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Version date: 1 October 2015 - onwards
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Article 19 Alternative liquidity approaches

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:

(a) the requirement on currency consistency set out in Article 8(6) shall not apply in relation to that currency;

(b) the credit institution may cover the deficit of liquid assets in a currency with credit facilities from the central bank in a Member State or third country of that currency, provided that the facility complies with all the following requirements:

(i) it is contractually irrevocably committed for the next 30 calendar days;

(ii) it is priced with a fee which is payable regardless of the amount, if any, drawn down against that facility;

(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.