Directive 2009/27 - Amendment of certain Annexes to Directive 2006/49/EC as regards technical provisions concerning risk management

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Current status

This directive was in effect from April 28, 2009 until December 31, 2013 and should have been implemented in national regulation on October 31, 2010 at the latest.

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Key information

official title

Commission Directive 2009/27/EC of 7 April 2009 amending certain Annexes to Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical provisions concerning risk management
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2009/27
CELEX number i 32009L0027

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Key dates

Document 07-04-2009
Publication in Official Journal 08-04-2009; OJ L 94, 8.4.2009,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 06 Volume 009
Effect 28-04-2009; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 3
End of validity 31-12-2013; Repealed by 32013L0036
Transposition 31-10-2010; At the latest See Art 2

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Legislative text

8.4.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/97
 

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2009/27/EC

of 7 April 2009

amending certain Annexes to Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical provisions concerning risk management

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (1), in particular Article 41(1)(g) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

In order to ensure a coherent implementation and application throughout the EU of Directive 2006/49/EC, the Commission and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors set up a working group (Capital Requirements Directive Transposition Group — CRDTG) in 2006, entrusted with the task of discussing and resolving issues related to implementation and application of the Directive. According to the CRDTG, certain technical provisions included in Annexes I, II and VII of Directive 2006/49/EC need to be further specified in order to ensure their convergent application. Moreover, certain provisions are not commensurate with sound risk management practices of credit institutions. It is therefore appropriate to adjust these provisions.
 

(2)

Directive 2006/49/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
 

(3)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the European Banking Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2006/49/EC is amended as follows:

 

1.

Annex I is amended as follows:

 

(a)

Point 8.B is replaced by the following:

‘B.   TREATMENT OF THE PROTECTION BUYER

For the party who transfers credit risk (the protection buyer), the positions are determined as the mirror principle of the protection seller, with the exception of a credit linked note (which entails no short position in the issuer). If at a given moment there is a call option in combination with a step-up, such moment is treated as the maturity of the protection. In the case of first-to-default credit derivatives and nth-to-default credit derivatives, the following treatment applies instead of the mirror principle.

First-to-default credit derivatives

Where an institution obtains credit protection for a number of reference entities underlying a credit derivative under the terms that the first default among the assets shall trigger payment and that this credit event shall terminate the contract, the institution may offset specific risk for the reference entity to which the lowest specific risk percentage charge among the underlying reference entities applies according to Table 1 of this Annex.

Nth-to-default credit derivatives

Where the nth default among the exposures triggers payment under the credit protection, the protection buyer may only offset specific risk if protection has also been obtained for defaults 1 to n-1 or when n-1 defaults have already occurred. In such cases, the methodology set out above for first-to-default credit derivatives shall be followed appropriately modified for nth-to-default products.’
 

(b)

In point 14, Table 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 1

 

Categories

Specific risk capital charge

Debt securities issued or guaranteed by central governments, issued by central banks, international organisations, multilateral development banks or Member States′ regional government or local authorities which would qualify for credit quality step 1 or which would receive a 0 % risk weight under the rules for the risk weighting of exposures under Articles 78 to 83 of Directive 2006/48/EC.

0 %

Debt securities issued or guaranteed by central governments, issued by central banks,...


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