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AI Summary of Article 126 Exposures fully and completely secured by mortgages on commercial immovable property

This document outlines the risk weight assignments for exposures secured by commercial immovable property. Specifically, exposures up to 55% of property value may receive a risk weight of 60%, contingent upon the presence and seniority of liens. Additional provisions allow for adjustments based on loss rates published by competent authorities, impacting institutions’ eligibility for these favourable risk weights.

Moreover, a flexible approach permits institutions to apply specific derogations where equivalent regulatory frameworks exist in third countries, depending on their published loss rates. Such provisions aim to align risk management practices across jurisdictions, thereby encouraging prudent lending within established parameters.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2025 - onwards
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Article 126 Exposures fully and completely secured by mortgages on commercial immovable property

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For an exposure secured by commercial immovable property as referred to in Article 124(2), point (b)(i), the part of the exposure up to 55 % of the property value shall be assigned a risk weight of 60 %.

Where an institution holds a junior lien and there are more senior liens not held by that institution, to determine the part of the institution's exposure that is eligible for the 60 % risk weight, the amount of 55 % of the property value shall be reduced by the amount of the more senior liens not held by the institution.

Where liens not held by the institution rank pari passu with the lien held by the institution, to determine the part of the institution's exposure that is eligible for the 60 % risk weight, the amount of 55 % of the property value, reduced by the amount of any more senior liens not held by the institution, shall be reduced by the product of:

(a) 55 % of the property value, reduced by the amount of more senior liens, if any, both held by the institution and held by other institutions; and