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Version date: 27 June 2020 - 31 December 2024
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Article 501a Adjustment to own funds requirements for credit risk for exposures to entities that operate or finance physical structures or facilities, systems and networks that provide or support essential public services

1. Own funds requirements for credit risk calculated in accordance with Title II of Part III shall be multiplied by a factor of 0,75, provided that the exposure complies with all the following criteria:

(a) the exposure is included either in the corporate exposure class or in the specialised lending exposures class, with the exclusion of exposures in default;

(b) the exposure is to an entity which was created specifically to finance or operate physical structures or facilities, systems and networks that provide or support essential public services;

(c) the source of repayment of the obligation is represented for not less than two thirds of its amount by the income generated by the assets being financed, rather than the independent capacity of a broader commercial enterprise, or by subsidies, grants or funding provided by one or more of the entities listed in points (b)(i) and (b)(ii) of paragraph 2;

(d) the obligor can meet its financial obligations even under severely stressed conditions that are relevant for the risk of the project;