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Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

However, the following points of Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply from 9 July 2024: point (1)(a)(iv); point (1)(b); points (2), (3) and (4); point (6)(f); point (8)(c); point (11) concerning Article 34(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (30)(d); point (34) concerning Article 104(9) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (35)(a); point 37 concerning Article 104c(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (42) concerning Article 111(8) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (52) concerning Article 122a(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (53) concerning Article 123(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (55) concerning Article 124(11), (12) and (14) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (56) concerning Article 126a(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; points (57) and (65); point (70)(c) concerning Article 143(5) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (71)(b); point (72)(i); point 75(d); point (78)(e); point (81); point (98)(b); point (102)(d); point (104)(c); point (105)(c); point (106)(e); point (135)(c); point (152)(b)(ii); point (155) concerning Article 314(9) and (10), Article 315(3), Article 316(3), Article 317(9) and (10), Article 320(3), Article 321(2) and Article 323(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (156)(b); point (159)(c) concerning Article 325c(8) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (160)(c) concerning Article 325j(7) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (164)(b); point (178)(e); point (180); point (182)(d); point (183)(c); point (184)(b)(iii); point (198)(c); point (201) concerning Article 383a(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (204); point (205)(b)(i); points (214)(a) and (c); points (222) and (223); point (229) concerning Article 449a(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; points (232), (235), (236) and (238); point (239)(a); point (242) concerning Article 495b(2) and (4) and Article 495c(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; points (243), (244), (248) and (249); point (250) concerning Article 506 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; point (251) concerning Articles 506e and 506f of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; points (252), (253) and (254).

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2024.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. METSOLA

For the Council

The President

H. LAHBIB

(1)   OJ C 233, 16.6.2022, p. 14.

(2)   OJ C 290, 29.7.2022, p. 40.

(3)  Position of the European Parliament of 24 April 2024 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 30 May 2024.

(4)  Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

(5)  Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12).

(6)  Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 48).

(7)  Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84).

(8)  Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 1).

(9)  Regulation (EU) 2019/876 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements, and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 150, 7.6.2019, p. 1).

(10)   OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

(11)  Regulation (EU) 2019/630 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 4).

(12)  Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).

(13)  Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).

(14)  Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 150, 9.6.2023, p. 40).

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Classification of off-balance-sheet items

Bucket

Items

1

(a)

Credit derivatives and general guarantees of indebtedness, including standby letters of credit serving as financial guarantees for loans and securities, and acceptances, including endorsements with the character of acceptances, as well as any other direct credit substitutes;

(b)

Sale and repurchase agreements and asset sales with recourse where the credit risk remains with the institution;

(c)

Securities lent by the institution or securities posted by the institution as collateral, including instances where those arise out of repo-style transactions;

(d)

Forward asset purchases, forward deposits and partly paid shares and securities, which represent commitments with certain drawdown;

(e)

Off-balance-sheet items constituting a credit substitute where not explicitly included in any other category;

(f)

Other off-balance-sheet items carrying similar risk and as communicated to EBA.

2

(a)

Note issuance facilities (NIFs) and revolving underwriting facilities (RUFs) regardless of the maturity of the underlying facility;

(b)

Performance bonds, bid bonds, warranties and standby letters of credit related to particular transactions and similar transaction-related contingent items, excluding trade finance off-balance-sheet items referred to in bucket 4;

(c)

Other off-balance-sheet items carrying similar risk, as communicated to EBA.

3

(a)

The undrawn amount of commitments, regardless of the maturity of the underlying facility, unless they fall under another category;

(b)

Other off-balance-sheet items carrying similar risk, as communicated to EBA.

4

(a)

Trade finance off-balance-sheet items:

(i)

warranties, including tender and performance bonds and associated advance payment and retention guarantees, and guarantees not having the character of credit substitutes;

(ii)

irrevocable standby letters of credit not having the character of credit substitutes;

(iii)

short-term, self-liquidating trade letters of credit arising from the movement of goods, in particular documentary credits collateralised by the underlying shipment, in case of an issuing institution or a confirming institution;

(b)

Other off-balance-sheet items carrying similar risk, as communicated to EBA.

5

(a)

The undrawn amount of unconditionally cancellable commitments;

(b)

The undrawn amount of retail credit lines for which the terms permit the institution to cancel them to the full extent allowable under consumer protection and related legal acts;

(c)

Undrawn credit facilities for tender and performance guarantees which may be cancelled unconditionally at any time without prior notice, or that do effectively provide for automatic cancellation due to deterioration in a borrower’s creditworthiness;

(d)

Other off-balance-sheet items carrying similar risk, as communicated to EBA.’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1623/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

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