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AI Summary of Article 26 Common Equity Tier 1 items

This document outlines the criteria for Common Equity Tier 1 capital, encompassing items such as capital instruments, share premium accounts, retained earnings, and reserves. Recognised items must be readily available to address immediate risks or losses. Institutions may include interim or year-end profits in their capital with prior consent from competent authorities, ensuring these profits are independently verified and any expected charges or dividends are accounted for.

Competent authorities are tasked with evaluating capital instruments against specified criteria and may approve subsequent issuances under certain conditions. The EBA will maintain a list of qualifying instruments and may exclude those failing to meet the established criteria, ensuring a robust regulatory framework.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 27 June 2019 - onwards
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Article 26 Common Equity Tier 1 items

1. Common Equity Tier 1 items of institutions consist of the following:

(a) capital instruments, provided that the conditions laid down in Article 28 or, where applicable, Article 29 are met;

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

(c) retained earnings;

(d) accumulated other comprehensive income;

(e) other reserves;

(f) funds for general banking risk.

The items referred to in points (c) to (f) shall be recognised as Common Equity Tier 1 only where they are available to the institution for unrestricted and immediate use to cover risks or losses as soon as these occur.