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AI Summary of Article 141 Domestic and foreign currency items

The regulatory framework stipulates that a credit assessment conducted in the obligor's domestic currency cannot be utilized to establish a risk weight for exposures in a foreign currency pertaining to that same obligor. This provision ensures distinct handling of currency-denominated exposures to mitigate potential risks.

However, an exception exists for exposures linked to loans from multilateral development banks, provided these loans are recognised for their preferred creditor status. In such cases, credit assessments on domestic currency items may be applicable, but only in relation to the guaranteed portion of the exposure. Non-guaranteed segments must adhere to risk weighting based on relevant foreign currency assessments.

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Article 141 Domestic and foreign currency items

1. A credit assessment that refers to an item denominated in the obligor's domestic currency shall not be used to derive a risk weight for an exposure on that same obligor that is denominated in a foreign currency.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where an exposure arises through an institution's participation in a loan that has been extended by, or has been guaranteed against convertibility and transfer risk by, a multilateral development bank listed in Article 117(2) the preferred creditor status of which is recognised in the market, the credit assessment on the obligor's domestic currency item may be used to derive a risk weight for an exposure on that same obligor that is denominated in a foreign currency.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, where the exposure denominated in a foreign currency is guaranteed against convertibility and transfer risk, the credit assessment on the obligor's domestic currency item may only be used for risk weighting purposes on the guaranteed part of that exposure. The part of that exposure that is not guaranteed shall be risk weighted based on a credit assessment on the obligor that refers to an item denominated in that foreign currency.