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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1623 32024R1623 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
dates added to the text: 2024-07-09, 2024-12-31, 2025-12-31, 2026-12-31 · dates removed: 2025-06-28
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The heading changes from referring to exposures related to environmental and/or social objectives to exposures to environmental or social factors, and the article is now organised into numbered paragraphs (1) and (2) rather than unnumbered prose.
The list of matters EBA must assess is rewritten, dropping the prior three items on methodologies, physical/transition risk criteria and financial-stability effects, and replacing them with five items covering ESG data availability, a standardised methodology in consultation with EIOPA, comparative riskiness assessment referencing BCBS developments, short/medium/long-term effects, and targeted enhancements to the current framework.
The single reporting deadline of 28 June 2025 is replaced by a staggered set of deadlines of 9 July 2024, 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025 tied to specific assessment points, and the Commission's legislative proposal is now to be submitted by 31 December 2026 rather than without a stated date.
Cited: Art. 501c, v1 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 501c, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 9 January 2024 02013R0575-20240109
Article 501c Prudential treatment of exposures related to environmental and/or social objectives EBA, after consulting the ESRB, shall, on the basis of available data and the findings of the Commission High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, assess whether a dedicated prudential treatment of exposures related to assets, including securitisations, or activities associated substantially with environmental and/or social objectives would be justified. In particular, EBA shall assess: (a) methodologies for the assessment of the effective riskiness of exposures related to assets and activities associated substantially with environmental and/or social objectives compared to the riskiness of other exposure; (b) the development of appropriate criteria for the assessment of physical risks and transition risks, including the risks related to the depreciation of assets due to regulatory changes; (c) the potential effects of a dedicated prudential treatment of exposures related to assets and activities which are associated substantially with environmental and/or social objectives on financial stability and bank lending in the Union. EBA shall submit a report on its findings to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission by 28 June 2025. On the basis of that report, the Commission shall, if appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal.
this version, in force 9 July 2024 02013R0575-20240709
Article 501c Prudential treatment of exposures to environmental or social factors 1. EBA, after consulting the ESRB, shall, on the basis of available data, assess whether the dedicated prudential treatment of exposures related to assets or liabilities, subject to the impact of environmental or social factors is to be adjusted. In particular, EBA shall assess: (a) the availability and accessibility of reliable and consistent ESG data for each exposure class determined in accordance with Part Three, Title II; (b) in consultation with EIOPA, the feasibility of introducing a standardised methodology to identify and qualify the exposures, for each exposure class determined in accordance with Part Three, Title II, based on a common set of principles to ESG risk classification, using the information on transition risk and physical risk indicators made available by sustainability disclosure reporting frameworks adopted in the Union and where available internationally, the guidance and conclusions coming from the supervisory stress-testing or scenario analysis of climate-related financial risks conducted by EBA or the competent authorities and if appropriately reflecting the ESG risks, the relevant ESG score of the credit risk rating by a nominated ECAI; (c) the effective riskiness of exposures related to assets and activities subject to the impact of environmental or social factors compared to the riskiness of other exposures and the possible additional and more comprehensive revisions to the framework that should be considered, taking into consideration the developments agreed at international level by the BCBS; (d) the potential short, medium and long-term effects of an adjusted dedicated prudential treatment of exposures related to assets and activities subject to the impact of environmental or social factors on financial stability and bank lending in the Union; (e) the targeted enhancements that could be considered within the current prudential framework. 2. EBA shall submit successive reports on its findings to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission by the following dates: (a) 9 July 2024 for the assessments required under paragraph 1, point (e); (b) 31 December 2024 for the assessments required under paragraph 1, points (a) and (b); (c) 31 December 2025 for the assessments required under paragraph 1, points (c) and (d). On the basis of those EBA reports, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal by 31 December 2026.