Question ID
2013_422
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Market risk
Article
357
Paragraph
3
Subparagraph
-
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
-
Type of submitter
Credit institution
Subject matter
Stock financing
Question

Could you please clarify if the positions that are purely ‘stock financing’, as defined in Article 3(1)(l) of Directive 2006/49/EC, but not defined in Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR), may be excluded from the calculation of own funds requirements for commodities risk under Part three, Title IV, Chapter 4 of the CRR, as was allowed under Directive 2006/49/EC.

Background on the question

Under Directive 2006/49/EC, positions which are purely ‘stock financing’ as defined in Article 3(1)(l) may be excluded from the commodities risk calculation for the purposes of Annex IV (calculating capital requirements for commodities risk), as stipulated in Annex IV, article 3: “For the purposes of this Annex, positions which are purely stock financing may be excluded from the commodities risk calculation only.” Article 3(1)(l) of Directive 2006/49/EC: “ ‘stock financing’ means positions where physical stock has been sold forward and the cost of funding has been locked in until the date of the forward sale;” Annex IV (correlation table) of the CRR points to Article 357 (positions in commodities) paragraph 3, which does not explicitly mention the exclusion of positions that are purely stock financing.

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Final answer

Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) does not contain any specific treatment for commodities risk from stock financing. Such commodities' risk is therefore not excluded from the calculation of own funds  requirements for commodities risk under Part Three, Title IV, Chapter 4 of the CRR.

 

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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).

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