- Question ID
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2016_3041
- Legal act
- Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
- Topic
- Resolution tools and powers
- Article
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44
- Paragraph
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2
- Subparagraph
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g(iii)
- 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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Competent authority
- Subject matter
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Exception to the scope of the bail-in tool (Article 44(2)(g)(iii))
- Question
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Is the exception to the scope of the bail-in tool provided for in Article 44(2)(g)(iii) of Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) restricted to social security contributions, or does it also extend to deposits and reserves of a social security authority?
- Background on the question
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Article 44(2)(g)(iii) of the BRRD excludes from the scope of bail-in a liability to "tax and social security authorities, provided that those liabilities are preferred under the applicable law".
- Submission date
- Final publishing date
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- Final answer
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Pursuant to Article 44(2)(g)(iii) BRRD, liabilities to tax and social security authorities that are preferred under the applicable law are to be excluded from bail-in. The provision in question does not set any further requirements for a liability to fall in scope of the exclusion. Hence, as long as a liability meets those two conditions, irrespective of its nature or type, it may be excluded pursuant to Article 44(2)(g)(iii) BRRD.
Disclaimer:
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Final Q&A
- Answer prepared by
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Answer prepared by the European Commission because it is a matter of interpretation of Union law.
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