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Article 120 Exposures to rated institutions

1. Exposures to institutions for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is available shall be assigned a risk weight in accordance with Table 1 which corresponds to the credit assessment of the ECAI in accordance with Article 136.

Table 1

Credit quality step

1

2

3

4

5

6

Risk weight

20 %

30 %

50 %

100 %

100 %

150 %

2. Exposures to institutions with an original maturity of three months or less for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is available and exposures which arise from the movement of goods across national borders with an original maturity of six months or less and for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is available, shall be assigned a risk weight in accordance with Table 2 which corresponds to the credit assessment of the ECAI in accordance with Article 136.

Table 2

Credit quality step

1

2

3

4

5

6

Risk weight

20 %

20 %

20 %

50 %

50 %