TITLE IV

RESOLUTION
CHAPTER IV

Resolution tools
Section 5

The bail-in tool
Subsection 4

Bail-in tool: ancillary provisions

Public equity support tool
Article 57
1
Member States may, while complying with national company law, participate in the recapitalisation of an institution or an entity referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) of this Directive by providing capital to the latter in exchange for the following instruments, subject to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013:
a
Common Equity Tier 1 instruments;
b
Additional Tier 1 instruments or Tier 2 instruments.
2
Member States shall ensure, to the extent that their shareholding in an institution or an entity referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) permits, that such institutions or entities subject to public equity support tool in accordance with this Article are managed on a commercial and professional basis.
3
Where a Member State provides public equity support tool in accordance with this Article, it shall ensure that its holding in the institution or an entity referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) is transferred to the private sector as soon as commercial and financial circumstances allow.