2014_1474 Exemption of purchased receivables from Aricle 405's retention requirement

Question ID:

2014_1474

Legal Act:

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)

Topic:

Securitisation and Covered Bonds

Article:

405

Paragraph:

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

Not applicable

Article/Paragraph:

Disclose name of institution / entity:

Yes

Name of institution / submitter:

German Banking Industry Committee

Country of incorporation / residence:

Germany

Type of submitter:

Industry association

Subject Matter:

Exemption of purchased receivables from Aricle 405's retention requirement

Question:

Do the provisions in Article 405(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 apply to purchased receivables?

Background on the question:

Former Article 122a CRD exempted under its paragraph 3 explicitly purchased receivables from the application of its paragraph 1 (retention requirement). Such an exemption is no longer included in Article 405(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) which provides for certain exemptions from the application of Article 405(1) (retention requirement). However recital (58) of the CRR states: "Purchased receivables should not be subject to the retention requirement if they arise from corporate activity where they are transferred or sold at a discount to finance such activity." This is a clear indication that purchased receivables should be exempted from the retention requirement. Therefore we seek clarification by the EBA that purchased receivables are exempted from the retention requirement.

Date of submission:

12/09/2014

Published as Final Q&A:

20/02/2015

Final Answer:

Article 405(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 shall not apply to purchased receivables except where there is a transaction or scheme that qualifies for the definition of "securitisation" under Article 4(61) and the underlying assets are purchased receivables (such as those of Asset Backed Commercial Paper conduits).

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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).