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AI Summary of Article 468 Temporary treatment of unrealised gains and losses measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

This document outlines a derogation from Article 35, permitting institutions to exclude certain unrealised gains and losses from their Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) calculation until 31 December 2025. Specifically, institutions can exclude amounts determined by the formula A = a ∙ f, where 'a' reflects unrealised gains or losses on fair value changes of specified debt instruments, and 'f' is set to 1 during this temporary treatment period.

Institutions opting for this treatment must notify the competent authority 45 days prior to reporting. They are also required to recalculate relevant capital requirements and disclose key capital ratios, both with and without the temporary treatment applied.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 9 July 2024 - onwards
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Article 468 Temporary treatment of unrealised gains and losses measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

1.By way of derogation from Article 35, until 31 December 2025 (the "period of temporary treatment"), institutions may remove from the calculation of their Common Equity Tier 1 items the amount A, determined in accordance with the following formula:

A = a ∙ f

where:

a =the amount of unrealised gains and losses accumulated since 31 December 2019 accounted for as "fair value changes of debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income" in the balance sheet, corresponding to exposures to central governments, to regional governments or to local authorities referred to in Article 115(2) of this Regulation and to public sector entities referred to in Article 116(4) of this Regulation, excluding those financial assets that are credit-impaired as defined in Appendix A to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 ("Annex relating to IFRS 9"); and

f = the factor applicable for each reporting year during the period of temporary treatment in accordance with paragraph 2.

2. Institutions shall apply the factor f with a value equal to 1 until 31 December 2025 to calculate the amount A referred to in paragraph 1.