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  3. 2014_1635 Determination of client for large exposures purposes regarding exposures constituted by non recourse financing of leasing-SPEs
Question ID
2014_1635
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Large exposures
Article
390
Paragraph
7
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1187/2014
Name of institution / submitter
BaFin
Country of incorporation / residence
Germany
Type of submitter
Competent authority
Subject matter
Determination of client for large exposures purposes regarding exposures constituted by non recourse financing of leasing-SPEs
Question

1. Can a financing transaction where the institution contractually agrees to abstain from recourse to its legal obligor to the extent that payment obligations of a third party (the lessee) to the institution’s legal obligor (the lessor) are not fulfilled, i.e. where the institution takes over the credit risk stemming from its obligors´claims against a third party, be regarded as “other transaction where there is an exposures to underlying assets” within the meaning of Article 390(7) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)?

2. Is it admissible to regard the structure of such a transaction as not constituting an additional exposure to the leasing-SPE or any other third party within the meaning of Article 390(7) CRR in connection with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 1187/2014 , where a. the payment flows from the underlying asset to the investing institution are separated from the leasing-SPE, in a way that the exposures to the lessee are managed by the leasing-SPE, but the payments are made by the lessee directly to an account of the leasing-SPE kept at the institution on which the institution has a lien according to its general terms and conditions of business, and b. the SPE is bankruptcy remote, in particular according to the documented and detailed information available to the institution, the bankruptcy of the parent company should only have a negligible influence on the leasing-SPE?

Background on the question

A leasing company establishes multiple separate special purpose leasing entities (hereinafter abbreviated to “leasing-SPE”). Each leasing-SPE owns a specific leasing object (real estate or large movables such as airplanes and ships) and leases it to the lessee. The leasing-SPE remains owner of the leasing object from a tax point of view. However, the obligations linked with the object generally are transferred to the lessee. The refinancing of the leasing-SPEs is provided by an institution. The financing contract is concluded between the institution and the leasing-SPE. An essential feature is the non-recourse. The leasing-SPE is only required to service the financing contract to the extent it receives leasing payments from the lessee. The leasing-SPE pledges the claims against the lessee to the institution. The payment process is not serviced by an external third party, but managed by the leasing-SPE. The lessee pays into an account of the leasing-SPE kept at the institution on which the institution has a lien according to its general terms and conditions of business. The leasing-SPE forwards all interests and principal payments actually received on the leasing-SPE’s account to the institution. The leasing-SPEs remain part of the group of the leasing company. However, according to the information provided, a bankruptcy of the leasing company should only have a negligible influence on the single leasing-SPEs. Finally and regarding the practical relevance of the questions it should be mentioned that institutions finance several leasing-SPEs and also have exposures to the leasing company. In case the leasing-SPE needs to be regarded as client all these exposures would have to be added and counted towards the single large exposures limit of the parent company, i.e. the leasing company.

Institutions wish to know whether the financing contract with the leasing-SPE can – under the conditions described – be regarded as “other transaction where there is an exposure to underlying assets” within the meaning of Article 390 (7) CRR. If the answer is positive the institution would generally need to look through to the underlying and count the exposures towards the different LE limits of the lessees.

Secondly the question arises whether the leasing-SPE constitutes an additional risk within the meaning of Article 390 (7) CRR and has to be regarded as client for large exposures purposes. If the answer is negative the LE limit towards the leasing company remains unencumbered.

Submission date
21/11/2014
Rejected publishing date
11/02/2022
Rationale for rejection

Please note that as part of adjustments to the Single Rulebook Q&A process, agreed by the EBA and the European Commission, it has been decided to reject outstanding questions submitted before 1 January 2020, when the Q&A process was updated as part of the last ESAs Review. In particular, the question that you have submitted has now regrettably been rejected and will not be addressed.

If you believe your question would still benefit from clarification, you are invited to resubmit your question, adapting it to reflect any legislative, regulatory or other relevant developments that may have occurred since the initial date of submission. The EBA will aim to address resubmitted questions as a matter of priority. When considering to resubmit, you are kindly requested to observe the updated admissibility criteria agreed in the context of the adjustment of the Q&A process, available in the Additional background and guidance for asking questions. We hope for your understanding.

For further information please refer to the press release and the updated Q&A page.

Status
Rejected question

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