On June 2, 2015, the Amending Regulation setting out Regulatory Technical Standards on own funds requirements for institutions under CRD IV was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Amending Regulation applies to banks and investment firms and specifies the conditions in which a drag on own funds is disproportionate in terms of distributions on: (i) an individual Common Equity Tier 1 instrument; and (ii) the total own funds of the firm. The Amending Regulation also deals with preferential distributions regarding preferential rights to payments of distributions as well as preferential distributions regarding the order of distribution payments. The Amending Regulation enters into effect on June 22, 2015.
The Regulation is available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.135.01.0001.01.ENG.
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