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12.—(1) The Bank must publish the following information on its website—
(a)the buffer rate assessed and set by the FPC in accordance with regulation 10(1);
(b)the relevant ratio of credit to gross domestic product and its deviation from the long-term trend;
(c)the buffer guide calculated by the FPC in accordance with regulation 9;
(d)the reasons for the FPC’s decision on the level of the buffer rate.
(2) Where the FPC decides to increase the buffer rate, the Bank must publish on its website—
(a)the date from which UK institutions must apply the new buffer rate for the purposes of calculating their institution-specific countercyclical capital buffer; and
(b)any exceptional circumstances which justify any decision by the FPC to require institutions to apply the new buffer rate less than a year after it is published.
(3) Where the FPC decides to decrease the buffer rate, the Bank must publish on its website the indicative period referred to in regulation 11(3) and the FPC’s reasons for choosing that period.
(4) The Bank must take all reasonable steps to co-ordinate the timing of the publication of the buffer rate with the publication by the EEA authorities of the buffer rates for the countercyclical capital buffer in the EEA.
(5) Every quarter, the Bank must notify the ESRB of the information referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3).
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