+Sub-Section 1 Funded credit protection
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---+Article 206 Requirements for master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions or securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market driven transactions
---+Article 207 Requirements for financial collateral
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---+Article 208 Requirements for immovable property collateral
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---+Article 209 Requirements for receivables
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---+Article 210 Requirements for other physical collateral
---+Article 211 Requirements for treating lease exposures as collateralised
---+Article 212 Requirements for other funded credit protection
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Sub-Section 1 Funded credit protection

Sub-Section 1 Funded credit protection

1. Overview

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Summary Regulation
Article 205 Requirements for on-balance sheet netting agreements other than master netting agreements referred to in Article 206

Article 205

Requirements for on-balance sheet netting agreements other than master netting agreements referred to in Article 206

On-balance sheet netting agreements other than master netting agreements referred to in Article 206 shall qualify as an eligible form of credit risk mitigation where all the following conditions are met:

(a) 

those agreements are legally effective and enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions, including in the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of a counterparty;

(b) 

institutions are able to determine at any time the assets and liabilities that are subject to those agreements;

(c) 

institutions monitor and control the risks associated with the termination of the credit protection on an ongoing basis;

(d) 

institutions monitor and control the relevant exposures on a net basis and do so on an ongoing basis.

Article 206 Requirements for master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions or securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market driven transactions

Article 206

Requirements for master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions or securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market driven transactions

Master netting agreements covering repurchase transactions, securities or commodities lending or borrowing transactions or other capital market driven transactions shall qualify as an eligible form of credit risk mitigation where the collateral provided under those agreements meets all the requirements laid down in Article 207(2) to (4) and where all the following conditions are met:

(a) 

they are legally effective and enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions, including in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty;

(b) 

they give the non-defaulting party the right to terminate and close-out in a timely manner all transactions under the agreement upon the event of default, including in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty;

(c) 

they provide for the netting of gains and losses on transactions closed out under an agreement so that a single net amount is owed by one party to the other.

Article 207 Requirements for financial collateral
Article 208 Requirements for immovable property collateral
Article 209 Requirements for receivables
Article 210 Requirements for other physical collateral

Article 210

Requirements for other physical collateral

Physical collateral other than immovable property collateral shall qualify as eligible collateral under the IRB Approach where all the following conditions are met:

(a) 

the collateral arrangement under which the physical collateral is provided to an institution shall be legally effective and enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions and shall enable that institution to realise the value of the collateral within a reasonable timeframe;

(b) 

with the sole exception of permissible first priority claims referred to in Article 209(2)(b), only first liens on, or charges over, collateral shall qualify as eligible collateral and an institution shall have priority over all other lenders to the realised proceeds of the collateral;

(c) 

institutions shall monitor the value of the collateral on a frequent basis and at least once every year. Institutions shall carry out more frequent monitoring where the market is subject to significant changes in conditions;

(d) 

the loan agreement shall include detailed descriptions of the collateral as well as detailed specifications of the manner and frequency of revaluation;

(e) 

institutions shall clearly document in internal credit policies and procedures available for examination the types of physical collateral they accept and the policies and practices they have in place in respect of the appropriate amount of each type of collateral relative to the exposure amount;

(f) 

institutions' credit policies with regard to the transaction structure shall address the following:

(i) 

appropriate collateral requirements relative to the exposure amount;

(ii) 

the ability to liquidate the collateral readily;

(iii) 

the ability to establish objectively a price or market value;

(iv) 

the frequency with which the value can readily be obtained, including a professional appraisal or valuation;

(v) 

the volatility or a proxy of the volatility of the value of the collateral.

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(g) 

when conducting valuation and revaluation, institutions shall take fully into account any deterioration or obsolescence of the collateral, paying particular attention to the effects of the passage of time on fashion- or date-sensitive collateral; for physical collateral, obsolescence of collateral shall also include ESG-related valuation considerations related to prohibitions or limitations imposed by the relevant Union and Member States regulatory objectives and legal acts, as well as, where relevant for internationally active institutions, third-country legal and regulatory objectives;

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(h) 

institutions shall have the right to physically inspect the collateral. They shall also have in place policies and procedures addressing their exercise of the right to physical inspection;

(i) 

the collateral taken as protection shall be adequately insured against the risk of damage and institutions shall have in place procedures to monitor this.

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Where general security agreements, or other forms of floating charge, provide the lending institution with a registered claim over a company’s assets and where that claim contains both assets that are not eligible as collateral under the IRB Approach and assets that are eligible as collateral under the IRB Approach, the institution may recognise those latter assets as eligible funded credit protection. In that case, that recognition shall be conditional on those assets meeting the requirements for eligibility of collateral under the IRB Approach as set out in this Chapter.

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Article 211 Requirements for treating lease exposures as collateralised

Article 211

Requirements for treating lease exposures as collateralised

Institutions shall treat exposures arising from leasing transactions as collateralised by the type of property leased, where all the following conditions are met:

(a) 

the conditions set out in Article 208 or 210, as applicable, for the type of property leased to qualify as eligible collateral are met;

(b) 

the lessor has in place robust risk management with respect to the use to which the leased asset is put, its location, its age and the planned duration of its use, including appropriate monitoring of the value of the security;

(c) 

the lessor has legal ownership of the asset and is able to exercise its rights as owner in a timely fashion;

(d) 

where this has not already been ascertained in calculating the LGD level, the difference between the value of the unamortised amount and the market value of the security is not so large as to overstate the credit risk mitigation attributed to the leased assets.

Article 212 Requirements for other funded credit protection

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements
Source Requirement

3. Related Standards

Standards
Source Requirement