BEL CB Portugal IRB Retail Exposures


On Jul. 3, BEL CB informed of reciprocity on 4% rate for mortgages.


  • BEL CB informed of a 4 % sectoral systemic risk buffer rate on all IRB retail exposures to natural persons secured by residential real estate collateral, located in Portugal.
  • Follows EU ESRB May 2024 issued Rec ESRB/2023/13 re POR measures, see #113018.
  • Main Points
  • This measure of reciprocity includes both non-defaulted and defaulted exposures.
  • It must be applied by Belgian credit institutions under art 133 of CRD, on the highest level of consolidation, with application of a materiality threshold of €1 bn.
  • Effectiveness
  • The measure will be applied from Oct. 1, 2024, in accordance with art 1, § 3 of the BEL CB regulation of Feb. 24, 2016 approved by the Royal Decree of May 20, 2016.

Regulators BEL CB
Entity Types Bank; MG Orig
Reference PR, 7/3/2024; CRD/CRR Dir 2013/36, Reg 575/2013; sSyRB
Functions Compliance; Financial; Product Administration; Product Design; Reporting; Risk
Countries Belgium; Portugal; Cross-Border
Category
State
Products Banking; Loan; Mortgage
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 7/3/2024
Effective Date 10/1/2024
Rule Id 218351
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 7/3/2024
Report Section EU

Last substantive update on 07/08/2024