+TITLE III QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS OR METHODOLOGIES
---+Article 452 Disclosure of the use of the IRB Approach to credit risk
---+Article 453 Disclosure of the use of credit risk mitigation techniques
---+Article 454 Disclosure of the use of the Advanced Measurement Approaches to operational risk
---+Article 455 Use of internal models for market risk
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TITLE III QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS OR METHODOLOGIES

TITLE III QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS OR METHODOLOGIES

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Summary Regulation
Article 452 Disclosure of the use of the IRB Approach to credit risk

Article 452

Disclosure of the use of the IRB Approach to credit risk

Institutions calculating the risk-weighted exposure amounts under the IRB Approach to credit risk shall disclose the following information:

(a) 

the competent authority's permission of the approach or approved transition;

(b) 

for each exposure class referred to in Article 147, the percentage of the total exposure value of each exposure class subject to the Standardised Approach laid down in Chapter 2 of Title II of Part Three or to the IRB Approach laid down in Chapter 3 of Title II of Part Three, as well as the part of each exposure class subject to a roll-out plan; where institutions have received permission to use own LGDs and conversion factors for the calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts, they shall disclose separately the percentage of the total exposure value of each exposure class subject to that permission;

(c) 

the control mechanisms for rating systems at the different stages of model development, controls and changes, which shall include information on:

(i) 

the relationship between the risk management function and the internal audit function;

(ii) 

the rating system review;

(iii) 

the procedure to ensure the independence of the function in charge of reviewing the models from the functions responsible for the development of the models;

(iv) 

the procedure to ensure the accountability of the functions in charge of developing and reviewing the models;

(d) 

the role of the functions involved in the development, approval and subsequent changes of the credit risk models;

(e) 

the scope and main content of the reporting related to credit risk models;

(f) 

a description of the internal ratings process by exposure class, including the number of key models used with respect to each portfolio and a brief discussion of the main differences between the models within the same portfolio, covering:

(i) 

the definitions, methods and data for estimation and validation of PD, which shall include information on how PDs are estimated for low default portfolios, whether there are regulatory floors and the drivers for differences observed between PD and actual default rates at least for the last three periods;

(ii) 

where applicable, the definitions, methods and data for estimation and validation of LGD, such as methods to calculate downturn LGD, how LGDs are estimated for low default portfolio and the time lapse between the default event and the closure of the exposure;

(iii) 

where applicable, the definitions, methods and data for estimation and validation of conversion factors, including assumptions employed in the derivation of those variables;

(g) 

as applicable, the following information in relation to each exposure class referred to in Article 147:

(i) 

their gross on-balance-sheet exposure;

(ii) 

their off-balance-sheet exposure values prior to the relevant conversion factor;

(iii) 

their exposure after applying the relevant conversion factor and credit risk mitigation;

(iv) 

any model, parameter or input relevant for the understanding of the risk weighting and the resulting risk exposure amounts disclosed across a sufficient number of obligor grades (including default) to allow for a meaningful differentiation of credit risk;

(v) 

separately for those exposure classes in relation to which institutions have received permission to use own LGDs and conversion factors for the calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts, and for exposures for which the institutions do not use such estimates, the values referred to in points (i) to (iv) subject to that permission;

(h) 

institutions' estimates of PDs against the actual default rate for each exposure class over a longer period, with separate disclosure of the PD range, the external rating equivalent, the weighted average and arithmetic average PD, the number of obligors at the end of the previous year and of the year under review, the number of defaulted obligors, including the new defaulted obligors, and the annual average historical default rate.

For the purposes of point (b) of this Article, institutions shall use the exposure value as defined in Article 166.

Article 453 Disclosure of the use of credit risk mitigation techniques

Article 453

Disclosure of the use of credit risk mitigation techniques

Institutions using credit risk mitigation techniques shall disclose the following information:

(a) 

the core features of the policies and processes for on- and off-balance-sheet netting and an indication of the extent to which institutions make use of balance sheet netting;

(b) 

the core features of the policies and processes for eligible collateral evaluation and management;

(c) 

a description of the main types of collateral taken by the institution to mitigate credit risk;

(d) 

for guarantees and credit derivatives used as credit protection, the main types of guarantor and credit derivative counterparty and their creditworthiness used for the purpose of reducing capital requirements, excluding those used as part of synthetic securitisation structures;

(e) 

information about market or credit risk concentrations within the credit risk mitigation taken;

(f) 

for institutions calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts under the Standardised Approach or the IRB Approach, the total exposure value not covered by any eligible credit protection and the total exposure value covered by eligible credit protection after applying volatility adjustments; the disclosure set out in this point shall be made separately for loans and debt securities and including a breakdown of defaulted exposures;

(g) 

the corresponding conversion factor and the credit risk mitigation associated with the exposure and the incidence of credit risk mitigation techniques with and without substitution effect;

(h) 

for institutions calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts under the Standardised Approach, the on- and off-balance-sheet exposure value by exposure class before and after the application of conversion factors and any associated credit risk mitigation;

(i) 

for institutions calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts under the Standardised Approach, the risk-weighted exposure amount and the ratio between that risk-weighted exposure amount and the exposure value after applying the corresponding conversion factor and the credit risk mitigation associated with the exposure; the disclosure set out in this point shall be made separately for each exposure class;

(j) 

for institutions calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts under the IRB Approach, the risk-weighted exposure amount before and after recognition of the credit risk mitigation impact of credit derivatives; where institutions have received permission to use own LGDs and conversion factors for the calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts, they shall make the disclosure set out in this point separately for the exposure classes subject to that permission.

Article 454 Disclosure of the use of the Advanced Measurement Approaches to operational risk

Article 454

Disclosure of the use of the Advanced Measurement Approaches to operational risk

The institutions using the Advanced Measurement Approaches set out in Articles 321 to 324 for the calculation of their own funds requirements for operational risk shall disclose a description of their use of insurance and other risk-transfer mechanisms for the purpose of mitigating that risk.

Article 455 Use of internal models for market risk

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