2014_1381 PD substitution and eligibility of guarantors

Question ID:

2014_1381

Legal Act:

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)

Topic:

Credit risk

Article:

202

Subparagraph:

(d)

COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations:

Not applicable

Article/Paragraph:

Not applicable

Disclose name of institution / entity:

Type of submitter:

Credit institution

Subject Matter:

PD substitution and eligibility of guarantors

Question:

Article 202(d) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) suggests that where risk weighted exposure amounts are calculated under the IRB Approach, a guarantor must have an internal rating in order to be eligible as a guarantor for PD substitution. Can a guarantor, which is rated by an ECAI, and otherwise meets all eligibility requirements but is treated under the Standardised Approach by the institution, be used for PD substitution? How can a guarantee be recognised in this situation?

Background on the question:

The CRR does not seem to deal with a situation where a Standardised entity (e.g. a AAA-rated MDB) provides a guarantee for a transaction and how that guarantee can be recognised by way of PD substitution in the IRB calculation set out in Article 153(3).

Date of submission:

21/07/2014

Published as Final Q&A:

04/09/2015

Final Answer:

Article 202(d) of the CRR, read together with Article 236, provide inter alia for the use of the PD of the protection provider. For this purpose, the institution must have received permission to apply the IRB approach to a direct exposure to the protection provider and the PD used in this context must be that estimated using the institution's IRB approach.

DISCLAIMER:

This question goes beyond matters of consistent and effective application of the regulatory framework. A Directorate General of the Commission (Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) has prepared the answer, albeit that only the Court of Justice of the European Union can provide definitive interpretations of EU legislation. This is an unofficial opinion of that Directorate General, which the European Banking Authority publishes on its behalf. The answers are not binding on the European Commission as an institution. You should be aware that the European Commission could adopt a position different from the one expressed in such Q&As, for instance in infringement proceedings or after a detailed examination of a specific case or on the basis of any new legal or factual elements that may have been brought to its attention.

Status:

Final Q&A

Answer prepared by:

Answer prepared by the European Commission because it is a matter of interpretation of Union law.

Note to Q&A:

Update 26.03.2021: This Q&A has not yet been reviewed by the European Commission in the light of the changes introduced to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR).