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Annex I RULES AND GUIDANCEF1

United Kingdom

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List of templates

Part 1 Transposition of Directive 2013/36/EU
Part 2 Model approval
Part 3 Specialised lending exposures
Part 4 Credit risk mitigation
Part 5 Specific disclosure requirements applied to institutions
Part 6 Waivers for the application of prudential requirements
Part 7 Qualifying holdings in a credit institution
Part 8 Regulatory and financial reporting

PART 1

Transposition of Directive 2013/36/EU

Hyperlink(s) to the website containing the national text transposing the Union provision in question.

Detailed references to the national provisions, such as relevant Title, Chapter, paragraph etc.

Transposition of provisions of Directive 2013/36/EU Provisions of Directive 2013/36/EU Links to national text f1 Reference(s) to national provisions f2 Available in EN (Y/N)
010 Date of the last update of information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020

I.

Subject matter, scope and definitions

Articles 1 to 3
030

II.

Competent authorities

Articles 4 to 7
040

III.

Requirements for access to the activity of credit institutions

Articles 8 to 27
050

1.

General requirements for access to the activity of credit institutions

Articles 8 to 21
060

2.

Qualifying holding in a credit institution

Articles 22 to 27
070

IV.

Initial capital of investment firms

Articles 28 to 32
080

V.

Provisions concerning the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services

Articles 33 to 46
090

1.

General principles

Articles 33 to 34
100

2.

The right of establishment of credit institutions

Articles 35 to 38
110

3.

Exercise of the freedom to provide services

Article 39
120

4.

Powers of the competent authorities of the host Member State

Articles 40 to 46
130

VI.

Relations with third countries

Articles 47 to 48
140

VII.

Prudential supervision

Articles 49 to 142
150

1.

Principles of prudential supervision

Articles 49 to 72
160

1.1

Competence and duties of home and host Member States

Articles 49 to 52
170

1.2

Exchange of information and professional secrecy

Articles 53 to 62
180

1.3

Duty of persons responsible for the legal control of annual and consolidated accounts

Article 63
190

1.4

Supervisory powers, powers to impose penalties and right of appeal

Articles 64 to 72
200

2.

Review processes

Articles 73 to 110
210

2.1

Internal capital adequacy assessment process

Article 73
220

2.2

Arrangements, processes and mechanisms of institutions

Articles 74 to 96
230

2.3

Supervisory review and evaluation process

Articles 97 to 101
240

2.4

Supervisory measures and powers

Articles 102 to 107
250

2.5

Level of application

Articles 108 to 110
260

3.

Supervision on a consolidated basis

Articles 111 to 127
270

3.1

Principles for conducting supervision on a consolidated basis

Articles 111 to 118
280

3.2

Financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and mixed-activity holding companies

Articles 119 to 127
290

4.

Capital buffers

Articles 128 to 142
300

4.1

Buffers

Articles 128 to 134
310

4.2

Setting and calculating countercyclical capital buffers

Articles 135 to 140
320

4.3

Capital conservation measures

Articles 141 to 142
330

VIII.

Disclosure by competent authorities

Articles 143 to 144
340

IX.

Amendments of Directive 2002/87/EC

Article 150
350

X.

Transitional and final provisions

Articles 151 to 165
360

1.

Transitional provisions on the supervision of institutions exercising the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services

Articles 151 to 159
370

2.

Transitional provisions for capital buffers

Article 160
380

3.

Final provisions

Articles 161 to 165

PART 2

Model approval

010 Date of the last update of information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
Description of the approach
Supervisory approach for the approval of the use of Internal Ratings Based (IRB) Approach to calculate minimum capital requirements for credit risk
020 Minimum documentation to be provided by the institutions applying for the use of IRB approach [free text]
030 Description of the assessment process conducted by the competent authority (use of self assessment, reliance on external auditors and on-site-inspections) and main criteria of the assessment [free text]
040 Form of the decisions taken by the competent authority and communication of the decisions to applicants [free text]
Supervisory approach for the approval of the use of Internal Model Approach (IMA) to calculate minimum capital requirements for market risk
050 Minimum documentation to be provided by the institutions applying for the use of IMA approach [free text]
060 Description of the assessment process conducted by the competent authority (use of self assessment, reliance on external auditors and on-site-inspections) and main criteria of the assessment [free text]
070 Form of the decisions taken by the competent authority and communication of the decisions to applicants [free text]
Supervisory approach for the approval of the use of Internal Model Method (IMM) to calculate minimum capital requirements for counterparty credit risk
080 Minimum documentation to be provided by the institutions applying for the use of IMM approach [free text]
090 Description of the assessment process conducted by the competent authority (use of self assessment, reliance on external auditors and on-site-inspections) and main criteria of the assessment [free text]
100 Form of the decisions taken by the competent authority and communication of the decisions to applicants [free text]
Supervisory approach for the approval of the use of Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) to calculate minimum capital requirements for operational risk
110 Minimum documentation to be provided by the institutions applying for the use of AMA approach [free text]
120 Description of the assessment process conducted by the competent authority (use of self assessment, reliance on external auditors and on-site-inspections) and main criteria of the assessment [free text]
130 Form of the decisions taken by the competent authority and communication of the decisions to applicants [free text]

PART 3

Specialised lending exposures

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 Provisions Information to be provided by the competent authority
010 Date of the last update of the information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020 Article 153(5) Has the competent authority published guidance to specify how institutions should take into account the factors referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 153 when assigning risk weights to specialised lending exposures? [Yes/No]
030 If so, please provide the reference to the national guidance [reference to national text]
040 Is the national guidance available in English? [Yes/No]

PART 4

Credit risk mitigation

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 Provisions Description Information to be provided by the competent authority
010 Date of the last update of the information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020 Article 201(2) Publication of the list of financial institutions that are eligible providers of unfunded credit protection or guiding criteria for identifying these financial institutions Competent authorities shall publish and maintain the list of financial institutions that are eligible providers of unfunded credit protection under point (f) of Article 201(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or the guiding criteria for identifying such eligible providers List of the financial institutions or guiding criteria for their identification [free text - a hyperlink to such list or guiding criteria on the competent authority's website can be provided]
030 Description of the applicable prudential requirements Competent authorities shall publish a description of the applicable prudential requirements together with the list of the eligible financial institutions or the guiding criteria for identifying these financial institutions Description of the prudential requirements applied by the competent authority [free text]
040 Article 227(2)(e) Condition for applying a 0 % volatility adjustment Under the Financial collateral Comprehensive Method institutions may apply a 0 % volatility adjustment provided that the transaction is settled in a settlement system proven for that type of transaction Detailed description on how the competent authority considers the settlement system as a proven system [free text]
050 Article 227(2)(f) Condition for applying a 0 % volatility adjustment Under the Financial collateral Comprehensive Method institutions may apply a 0 % volatility adjustment provided that the documentation covering the agreement or transaction is standard market documentation for repurchase transactions or securities lending or borrowing transactions in the securities concerned Specification of the documentation to be considered as standard market documentation [free text]
060 Article 229(1) Valuation principles for immovable property collateral under the IRB approach The immovable property may be valued by an independent valuer at or at less than the mortgage lending value in the Member States that have laid down rigorous criteria for the assessment of this mortgage lending value in statutory or regulatory provisions Criteria set out in the national legislation for the assessment of the mortgage lending value [free text]

PART 5

Specific disclosure requirements applied to institutions

Directive 2013/36/EU Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 Provision Information to be provided by the competent authority
010 Date of the last update of information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020 Article 106(1)(a) Competent authorities may require institutions to publish information referred to in Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 more than once per year, and to set deadlines for publication Frequency and deadlines for publication applicable to institutions [free text]
030 Article 106(1)(b) Competent authorities may require institutions to use specific media and locations for publications other than the financial statements Types of specific media to be used by institutions [free text]
040 Article 13(1) and (2) Significant subsidiaries and those which are of material significance for their local market shall disclose information specified in Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on an individual or sub-consolidated basis. Criteria applied by the competent authority to assess the significance of a subsidiary [free text]

PART 6

Waivers for the application of prudential requirements

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 Provisions Description Information to be provided by the competent authority
010 Date of the last update of the information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020

Article 7(1) and (2)

(Individual waivers for subsidiaries)

Exemption from the application on an individual basis of prudential requirements set out in Parts Two to Five and Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 The waiver may be granted to any subsidiary provided that there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal impediment to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of liabilities by its parent undertaking pursuant to point (a) of Article 7(1). Criteria applied by the competent authority to assess that there is no obstacle to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of liabilities [free text]
030

Article 7(3)

(Individual waivers for parent institutions)

Exemption from the application on an individual basis of prudential requirements set out in Parts Two to Five and Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 The waiver may be granted to a parent institution provided that there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal impediment to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of liabilities to the parent institution pursuant to point (a) of Article 7(3). Criteria applied by the competent authority to assess that there is no obstacle to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of liabilities [free text]
040

Article 8

(Liquidity waivers for subsidiaries)

Exemption from the application on an individual basis of liquidity requirements set out in Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 The waiver may be granted to institutions within a sub-group provided that these institutions have entered into contracts that, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, provide for the free movement of funds between them to enable them to meet their individual and joint obligations as they become due pursuant to point (c) of Article 8(1). Criteria applied by the competent authority to assess whether the contracts provide for free movement of funds between the institutions in a liquidity sub-group [free text]
050

Article 9(1)

(Individual consolidation method)

Permission granted to parent institutions to incorporate subsidiaries in the calculation of their prudential requirements set out in Parts Two to Five and Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 The permission is granted only where the parent institution demonstrates fully to the competent authorities that there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal impediment to the prompt transfer of own funds, or repayment of liabilities when due by the subsidiary incorporated in the calculation of requirements to its parent institution pursuant to Article 9(2). Criteria applied by the competent authority to assess that there is no obstacle to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of liabilities [free text]
060

Article 10

(Credit institutions permanently affiliated to a central body)

Exemption from the application on an individual basis of prudential requirements set out in Parts Two to Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 Member States may maintain and make use of existing national legislation regarding the application of the waiver as long as it does not conflict with the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or Directive 2013/36/EU Applicable national law / regulation regarding the application of the waiver [reference to national text]

PART 7

Qualifying holdings in a credit institution

Directive 2013/36/EU Assessment criteria and information that is necessary for assessing the suitability of the proposed acquirer seeking to acquire a credit institution and the financial soundness of the proposed acquisition Information to be provided by the competent authority
010 Date of the last update of information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020 Article 23(1)(a) Reputation of the proposed acquirer Description on how the competent authority assesses the integrity of the proposed acquirer [free text]
030 Description on how the competent authority assesses the professional competence of the proposed acquirer [free text]
040 Practical details on the cooperation process between competent authorities pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2013/36/EU [free text]
050 Article 23(1)(b) Reputation, knowledge, skills and experience of any member of the management body or senior management who will direct the business of the credit institution Description on how the competent authority assesses the reputation, knowledge, skills and experience of members of management body and senior managers [free text]
060 Article 23(1)(c) Financial soundness of the proposed acquirer Description on how the competent authority assesses the financial soundness of the proposed acquirer [free text]
070 Practical details on the cooperation process between competent authorities pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2013/36/EU [free text]
080 Article 23(1)(d) Compliance of the credit institution with the prudential requirements Description on how the competent authority assesses whether or not the credit institution will be able to comply with the prudential requirements [free text]
090 Article 23(1)(e) Suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing Description on how the competent authority assesses whether or not there are reasonable grounds to suspect money laundering or terrorist financing [free text]
100 Practical details on the cooperation process between competent authorities pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2013/36/EU [free text]
110 Article 23(4) List specifying the information to be provided to the competent authorities at the time of notification List of information that must be provided by the proposed acquirer at the time of notification in order for the competent authority to carry out the assessment of the proposed acquirer and the proposed acquisition [free text]

PART 8

Regulatory and financial reporting

010 Date of the last update of information in this template (dd/mm/yyyy)
020 Implementation of the reporting on financial information in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation 680/2014
030 Is the application of the requirement set out in Article 99(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 extended to institutions which do not apply international accounting standards as applicable under Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002? [Yes/No]
040 If so, what accounting frameworks apply to these institutions? [free text]
050 If so, which is the level of application of the reporting? (solo/consolidated/sub-consolidated basis) [free text]
060 Is the application of requirements set out in Article 99(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 extended to financial entities other than credit institutions or investment firms? [Yes/No]
070 If so, what types of financial entities (e.g. financial firms) are subject to these reporting requirements? [free text]
080 If so, what is the size of these financial entities in terms of total balance sheet (on a solo basis)? [free text]
090 Are XBRL standards used for submitting the reporting to the competent authority? [Yes/No]
100 Implementation of the reporting on own funds and own funds requirements in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation 680/2014
110 Is the application of requirements set out in Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 extended to financial entities other than credit institutions or investment firms? [Yes/No]
120 If so, what accounting frameworks apply to these financial entities? [free text]
130 If so, what types of financial entities (e.g. financial firms) are subject to these reporting requirements? [free text]
140 If so, what is the size of these financial entities in terms of total balance sheet (on a solo basis)? [free text]
150 Are XBRL standards used for submitting the reporting to the competent authority? [Yes/No]
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Annotations

Textual amendments

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Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/912 of 28 May 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 650/2014 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the information to be disclosed by competent authorities in accordance with Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1

Hyperlink(s) to the website containing the national text transposing the Union provision in question.

f2

Detailed references to the national provisions, such as relevant Title, Chapter, paragraph etc.