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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/860 Article 3

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/860 Article 3

Definitions

Article 3

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions provided for in Article 3 of Directive 2014/59/EU shall apply. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall also apply: (1) ‘Direct contagion’ means a situation where the direct losses of counterparties of the institution under resolution, resulting from the write-down of the liabilities of the institution, lead to the default or likely default for those counterparties in the imminent. (2) ‘Indirect contagion’ means a situation where the write-down or conversion of institution's liabilities causes a negative reaction by market participants that leads to a severe disruption of the financial system with potential to harm the real economy.

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