The Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Regulations 34A and 34B (insertion of new paragraphs) U.K.

21.  After regulation 34 (supervisory powers: own funds) insert—

“Supervisory review and evaluation process

34A.— (1) The competent authority must review the arrangements, strategies, processes and mechanisms implemented by an institution to comply with Directive 2013/36/EU UK law and the capital requirements regulation and evaluate—

[F1 (a) in the case of the PRA—

(i) risks to which that institution is or might be exposed, and

(ii) risks revealed by stress testing, taking account of the nature, scale and complexity of that institution’s activities;

(b) in the case of the FCA—

(i) the risks referred to in paragraph (a), and

(ii) the risks that institution poses to the UK financial system.]

(2) On the basis of the review and evaluation referred to in paragraph (1), the competent authority must determine whether the arrangements, strategies, processes and mechanisms implemented by an institution and the own funds and liquidity held by it ensures a sound management and coverage of its risks.

(3) The competent authority must establish the frequency and intensity of the review and evaluation referred to in paragraph (1) having regard to the size, systemic importance, nature, scale and complexity of the activities of the institution concerned.

Ongoing review of the permission to use internal approaches

34B.— (1) The competent authority must review on a regular basis, and at least every 3 years, an institution's compliance with the requirements regarding internal approaches that require permission by the competent authorities before using such internal approaches for the calculation of own funds requirements in accordance with Part 3 of the capital requirements regulation.

(2) In its review the competent authority must have particular regard to changes in an institution's business and to the implementation of those approaches to new products.

(3) Where material deficiencies are identified in risk capture by an institution's internal approaches, the competent authority must ensure these are rectified, or take appropriate steps to mitigate their consequences, including by imposing higher multiplication factors, or imposing capital add-ons, or taking other appropriate and effective measures.

(4) The competent authority must in particular review and assess whether the institution uses well developed and up-to-date techniques and practices for its internal approaches.

(5) If for an internal market risk model numerous overshootings referred to in Article 366 of the capital requirements regulation indicate that the model is not or is no longer sufficiently accurate, the competent authority must revoke the permission for using the internal model or impose appropriate measures to ensure that the model is improved promptly.

(6) If an institution has received permission to apply an approach that requires permission by the competent authority before using such an approach for the calculation of own funds requirements in accordance with Part 3 of the capital requirements regulation but no longer meets the requirements imposed as part of the grant of permission for applying that internal approach, the competent authority must require the institution either to satisfy the competent authority that the effect of non-compliance is immaterial where applicable in accordance with the capital requirements regulation or to present a plan for the timely restoration of compliance with the requirements and set a deadline for its implementation.

(7) The competent authority must require improvements to that plan if it is unlikely to result in full compliance or if the deadline is inappropriate.

(8) If the institution is unlikely to be able to restore compliance within an appropriate deadline and, where applicable, has not satisfactorily demonstrated that the effect of non-compliance is immaterial, the permission to use the internal approach must be revoked or limited to compliant areas or those where compliance can be achieved within an appropriate deadline.”M1 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 21 substituted (27.11.2020) by The Financial Holding Companies (Approval etc.) and Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1406), regs. 1(2), 11

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 21 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 The powers in regulation 34A(1) are restated from Article 97(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU, the powers in regulation 34A(2) are restated from Article 97(3) of Directive 2013/36/EU, the powers in regulation 34A(3) are restated from Article 97(4) of Directive 2013/36/EU, the powers in regulation 34B(1) to (3) are restated from Article 101(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU, the powers in regulation 34B(4) are restated from Article 101(2) of Directive 2013/36/EU, the powers in regulation 34B(5) are restated from Article 101(3) of Directive 2013/36/EU, and the powers in regulation 34B(6) to (8) are restated from Article 101(4) of Directive 2013/36/EU.