Question ID
2013_76
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Other issues
Article
95
Paragraph
2
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
N/A
Type of submitter
Investment firm
Subject matter
Application of article 95 (2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Question

Shall firms referred to in point (2)(c) of Article 4(1) of the CRR meet the requirements in Article 92(1) and (2) based on the total risk exposure amount referred to in Article 95(2) if they: - provide both the investment services and activities listed in points (2) and (4) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC? or - provide one or both of the investment services and activities listed in points (2) and (4) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC?

Background on the question

Take an investment firm domiciled in one Member State that provides: 1) portfolio management services (point (4) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC); 2) ancillary foreign exchange services connected to the provision of portfolio management services (point (4) of Section B of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC). The company is not authorised to provide the ancillary service referred to in point (1) of Section B of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC, i.e. safekeeping and administration of financial instruments for the account of clients, including custodianship and related services such as cash/collateral management. Nor is the company is authorised to provide services referred to in point (2) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC (execution of orders on behalf of clients) although when providing portfolio management services it places orders on the market in the name of its client on the basis of powers of attorney.

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Final answer

The condition set out in the second sub-paragraph of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) applies to investment firms that provide any of the services listed in points (2) and (4) of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC. In other words, a firm that only provides services listed in point (4) is still subject to the requirement laid down in the aforementioned sub-paragraph.

 

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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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