Question ID:
2013_624
Legal Act:
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic:
Large exposures
Article:
389, 390
Paragraph:
(6)(e)
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations:
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph:
not applicable
Disclose name of institution / entity:
No
Type of submitter:
Other
Subject Matter:
Inclusion of indirect holdings in the large exposures regime
Question:

Do indirect holdings have to be included in the large exposure regime based on Article 389 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) if they are held against a financial sector entity (that is fulfil the definition in Article 36 (1)(h) or (i) of the CRR), but are not deducted from own funds and instead risk weighted according to Articles 48(4), 46(4) or 49(4) of the CRR? If the answer is yes, can the financial sector entity being regarded as the relevant client for large exposure purposes?

Background on the question:

Clarification of uncertainty whether indirect holdings not being deducted from own funds fulfil the definition in Article 389 and therefore need to be included in large exposures.

Date of submission:
06/12/2013
Published as Final Q&A:
11/04/2014
Final Answer:

Amounts of holdings under Article 36(1)(h) or (i) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) that are not deducted from own funds are included in the calculation of the exposure value according to Article 390 for identifying large exposures according to Article 392 of this Regulation. The financial sector entity to which the institution is exposed because of the holding in its Common Equity Tier 1 instruments is the relevant "client" for the exposure included in the calculation of the exposure value for large exposures purposes.

For the purposes of the large exposures regime, "exposures" are defined in Article 389 of the CRR as "any asset or off-balance sheet item referred to in Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2 of the CRR (i.e. Standardised Approach), without applying the risk weights or degrees of risk".

Article 390(6)(e) of the CRR sets out that exposures deducted from Common Equity Tier 1 items or Additional Tier 1 items own funds in accordance with Articles 36,  and 56 and 66 of the CRR or any other deduction from those items that reduces the solvency ratio should shall not be included in the calculation of exposure values for large exposures purposes.

Further, if amounts of holdings are not deducted from Common Equity Tier 1 items in accordance with Articles 46(4), 48(4) or 49(4) of the CRR, these exposures do not qualify for the exclusion from the definition of "exposures" under Article 390(6)(e).

Status:
Final Q&A
Answer prepared by:
Answer prepared by the EBA.
Note to Q&A:

Update 16.09.2021: This Q&A has been updated in light of the change(s) – applying from 28.06.2021 – introduced to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR).

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