Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 78Protection for security arrangements

1.Member States shall ensure that there is appropriate protection for liabilities secured under a security arrangement so as to prevent one of the following:

(a)the transfer of assets against which the liability is secured unless that liability and benefit of the security are also transferred;

(b)the transfer of a secured liability unless the benefit of the security are also transferred;

(c)the transfer of the benefit of the security unless the secured liability is also transferred; or

(d)the modification or termination of a security arrangement through the use of ancillary powers, if the effect of that modification or termination is that the liability ceases to be secured.

2.Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where necessary in order to ensure availability of the covered deposits the resolution authority may:

(a)transfer covered deposits which are part of any of the arrangements mentioned in paragraph 1 without transferring other assets, rights or liabilities that are part of the same arrangement; and

(b)transfer, modify or terminate those assets, rights or liabilities without transferring the covered deposits