Prudential Regulation Authority Rulebook

1.

Where there are insufficient liquid assets in a given currency for credit institutions to meet the liquidity coverage ratio laid down in Article 4, one or more of the following provisions shall apply:

1. (a) the requirement on currency consistency set out in Article 8(6) shall not apply in relation to that currency;
2. (b) the credit institution may cover the deficit of liquid assets in a currency with credit facilities from the Bank of England or the central banks of third countries of that currency, provided that the facility complies with all the following requirements:
1. (i) it is contractually irrevocably committed for the next 30 calendar days;
2. (ii) it is priced with a fee which is payable regardless of the amount, if any, drawn down against that facility;
3. (iii) the fee is set in an amount such that the net yield on the assets used to secure the facility must not be higher than the net yield on a representative portfolio of liquidity assets, after adjusting for any material differences in credit risk;
3. (c) where there is a deficit of level 1 assets but there are sufficient level 2A assets, the credit institution may hold additional level 2A assets in the liquidity buffer and the caps by asset level set out in Article 17 shall be deemed amended accordingly. These additional level 2A assets shall be subject to a minimum haircut equal to 20%. Any level 2B assets held by the credit institution shall remain subject to the haircuts applicable in each case in accordance with this Chapter 2 of Title II (The Liquidity Buffer).

2.

Credit institutions shall apply the derogations provided for in paragraph 1 on an inversely proportional basis with regard to the availability of the relevant liquid assets. Credit institutions shall assess their liquidity needs for the application of this Article taking into account their ability to reduce, by sound liquidity management, the need for those liquid assets and the holdings of those assets by other market participants.

3.

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4.

The detailed conditions applicable to the use of the derogations laid down in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (CRR) Part of the PRA Rulebook.

[Note: This rule corresponds to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/61 as it applied immediately before revocation by the Treasury]