Article 1Mapping tables under the standardised approach

The correspondence of the rating categories of each ECAI for securitisation positions subject to the standardised approach with the credit quality steps under the standardised approach set out in Table 1 of Article 251 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 is that set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2Mapping tables under the ratings-based method

The correspondence of the rating categories of each ECAI for securitisation positions subject to the IRB approach with the credit quality steps set out in Table 4 of Article 261(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 is that set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3Entry into Force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 October 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker