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  3. 2019_5050 The definition of a financial sector entity with respect to ancillary services undertakings.
Question ID
2019_5050
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Other issues
Article
4
Paragraph
(1)
Subparagraph
point 18 and point 27 (c)
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
Not applicable
Name of institution / submitter
Finanstilsynet
Country of incorporation / residence
Norway
Type of submitter
Competent authority
Subject matter
The definition of a financial sector entity with respect to ancillary services undertakings.
Question
Shall Visa Inc. and/or Visa Europe be included as ancillary services undertakings and thereby as financial sector entities?
Background on the question
According to article 36 (h) and (i) of the CRR, institutions shall deduct the applicable amount of direct, indirect and synthetic holdings of CET 1 instruments of financial sector entities. There are exceptions for these deductions within certain limits. The definition of financial sector entity in Article 4 point 27 also applies to ancillary services undertakings included in the consolidated financial situation of an institution. According to article 4 point 18, "ancillary services undertaking" means an undertaking the principal activity of which consists of owning or managing property, managing data-processing services, or a similar activity which is ancillary to one or more institutions. Visa Europe is a recognized payment system and is wholly owned by Visa Inc. Visa Inc is a technology service provider to numerous institutions. As the financial industry is dependent on the systems, Visa Inc and Visa Europe might be defined as ancillary services undertakings. However, to be considered as a financial sector entity, Visa Inc. or Visa Europe must be included in the consolidated financial situation of an institution. We find it difficult to understand the rationale for the addition in article 4 point 27 that the ancillary services undertakings must be included in the consolidated financial situation of an institution to be considered a financial sector entity. If the undertaking is included on a consolidated basis of an institution, the deduction rules will not apply to this institution. If the enterprise is included on a consolidated basis of an institution other than the institution subject to the deduction rules, the risk and thus the need for the institution to make a deduction would rather be less than greater
Submission date
16/12/2019
Rejected publishing date
11/02/2022
Rationale for rejection

Please note that as part of adjustments to the Single Rulebook Q&A process, agreed by the EBA and the European Commission, it has been decided to reject outstanding questions submitted before 1 January 2020, when the Q&A process was updated as part of the last ESAs Review. In particular, the question that you have submitted has now regrettably been rejected and will not be addressed.

If you believe your question would still benefit from clarification, you are invited to resubmit your question, adapting it to reflect any legislative, regulatory or other relevant developments that may have occurred since the initial date of submission. The EBA will aim to address resubmitted questions as a matter of priority. When considering to resubmit, you are kindly requested to observe the updated admissibility criteria agreed in the context of the adjustment of the Q&A process, available in the Additional background and guidance for asking questions. We hope for your understanding.

For further information please refer to the press release and the updated Q&A page.

Status
Rejected question

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