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AI Summary of Article 398 Procedures to prevent institutions from avoiding the additional own funds requirement

The provisions outlined prohibit institutions from evading additional own funds requirements specified in Article 397 by artificially managing exposures that exceed the limits set by Article 395(1). Such avoidance through temporary transfers to other entities, whether within the same group or externally, is strictly disallowed, particularly if the exposure has persisted beyond a 10-day timeframe.

Furthermore, institutions are mandated to implement robust reporting systems to ensure that any transfers breaching this stipulation are promptly communicated to the relevant competent authorities. This ensures transparency and adherence to regulatory standards.

Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2014 - onwards
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Article 398 Procedures to prevent institutions from avoiding the additional own funds requirement

Institutions shall not deliberately avoid the additional own funds requirements set out in Article 397 that they would otherwise incur, on exposures exceeding the limit laid down in Article 395(1) once those exposures have been maintained for more than 10 days, by means of temporarily transferring the exposures in question to another company, whether within the same group or not, and/or by undertaking artificial transactions to close out the exposure during the 10-day period and create a new exposure.

Institutions shall maintain systems which ensure that any transfer which has the effect referred to in the first subparagraph is immediately reported to the competent authorities.