1. Level 2B assets shall only include assets falling under one or more of the following categories and meeting in each case the eligibility criteria laid down herein:

(a) exposures in the form of asset-backed securities meeting the requirements laid down in Article 13;

(b) corporate debt securities which meet all of the following requirements:

(i) they have received a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI which is at least credit quality step 3 in accordance with Article 122 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or the equivalent credit quality step in the event of a short term credit assessment;

(ii) the securities issue size is at least EUR 250 million (or the equivalent in domestic currency);

(iii) the maximum time to maturity of the securities at the time of issuance is 10 years;

(c) shares, provided that they meet all of the following requirements:

(i) they form part of a major stock index in a Member State or in a third country, as identified as such for the purposes of this point by the competent authority of a Member State or the relevant public authority in a third country. In the absence of any decision from the competent authority or public authority in relation to major stock indexes, credit institutions shall regard as such a stock index composed of leading companies in the relevant jurisdiction;