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Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 15 March 2013 - onwards
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Article 33 Access to liquidity

1. A CCP shall maintain, in each relevant currency, liquid resources commensurate with its liquidity requirements, defined in accordance with Article 44 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and Article 32 of this Regulation. These liquid resources shall be limited to:

(a) cash deposited at a central bank of issue;

(b) cash deposited at authorised credit institutions in accordance with Article 47;

(c) committed lines of credit or equivalent arrangements with non-defaulting clearing members;

(d) committed repurchase agreements;

(e) highly marketable financial instruments that satisfy the requirements of Article 45 and Article 46 and that the CCP can demonstrate are readily available and convertible into cash on a same-day basis using prearranged and highly reliable funding arrangements, including in stressed market conditions.

2. A CCP shall have regard to the currencies in which its liabilities are denominated and shall take into account the potential effect of stressed conditions on its ability to access foreign exchange markets in a manner consistent with the securities settlement cycles of foreign exchange and securities settlement systems.