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AI Summary of Article 506 Credit risk - credit insurance

By 30 June 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA), in collaboration with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), is mandated to report to the Commission regarding the eligibility and utilisation of credit insurance as a credit risk mitigation technique. This report will examine risk parameters, analyse the effective riskiness of exposures where credit insurance is recognised, and assess the consistency of own funds requirements with these findings.

Following this evaluation, the Commission may put forward a legislative proposal to amend the treatment of credit insurance by 31 December 2024, subject to the outcomes of the EBA's report.

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Article 506 Credit risk - credit insurance

By 30 June 2024, EBA shall, in close cooperation with EIOPA, report to the Commission on the eligibility and use of credit insurance policy as a credit risk mitigation technique, including on:

(a) the appropriateness of the associated risk parameters referred to in Part Three, Title II, Chapters 3 and 4;

(b) an analysis of the effective and observed riskiness of credit risk exposures where a credit insurance was recognised as a credit risk mitigation technique;

(c) the consistency of own funds requirements laid down in this Regulation with the outcomes of the analysis under points (a) and (b).

On the basis of that report, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal to amend the treatment applicable to credit insurance referred to in Part Three, Title II, by 31 December 2024.