Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

Article 486 Limits for grandfathering of items within Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 items

1. During the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2021, the extent to which instruments and items referred to in Article 484 shall qualify as own funds shall be limited in accordance with this Article.

2. The amount of items referred to in Article 484(3) that shall qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 items is limited to the applicable percentage of the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph:

(a) the nominal amount of capital referred to in Article 484(3) that were in issue on 31 December 2012;

(b) the share premium accounts related to the items referred to in point (a).

3. The amount of items referred to in Article 484(4) that shall qualify as Additional Tier 1 items is limited to the applicable percentage multiplied by the result of subtracting from the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph the sum of the amounts specified in points (c) to (f) of this paragraph:

(a) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(4), that remained in issue on 31 December 2012;

(b) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (a);

(c) the amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(4) which on 31 December 2012 exceeded the limits specified in the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 66(1) and Article 66(1a) of Directive 2006/48/EC;

(d) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (c);

(e) the nominal amount of instruments referred to Article 484(4) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 but do not qualify as Additional Tier 1 instruments pursuant to Article 489(4);

(f) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (e).

4. The amount of items referred to in Article 484(5) that shall qualify as Tier 2 items is limited to the applicable percentage of the result of subtracting from the sum of the amounts specified in points (a) to (d) of this paragraph the sum of amounts specified in points (e) to (h) of this paragraph:

(a) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(5) that remained in issue on 31 December 2012;

(b) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (a);

(c) the nominal amount of subordinated loan capital that remained in issue on 31 December, reduced by the amount required pursuant to national transposition measures for point (c) of Article 64(3) of Directive 2006/48/EC;

(d) the nominal amount of items referred to in Article 484(5), other than the instruments and subordinated loan capital referred to in points (a) and (c) of this paragraph, that were in issue on 31 December 2012;

(e) the nominal amount of instruments and items referred to in Article 484(5) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 that exceeded the limits specified in the national transposition measures for point (a) of Article 66(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC;

(f) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (e);

(g) the nominal amount of instruments referred to in Article 484(5) that were in issue on 31 December 2012 that do not qualify as Tier 2 items pursuant to Article 490(4);

(h) the share premium accounts related to the instruments referred to in point (g).

5. For the purposes of this Article, the applicable percentages referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 shall fall within the following ranges:

(a) 60 % to 80 % during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014;

(b) 40 % to 70 % during the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015;

(c) 20 % to 60 % during the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;

(d) 0 % to 50 % during the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017;

(e) 0 % to 40 % during the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;

(f) 0 % to 30 % during the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;

(g) 0 % to 20 % during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;

(h) 0 % to 10 % during the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

6. Competent authorities shall determine and publish the applicable percentages in the ranges specified in paragraph 5.