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Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2019 - onwards
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Article 21 Requirements relating to standardisation

1. The originator, sponsor or original lender shall satisfy the risk-retention requirement in accordance with Article 6.

2. The interest-rate and currency risks arising from the securitisation shall be appropriately mitigated and any measures taken to that effect shall be disclosed. Except for the purpose of hedging interest-rate or currency risk, the SSPE shall not enter into derivative contracts and shall ensure that the pool of underlying exposures does not include derivatives. Those derivatives shall be underwritten and documented according to common standards in international finance.

3. Any referenced interest payments under the securitisation assets and liabilities shall be based on generally used market interest rates, or generally used sectoral rates reflective of the cost of funds, and shall not reference complex formulae or derivatives.

4. Where an enforcement or an acceleration notice has been delivered: