{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-4/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-4/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/4",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2015/656 of the European Central Bank of 4 February 2015 on the conditions under which credit institutions are permitted to include interim or year-end profits in Common Equity Tier 1 capital in accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (ECB/2015/4)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-4",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Permission to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital",
  "text": "1. For the purposes of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, credit institutions shall be permitted to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital before a formal decision confirming the final profit or loss of the institution for the year has been taken, provided that the credit institution has met the conditions set out in Articles 4 and 5 of this Decision.\n2. The conditions set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall be met prior to submission of the applicable reporting on own funds and own funds requirements in accordance with the reporting remittance dates laid down in Article 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014.\n3. Credit institutions that intend to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital shall send a letter addressed to the ECB that includes the documentation required in Articles 4 and 5 of this Decision. Within three working days from receipt of the relevant documentation, the ECB shall notify credit institutions whether such documentation contains the information required in this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/4/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:31.154772+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}