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  3. 2014_744 Application of the Basel I floor (Article 500) and the SME factor (Article 501) // Aplicación del límite mínimo de Basilea I (art. 500) y del factor reductor de PyME (art. 501)
Question ID
2014_744
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Credit risk
Article
500
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Not applicable
Article/Paragraph
Not applicable
Type of submitter
Credit institution
Subject matter
Application of the Basel I floor (Article 500) and the SME factor (Article 501) // Aplicación del límite mínimo de Basilea I (art. 500) y del factor reductor de PyME (art. 501)
Question

When the Basel I requirements are compared to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, should the application of the SME factor specified in Article 501 be considered? Or, pursuant to Article 500(4), should only Part Three, Title II, Chapter 3 be considered and, therefore, not the application of Article 501? ¿Cuando se comparan los requerimientos de Basilea I con los requerimientos según el Reglamento (UE) No 575/2013 se debe considerar la aplicación del factor reductor de PyME especificado en el artículo 501? ¿O por el contrario y según el párrafo 4 del artículo 501 sólo se debe contemplar el capítulo 3 del título II de la parte tercera y por tanto no se contempla la aplicación del artículo 501?

Background on the question

In other words, if 80% of the capital requirements under Basel I were EUR 800 million, and the capital requirements under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 were EUR 850 million before applying the SME factor, but EUR 750 million after applying it, would the capital requirements be EUR 800 million or EUR 750 million? Dicho de otro modo, si el 80% de los requerimientos de capital según Basilea I fueran de 800MM € y los requerimientos de capital según el Reglamento (UE) No 575/2013 fueran de 850MM € antes de aplicar el factor reductor de PyME, pero de 750MM € después de aplicarlo ¿Cuales serían los requerimientos de capital: 800MM € o 750MM €?

Submission date
16/01/2014
Final answer

According to Article 500(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), institutions shall hold own funds required by Article 92, and own funds which at all times are more than or equal to 80% of the minimum amount of own funds that the institution would be required to hold under Article 4 of Directive 93/6/EEC as that Directive and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the taking up and pursuit of business of credit institutions stood prior to 1 January 2007, i.e. the Basel I regime. These are two separate calculations of the own funds requirements, both of which shall be met. The calculation of the own funds requirement under Article 500(1)(a) of the CRR takes into account the application of the SME factor under Article 501 and should be compared to the calculation of the own funds requirement under Article 500(1)(b). The higher value of the two calculations is the amount of capital required to be held by the institution.

Accordingly, the answer to the example in the background to the question is EUR 800 million.

ES TRANSLATION

De conformidad con el artículo 500, apartado 1, del Reglamento UE) nº 575/2013, las entidades dispondrán de fondos propios con arreglo al artículo 92 que en todo momento sean iguales o superiores al 80% del importe total mínimo de fondos propios de los que la entidad tendría que disponer con arreglo al artículo 4 de la Directiva 93/6/CEE, según las versiones de dicha Directiva y de la Directiva 2000/12/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 20 de marzo de 2000, relativa al acceso a la actividad de las entidades de crédito y a su ejercicio anteriores al 1 de enero de 2007, es decir, bajo el régimen de Basilea I. Estos son dos cálculos de las exigencias de fondos propios independientes entre sí, ambos de obligado cumplimiento. El cálculo de los requisitos de fondos propios con arreglo al Artículo 500, apartado 1, letra a) del Reglamento tiene en cuenta la aplicación del factor de exposiciones frente a PYME recogido en el artículo 501 y deberá ser comparado con el cálculo de los requisitos de fondos propios con arreglo al Artículo 500, apartado 1 letra b). El mayor de los dos cálculos resultantes será el importe de fondos propios que deberá mantener la entidad.

En consecuencia, la respuesta al ejemplo que subyace a la pregunta es 800 millones EUR.

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Note to Q&A

Update 16.09.2021: This Q&A has been archived in light of the change(s) in Article 500 to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), applicable from 28.06.2021.

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