Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/345Show full title

Article 2 U.K. General criteria

1. When performing the valuation the valuer shall consider circumstances affecting the expected cash flows of, and discount rates applicable to an entity's assets and liabilities, and shall aim to fairly represent the entity's financial position in the context of the opportunities and risks it deals with.

2. The valuer shall disclose and justify the key assumptions used in the valuation. Any significant deviation in the valuation from the assumptions used by the entity's management in the preparation of financial statements and in the calculation of the entity's regulatory capital and capital requirements shall be supported by the best available information.

3. The valuer shall provide the best point estimate of the value of a given asset, liability, or combinations thereof. Where appropriate, the results of the valuation shall also be provided in the form of value ranges.

4. Criteria laid down in this Regulation for the measurement of individual assets and liabilities of an entity, shall also apply to the measurement of portfolios or groups of assets or combined assets and liabilities, businesses, or the entity considered as a whole, as the circumstances require.

5. The valuation shall subdivide creditors in classes according to their priority ranking under applicable insolvency law, and shall include the following estimates:

(a) the value of claims of each class according to the applicable insolvency law and, where relevant and feasible, according to the contractual rights conferred on claimants;

(b) the proceeds each class would receive if the entity were wound-up under normal insolvency proceedings;

When calculating the estimates pursuant to points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, the valuer may apply the criteria set out in Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/344 of 14 November 2017 supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria relating to the methodologies for valuation of difference in treatment in resolution as appropriate.

6. Where appropriate and feasible, taking into account timing and credibility of the valuation, the resolution authority may request several valuations. In that case, the resolution authority shall establish the criteria to determine how these valuations shall be used for the purposes set out in Article 36 of Directive 2014/59/EU.