Early repayment
Article 6
1. Commencing 24 months after each TLTRO, participants shall have the option to reduce the amount of, or terminate, TLTROs before maturity. 2. Early repayment dates shall be set at a six-month frequency, on days that coincide with the settlement day of a Eurosystem main refinancing operation, on dates to be further specified by the Eurosystem. 3. In order to avail of the early repayment procedure, a participant shall notify the relevant NCB that it intends to repay under the early repayment procedure on the early repayment date, at least one week in advance of that early repayment date. 4. The notification referred to in paragraph 3 shall become binding on the participant one week before the early repayment date to which it refers. Failure by the participant to settle, in full or in part, the amount due under the early repayment procedure by the repayment date may result in the imposition of a financial penalty as set out in Section 1 of Appendix 6 to Annex I to Guideline ECB/2011/14. The provisions of that section which apply to infringements of rules related to tender operations shall apply where a participant fails to settle, in full or in part, the amount due on the relevant early repayment date. The imposition of a financial penalty shall be without prejudice to the relevant NCB's right to exercise the remedies provided for on the occurrence of an event of default as set out in Annex II to Guideline ECB/2011/14.