PART 3Amendment of the CRA Regulation
Article 3 (definitions)I135
In Article 3 of the CRA Regulation, in paragraph 1 for the definition of ‘structured finance instrument’M1 substitute—
‘securitisation instrument’ means a financial instrument or other assets resulting from a securitisation transaction or scheme whereby the credit risk associated with an exposure or pool of exposures is tranched, having the following characteristics:
- i
payments in the transaction or scheme are dependent upon the performance of the exposure or pool of exposures;
- ii
the subordination of tranches determines the distribution of losses during the ongoing life of the transaction or scheme; and
- iii
the transaction or scheme does not create exposures which possess all of the characteristics listed in Article 147(8) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;