Article 281
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Interest rate risk positions
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1. In order to calculate interest rate risk position, institutions shall apply the following provisions.
2. For interest rate risk positions from the following:
(a) money deposits received from the counterparty as collateral;
(b) a payment legs;
(c) underlying debt instruments,
to which in each case a capital charge of 1,60 % or less applies in accordance with Table 1 of Article 336, institutions shall assign those positions to one of the six hedging sets for each currency set out in Table 4.
Table 4 Government referenced interest rates Non-government referenced interest rates Maturity > 1 ≤ 5 years > 5 years > 1 ≤ 5 years > 5 years 3. For interest rate risk positions from underlying debt instruments or payment legs for which the interest rate is linked to a reference interest rate that represents a general market interest level, the remaining maturity shall be the length of the time interval up to the next re-adjustment of the interest rate. In all other cases, it shall be the remaining life of the underlying debt instrument or, in the case of a payment leg, the remaining life of the transaction.