1. The following exposures shall be excluded from the requirements set out in Article 37:

(a) exposures which are entirely deducted from an investment firm’s own funds;

(b) exposures incurred in the ordinary course of the settlement of payment services, foreign currency transactions, securities transactions and the provision of money transmission;

(c) exposures constituting claims against:

(i) central governments, central banks, public sector entities, international organisations or multilateral development banks and exposures guaranteed by or attributable to such persons, where those exposures receive a 0 % risk weight under Articles 114 to 118 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013;

(ii) the regional governments and local authorities of countries that are members of the European Economic Area;

(iii) central counterparties and default fund contributions to central counterparties.

2. Competent authorities may fully or partially exempt the following exposures from the application of Article 37:

(a) covered bonds;