Question ID
2016_2842
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
Article
99
Paragraph
4
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
Article/Paragraph
145, 156, 157
Type of submitter
Competent authority
Subject matter
Realisation of collateral and unlikeness to pay
Question

Is exposure considered non-performing according to Art 145(b) ITS also in the case where: (i) the debtor is assessed as unlikely to pay its credit obligation without collateral either being repossessed or sold voluntarily; (ii) a voluntary sale is assessed as highly feasible.

Background on the question

Some customers receive a term extension up to the retirement age. They are assessed as unlikely to pay their credit obligation without collateral either being repossessed or sold voluntarily. The exposures are classified for the first 12 months as NPL, impaired and non-defaulted. However, after 12 months, these loans are re-classified to performing, non-impaired and non-defaulted.

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Final answer

According to Part 2, paragraph 148 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 (ITS on Supervisory Reporting), the classification of exposures as non-performing should be done without taking into account the existence of any collateral. Consequently, fully collateralized exposures in unlikely-to-pay situations should be classified as non-performing, even when it is assumed that the customer is willing to realise the collateral on a voluntary basis in order to avoid a legal enforcement by the credit institution.

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