Question ID
2014_737
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAI)
Article
136
Paragraph
1
Subparagraph
2
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
n.a.
Type of submitter
Competent authority
Subject matter
Applicable mappings before entry into force of ITS on Articles 136(1) and 270
Question

What mappings will be applicable between the first date of application of Regulation No. 575/2013 (i.e. 1 January 2014) and the entry into force of the ITS on Articles 136(1) and 270?

Background on the question

ITS on Articles 136(1) and 270 will only be submitted to the Commission by 1 July 2014. This implies that the mappings of ECAI's credit assessments will not be available until they are adopted by the Commission and subsequently published in the Official Journal of the European Union in the last months of 2014. During this period, the application of risk weights based on the credit quality of the exposure, as foreseen by Article 113(1), would not be possible.

Submission date
Final publishing date
Final answer

Article 136(1) and Article 270 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) require EBA to submit draft implementing technical standards to the European Commission with the ECAI mappings by 1 July 2014.

In the meantime, credit institutions should, to ensure consistency and continuity, use the existing mappings issued by the National Competent Authorities in the implementation of those provisions of the CRD/CRR which refer to the mappings of ECAIs to determine credit quality steps. Once the respective ITS's have entered into force, credit institutions shall apply the ECAI mappings set out therein.

 

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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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