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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)
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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)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions(1), and in particular Article 4(1)(d) and the second subparagraph of Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) has introduced a new procedure whereby the permission of the competent authority is required for the inclusion of interim profits or year-end profits in Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital before an institution has taken a formal decision confirming the final profit or loss of the institution for the year. Such permission is granted where the following two conditions are met: profits have been verified by persons independent of the institution that are responsible for the auditing of the accounts of that institution; and the institution has demonstrated that any foreseeable charge or dividend has been deducted from the amount of those profits.
(2) Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014(3) specify the meaning of ‘foreseeable’ for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014(4) lays down uniform requirements in relation to supervisory reporting.
(4) In accordance with Article 4(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, the European Central Bank (ECB) is the competent authority responsible for granting permission to credit institutions under its direct supervision to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital, where the abovementioned conditions are met.
(5) Taking into account the fact that Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 has harmonised the approach to the deduction of foreseeable dividends from interim or year-end profits for the purposes of granting the permission referred to in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, permission to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital should be granted when certain conditions are met.
(6) In cases where the conditions to apply this Decision are not met the ECB will individually assess requests for permission to include interim or year-end profits in CET1 capital,
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C1Decision: power to modify conferred (11.7.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), ss. 3, 86(3), Sch. 1 Pts. 1, 3; S.I. 2023/779, reg. 2(d)
(2)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).
(3)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 of 7 January 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for Own Funds requirements for institutions (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 8).
(4)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 of 16 April 2014 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to supervisory reporting of institutions according to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 191, 28.6.2014, p. 1).
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