weighted exposure amounts
Sub-Section 1 — Principles
Article 245Calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts
Article 246Exposure value
Article 247Recognition of credit risk mitigation for securitisation positions
Article 248Implicit support
Sub-Section 2 — Originator institutions' calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts securitised in a synthetic securitisation
Article 249General treatment
Article 250Treatment of maturity mismatches in synthetic securitisations
Sub-Section 3 — Calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts under the Standardised Approach
Article 251Risk-weights
Article 252Originator and sponsor institutions
Article 253Treatment of unrated positions
Article 254Treatment of securitisation positions in a second loss tranche or better in an ABCP programme
Article 255Treatment of unrated liquidity facilities
Article 256Additional own funds requirements for securitisations of revolving exposures with early amortisation provisions
Article 257Credit risk mitigation for securitisation positions subject to the Standardised Approach
Article 258Reduction in risk-weighted exposure amounts
Sub-Section 4 — Calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts under the IRB Approach
Article 259Hierarchy of methods
Article 260Maximum risk-weighted exposure amounts
Article 261Ratings Based Method
Article 262Supervisory Formula Method
Article 263Liquidity Facilities
Article 264Credit risk mitigation for securitisation positions subject to the IRB Approach
Article 265Additional own funds requirements for securitisations of revolving exposures with early amortisation provisions
Article 266Reduction in risk-weighted exposure amounts
Section 4 — External credit assessments
Article 267Use of Credit Assessments by ECAIs
Article 268Requirements to be met by the credit assessments of ECAIs
Article 269Use of credit assessments
Article 270Mapping
CHAPTER 6 — Counterparty credit risk
Section 1 — Definitions
Article 271Determination of the exposure value
Article 272Definitions
Section 2 — Methods for calculating the exposure value
Article 273Methods for calculating the exposure value
Section 3 — Mark – to – market Method
Article 274Mark-to-market Method
Section 4 — Original Exposure Method
Article 275Original Exposure Method
Section 5 — Standardised Method
Article 276Standardised Method
Article 277Transactions with a linear risk profile
Article 278Transactions with a non-linear risk profile
Article 279Treatment of Collateral
Article 280Calculation of risk positions
Article 281Interest rate risk positions
Article 282Hedging sets
Section 6 — Internal Model Method
Article 283Permission to use the Internal Model Method
Article 284Exposure value
Article 285Exposure value for netting sets subject to a margin agreement
Article 286Management of CCR – Policies, processes and systems
Article 287Organisation structures for CCR management
Article 288Review of CCR management system
Article 289Use test
Article 290Stress testing
Article 291Wrong-Way Risk
Article 292Integrity of the modelling process
Article 293Requirements for the risk management system
Article 294Validation requirements
Section 7 — Contractual netting
Article 295Recognition of contractual netting as risk-reducing
Article 296Recognition of contractual netting agreements
Article 297Obligations of institutions
Article 298Effects of recognition of netting as risk-reducing
Section 8 — Items in the trading book
Article 299Items in the trading book
Section 9 — Own funds requirements for exposures to a central counterparty
Article 300Definitions
Article 301Material scope
Article 302Monitoring of exposures to CCPs
Article 303Treatment of clearing members' exposures to CCPs
Article 304Treatment of clearing members' exposures to clients
Article 305Treatment of clients' exposures
Article 306Own funds requirements for trade exposures
Article 307Own funds requirements for pre-funded contributions to the default fund of a CCP
Article 308Own funds requirements for pre-funded contributions to the default fund of a Q CCP
Article 309Own funds requirements for pre-funded contributions to the default fund of a non-qualifying CCP and for unfunded contributions to a non-qualifying CCP
Article 310Alternative calculation of own funds requirement for exposures to a Q CCP
Article 311Own funds requirements for exposures to CCPs that cease to meet certain conditions
TITLE III — OWN FUNDS REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONAL RISK
CHAPTER 1 — General principles governing the use of the different approaches
Article 312Permission and notification
Article 313Reverting to the use of less sophisticated approaches
Article 314Combined use of different approaches
CHAPTER 2 — Basic indicator approach
Article 315Own funds requirement
Article 316Relevant indicator
CHAPTER 3 — Standardised Approach
Article 317Own funds requirement
Article 318Principles for business line mapping
Article 319Alternative Standardised Approach
Article 320Criteria for the Standardised Approach
CHAPTER 4 — Advanced measurement approaches
Article 321Qualitative standards
Article 322Quantitative Standards
Article 323Impact of insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms
Article 324Loss event type classification
TITLE IV — OWN FUNDS REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKET RISK
CHAPTER 1 — General Provisions
Article 325Allowances for consolidated requirements
CHAPTER 2 — Own funds requirements for position risk
Section 1 — General provisions and specific instruments
Article 326Own funds requirements for position risk
Article 327Netting
Article 328Interest rate futures and forwards
Article 329Options and warrants
Article 330Swaps
Article 331Interest rate risk on derivative instruments
Article 332Credit Derivatives
Article 333Securities sold under a repurchase agreement or lent
Section 2 — Debt instruments
Article 334Net positions in debt instruments
Sub-Section 1 — Specific risk
Article 335Cap on the own funds requirement for a net position
Article 336Own funds requirement for non-securitisation debt instruments
Article 337Own funds requirement for securitisation instruments
Article 338Own funds requirement for the correlation trading portfolio
Sub-Section 2 — General risk
Article 339Maturity-based calculation of general risk
Article 340Duration-based calculation of general risk
Section 3 — Equities
Article 341Net positions in equity instruments
Article 342Specific risk of equity instruments
Article 343General risk of equity instruments
Article 344Stock indices
Section 4 — Underwriting
Article 345Reduction of net positions
Section 5 — Specific risk own funds requirements for positions hedged by credit derivatives
Article 346Allowance for hedges by credit derivatives
Article 347Allowance for hedges by first and nth-to default credit derivatives
Section 6 — Own funds requirements for CIUs
Article 348Own funds requirements for CIUs
Article 349General criteria for CIUs
Article 350Specific methods for CIUs
CHAPTER 3 — Own funds requirements for foreign-exchange risk
Article 351De minimis and weighting for foreign exchange risk
Article 352Calculation of the overall net foreign exchange position
Article 353Foreign exchange risk of CIUs
Article 354Closely correlated currencies
CHAPTER 4 — Own funds requirements for commodities risk
Article 355Choice of method for commodities risk
Article 356Ancillary commodities business
Article 357Positions in commodities
Article 358Particular instruments
Article 359Maturity ladder approach
Article 360Simplified approach
Article 361Extended maturity ladder approach
CHAPTER 5 — Use of internal models to calculate own funds requirements
Section 1 — Permission and own funds requirements
Article 362Specific and general risks
Article 363Permission to use internal models
Article 364Own funds requirements when using internal models
Section 2 — General requirements
Article 365VaR and stressed VaR Calculation
Article 366Regulatory back testing and multiplication factors
Article 367Requirements on risk measurement
Article 368Qualitative requirements
Article 369Internal Validation
Section 3 — Requirements particular to specific risk modelling
Article 370Requirements for modelling specific risk
Article 371Exclusions from specific risk models
Section 4 — Internal model for incremental default and migration risk
Article 372Requirement to have an internal IRC model
Article 373Scope of the internal IRC model
Article 374Parameters of the internal IRC model
Article 375Recognition of hedges in the internal IRC model
Article 376Particular requirements for the internal IRC model
Section 5 — Internal model for correlation trading
Article 377Requirements for an internal model for correlation trading
TITLE V — OWN FUNDS REQUIREMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT RISK
Article 378Settlement/delivery risk
Article 379Free deliveries
Article 380Waiver
TITLE VI — OWN FUNDS REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT VALUATION ADJUSTMENT RISK
Article 381Meaning of Credit Valuation Adjustment
Article 382Scope
Article 383Advanced method
Article 384Standardised method
Article 385Alternative to using CVA methods to calculating own funds requirements
Article 386Eligible hedges
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