- Question ID
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2013_60
- Legal act
- Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
- Topic
- Own funds
- Article
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486
- Paragraph
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3
- Subparagraph
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c
- COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
- Not applicable
- Article/Paragraph
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N/A
- Type of submitter
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Accounting firm
- Subject matter
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Grandfathering
- Question
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Article 486(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) states: “the amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(4) which on 31 December 2012 exceeded the limits specified in the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 66(1) and Article 66(1a) of Directive 2006/48/EC;..” is to be deducted from the amount eligible for inclusion.” This same rule is also applied for Tier 1 grandfathering under CRR. This in effect preserves the current Tier 2 restrictions. Because that amount is at an aggregate level i.e. not by instrument, how then are the individual instruments to be treated under CRR? Each instrument may have different terms including maturity and so how should aggregated restricted amount be spread across instruments?
- Background on the question
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It poses a problem to our CRR planning models.
- Submission date
- Final publishing date
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- Final answer
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Articles 483 to 491 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 provide for grandfathering of capital instruments. This grandfathering is based on amounts of grandfathered items assigned to the three capital tiers. While individual instruments may be eligible for grandfathering treatment, it is the amount of several instruments that is grandfathered, not the individual instrument itself. Hence the grandfathering rules do not determine or prescribe which instrument is exceeding any grandfathering limits if applicable.
- Status
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Final Q&A
- Answer prepared by
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Answer prepared by the EBA.
- Note to Q&A
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Update 26.03.2021: This Q&A has been reviewed in the light of the changes introduced to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) and continues to be relevant.
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