Submission #15

EACB - European Association of Co-operative Banks

1.The draft text describes comprehensively capital requirements under the CRR/CRD IV framework, which includes minimum CET1, AT1 and total capital requirements, capital buffers required by CRD IV, Pillar 2 capital requirements set on a case-by-case basis, and alternative backstop capital measures. The EBA is seeking comments on whether all elements of these capital requirements should be considered for the assessment of the loss absorption amount. Do you consider that any of these components of the overall capital requirement (other than the minimum CET1 requirement) are not appropriate indicators of loss in resolution, and if so why? See attached document

2. Should the resolution authority be allowed to adjust downwards? What are the specific circumstances under which resolution authorities should allow a smaller need to be able to absorb losses before entry into resolution and in the resolution process than indicated by the capital requirements? See attached document

3. Should any additional benchmarks be used to assess the necessary degree of loss absorbency? If yes, how should these be defined and how should they be used in combination with the capital requirements benchmark? Should such benchmarks also allow for a decrease of the loss absorption amount compared to the institution’s capital requirements? See attached document

4. Do you consider that any of these components of the overall capital requirement are not appropriate indicators of the capital required after resolution, and if so why? See attached document

5. Is it appropriate to have a single peer group of G-SIIs, or should this be subdivided by the level of the G-SII capital buffer? Should the peer group approach be extended to Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs), at the option of resolution authorities? If yes, would the appropriate peer group be the group of O-SIIs established in the same jurisdiction? Should the peer group approach be further extended to other types of institution? See attached document

6. The approach outlined in Articles 2 and 3 will reflect differences between consolidated and subsidiary capital requirements. Are there additional ways in which specific features of subsidiaries within a banking group should be reflected? See attached document

7. Do you agree that there should be a de minimis derogation from this provision for excluded liabilities which account for less than 10% of a given insolvency class? See attached document

8. Do you agree that resolution authorities should seek to ensure that systemic institutions have sufficient MREL to make it possible to access resolution funds for the full range of financing purposes specified in the BRRD? See attached document

9. Is this limit on the transition period appropriate? See attached document

10. Should the resolution authority also set a transitional period for the MREL of banks which are undergoing or have undergone a resolution process? See attached document

11. Overall, do you consider that the draft RTS strikes the appropriate balance between the need to adapt the MREL to the circumstances of individual institutions and promoting consistency in the setting of adequate levels of MREL across resolution authorities? See attached document

12. Are there additional issues, not identified in this section, which should be considered in the final impact assessment? See attached document

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