165. Credit institutions’ policies should ensure consistent treatment of individual clients and …

Credit institutions’ policies should ensure consistent treatment of individual clients and groups of connected clients as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, the EBA Guidelines on connected clients³⁶ and the EBA Guidelines on the definition of default. Credit institutions’ policies should also ensure a consistent assessment of the underlying legal relationships between legal entities across a group of connected clients. In view of possible contagion, credit institutions should, whenever feasible, apply a group perspective when assessing the status of a borrower’s exposure as non-performing, unless it is affected by isolated disputes that are unrelated to the solvency of the counterparty.

³⁶ Guidelines on connected clients under Article 4(1)(39) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (EBA/GL/2017/15).

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