I.-Without prejudice to the minimum amount provided for in VIII or 1° of VI of Article R. 613-46-3, as the case may be, resolution entities falling under VII, IX or X of Article R. 613-46-3 shall meet part of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible commitments equal to 8% of total liabilities, including own funds, by means of own funds, eligible subordinated instruments or commitments mentioned in III of Article R. 613-46-1.
II – For resolution entities falling under VII, IX or X of Article R. 613-46-3, the resolution college may lower the requirement referred to in I to a level below 8% of total liabilities, including own funds, but above the amount resulting from the application of the formula (1-(X1/X2)) × 8% of total liabilities, including own funds, if all the conditions set out in Article 72b(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 are met.
For the application of this formula, taking into account the reduction allowed under Article 72b(3) of that Regulation:
1° X1 = 3.5% of the total amount of risk exposure, calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or, where applicable, in accordance with the requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5 ;
2° X2 = the sum of 18% of the total amount of risk exposure, calculated in accordance with the same Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or, where applicable, in accordance with the amount resulting from the requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5, and the amount corresponding to the overall capital buffer requirement.
III.For resolution entities covered by Article VIII of R. 613-46-3, the resolution college shall limit the part of the minimum capital requirement and eligible commitments that must be met by own funds, subordinated eligible instruments or commitments referred to in III of Article R. 613-46-1 to an amount equal to 27% of the total amount of risk exposure, in either of the following cases:
1° If the resolution plan does not envisage access to the deposit guarantee and resolution fund during the resolution of this entity; or
2° If the college considers that the minimum requirement of own funds and eligible commitments enables it to meet the requirements mentioned in IV of Article L. 613-55-1.
In its assessment, the resolution college shall also take into account the risk of a disproportionate impact of the minimum requirement on the business model of the resolution entity concerned.
IV.The College of Resolution may decide that the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible commitments is met by resolution entities falling under VI, VIII or IX of Article R. 613-46-3 by means of own funds, subordinated eligible instruments or commitments referred to in III of Article R. 613-46-1, insofar as, due to the obligation for these entities to comply with the overall capital buffer requirement, the requirements set out in Article 92a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and those set out in I of Article L. 613-44 and in X of Article R. 613-46-2, the sum of these eligible own funds, instruments and commitments does not exceed the highest of the following values:
1° 8% of the total liabilities, including own funds, of the entity;
2° The amount resulting from the application of the formula (A × 2) + (B × 2) + (C), where A, B and C represent the following amounts:
A = the amount resulting from the requirement set out in Article 92(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or, where applicable, the amount resulting from the requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5;
B = the amount resulting from the requirement set out in II of Article L. 511-41-3, or, where applicable, the amount resulting from the requirement set out in Article L. 533-4-4 ;
C = the amount resulting from the overall capital buffer requirement.
V.-The power referred to in IV may only be exercised within the limit of 30% of the total number of resolution entities falling under VI, VIII or IX of Article R. 613-46-3 for which a minimum capital requirement and eligible commitments have been determined.
VI.When identifying resolution entities in respect of which it intends to apply the provisions of IV, the resolution college shall take into account the following factors:
1° The identification, during a previous assessment carried out pursuant to I of Article L. 613-41, of significant impediments to the resolution group being wound up or subject to resolution measures where no corrective measures have been taken following the application of the measures referred to in II of Article L. 613-42 within the timeframe imposed by the resolution college. 613-42 within the time limit imposed by the resolution board, or where the significant impediments thus identified cannot be remedied by means of one of the measures referred to in III of that same article, and where the exercise of the power referred to in IV would offset all or part of the negative impact of these significant impediments on the assessment referred to in Article L. 613-41;
2° The assessment by the collège de résolution of the limited feasibility and credibility of the resolution entity’s preferred resolution strategy, taking into account the size and importance of its links with other players in the financial system, the nature, scope of risk and complexity of its activities, as well as its legal status and shareholder structure;
3° The amount of own funds required pursuant to II of Article L. 511-41-3 places the resolution entity covered by VI, VIII or IX of Article R. 613-46-3 among the riskiest 20% of institutions for which a minimum capital requirement and eligible commitments have been determined.
For the purposes of the percentages mentioned in V and 3°, the collège de résolution rounds the number resulting from the calculation to the nearest whole number.
VII.For resolution entities not covered by VII, IX or X of Article R. 613-46-3, the resolution board may decide that part of the minimum capital requirement and eligible commitments, up to 8% of the total liabilities, including own funds, of the entity, or the amount resulting from the application of the formula set out in 2° of IV of this article, whichever is higher, is met by own funds, subordinated eligible instruments or commitments mentioned in III of Article R. 613-46-1, where the following conditions are met:
1° Certain non-subordinated commitments referred to in Article R. 613-46-1 have the same level of priority in the hierarchy of claims applied in the context of liquidation proceedings implemented pursuant to Book VI of the French Commercial Code as certain undertakings which, pursuant to I or II of Article L. 613-55-1, be written down or converted;
2° There is a risk that, as a result of a write-down or conversion applied to the non-subordinated undertakings that may be subject to these measures, the creditors whose claims arise from these undertakings will suffer greater losses than they would have suffered in the event of liquidation proceedings under Book VI of the French Commercial Code;
3° The amount of own funds and other subordinated liabilities does not exceed the amount necessary to ensure that the situation described in 2° is avoided.
When the collège de résolution notes that, within a category of liabilities comprising eligible commitments, the amount of commitments which may not, pursuant to I or II of Article L. 613-55-1, be written down or converted, or which are reasonably likely to be written down or converted, is greater than 10% of this category, it shall assess the risk referred to in 2°.
VIII.When taking a decision pursuant to IV or VII of this article, the collège de résolution shall obtain the opinion of the collège de supervision and shall take into consideration :
1° The depth of the market for the relevant resolution entity’s own funds instruments and subordinated eligible instruments, the pricing of such instruments where they exist, and the time required to execute any transactions necessary to comply with the decision ;
2° The amount of eligible commitment instruments fulfilling all the conditions set out in Article 72a of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 which have a residual maturity of less than one year at the date of the decision, to enable quantitative adjustments to be made to the requirements mentioned in IV and VII ;
3° The availability and amount of instruments meeting all the conditions set out in Articles 72a and 72b with the exception of point d of paragraph 2 of the same Regulation;
4° The importance in relation to the own funds and eligible commitments of the resolution entity of the amount of commitments that may not, under I or II of Article L. 613-55-1, to be written down or converted and which, in the context of a liquidation procedure pursuant to Book VI of the Commercial Code, rank pari passu with or below the highest-ranking eligible commitments. Where the amount of such commitments does not exceed 5% of the amount of shareholders’ equity and eligible commitments, it is considered not to be material. Above this threshold, the relative importance of these commitments is assessed by the resolution board;
5° The business model, funding model and risk profile of the resolution entity, as well as its stability and ability to contribute to the economy;
6° The impact of any restructuring costs on the recapitalisation of the resolution entity.