Question ID
2013_469
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Credit risk
Article
114
Paragraph
7
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
not applicable
Name of institution / submitter
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Division Bank and Insurance
Country of incorporation / residence
Austria
Type of submitter
Industry association
Subject matter
Equivalence of third country supervisory and regulatory arrangements to those applied in the Union
Question

Who decides (after the transitional period, if applicable) which third countries apply supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union in case the Commission does not make use of its power to adopt, by way of implementing acts, and subject to the examination procedure referred to in Article 464(2), a decision as to whether a third country applies supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union?

The same question occurs with regard to Articles 107(4), 115(4), 116(5), 132(3) and 142(2) CRR.

Background on the question

Legal certainty and level playing field.

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Final publishing date
Final answer

After 1 January 2015, only those countries for which a Commission decision is adopted in accordance with Article 464(2) can be considered equivalent for the purposes of Articles 107(4), 114(7), 115(4), 116(5), 132(3) and 142(2) CRR. As a result, only those countries and territories covered by the Commission Implementing Decision 2014/908/EU, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2016/2358/EU, can be considered equivalent for the purposes of the articles mentioned above.

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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).

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