52 Amendments of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2015/0226(COD)
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) A sponsor should be able to delegate tasks to a servicer, but should remain responsible for all its obligations under this Regulation.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is important that the interests of originators, sponsors and original lenders that transform exposures into tradableare involved in a securitiesation and investors are aligned. To achieve this, the originator, sponsor or original lender should retain a significant interest in the underlying exposures of the securitisation. It is therefore important for the originators or the sponsors to retain a material net economic exposure to the underlying risks in question. More generally, securitisation transactions should not be structured in such a way so as to avoid the application of the retention requirement. That requirement should be applicable in all situations where the economic substance of a securitisation is applicable, whatever legal structures or instruments are used. There is no need for multiple applications of the retention requirement. For any given securitisation, it suffices that only the originator, the sponsor or the original lender is subject to the requirement. Similarly, where securitisation transactions contain other securitisations positions as underlying exposures, the retention requirement should be applied only to the securitisation which is subject to the investment. The STS notification indicate to investors that originators are retaining a material net economic exposure to the underlying risks. Certain exceptions should be made for cases when securitised exposures are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by in particular public authorities. In case support from public resources provided in the form of guarantees or by other means, any provisions in this Regulation are without prejudice to State aid rules.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In synthetic securitisations which are not 'true sale', the underlying exposures are not transferred to such an issuer entity, but rather the credit risk related to the underlying exposures is transferred by means of a derivative contract or guarantees. This introduces an additional counterparty credit risk and potential complexity related in particular to the content of the derivative contract. To date, no analysis on an international level or Union level has been sufficient to identify STS criteria for those types of securitisation instruments. An assessment in the future of whether some synthetic securitisations that have performed well during the financial crisis and are simple, transparent and standardised are therefore eligible to qualify as STS would be essential. On this basis, the Commission will assess whether securitisations which are not 'true sale' should be covered by the STS designation in a future proposal.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For securitisation positions outstanding as of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, originators, sponsors and SSPEs may use the designation 'STS' provided that the securitisation complies with certain of the STS requirements specified in this Regulation. Therefore, originators, sponsors and SSPEs should be able to submit an STS notification pursuant to Article 14 (1) of this Regulation to ESMA.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The due diligence requirements are essentially taken over from existing Union law and should thus apply to securitisations issued on or after 1 January 2011 and to securitisations issued before that date, where new underlying exposures have been added or substituted after 31 December 2014. The relevant articles of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014 that specify the risk retention requirements for credit institutions and investments firms as defined in Article 4(1) (1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 2013/575 should remain applicable until the moment that the regulatory technical standards on risk retention pursuant to this Regulation become of application. For reasons of legal certainty, credit institutions or investment firms, insurance undertakings, reinsurance undertakings and alternative investment fund managers should, for securitisation positions outstanding as ofs falling within the scope of Article 404 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 immediately prior to the entry into force of this Regulation; continue to be subject to Article 405 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and to Chapter 1, 2 and 3 and Article 22 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014, Articles 254 and 255 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 and Article 51 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 respectively. Those Articles, and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 for relevant transactions established prior to the adoption of updated regulatory technical standards, should be read in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and Article 22 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014. In order to ensure that originators, sponsors and SSPE's comply with their transparency obligations , until the moment that the regulatory technical standards to be adopted by the Commission pursuant to this Regulation apply, make the information mentioned by Annexes I to VIII of Delegated Regulation 2015/3/EU available to the website referred to in Article 5 (4) of this Regulation.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies to institutional investors becoming exposed to securitisation andthe credit risk of a securitisation. This Regulation also applies to originators, original lenders, sponsors and securitisation special purpose entities, in each case, provided that the relevant entity is established in the Union and is involved in the securitisation.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) 'asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) transaction' or 'ABCP transaction’ means a securitisation withinfunded in whole or part by an ABCP programme;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) 'investor' means a person holding securitiesa credit risk exposure resulting from a securitisation;
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18 a) 'securitisation position' means a credit exposure to a securitisation;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An institutional investor, other than the originator, sponsor or original lender of a securitisation, shall verify before becoming exposed to athe credit risk of the securitisation that:
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where the originator or original lender is not a credit institution or investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), points (1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, the originator or original lender grants all itsrelevant credits on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply these criteria and processes;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the originator, sponsor or original lender retains a material net economic interest in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation and discloses it to the institutional investor in accordance with: (i) Article 54, in the case of a securitisation issued on or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation or of a securitisation to which this Regulation applies pursuant to Article 28(4a); or (ii) any applicable requirements under Article 28(4b), in the case of a securitisation issued prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) one or more of the originator, sponsor andor SSPE has makde available the information required by Article 5 of this Regulation in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided in that Article; , or agreed to make available, sufficient information for the purposes of making the assessments referred to in Article 3(2) and Article 3(3) of this Regulation;
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Before becoming exposed to the credit risk of a securitisation, institutional investors shall also carry out a due diligence assessment commensurate with the risks involved including at least the following aspects:
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Institutional investors that are exposed to the credit risk of a securitisation shall at least:
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Article, where an institutional investor has given investment firms or regulated asset managers the power to make investment management decisions that might expose it to a securitisation, the institutional investor may instruct those investment firms or regulated asset managers to fulfil its obligations under this Article in respect of any exposure to a securitisation arising from such decisions. Member States shall ensure that where an institutional investor is instructed pursuant to this paragraph to fulfil the obligations of another institutional investor and fails to do so, any sanction that may be imposed for the purposes of Article 17 and 18, shall be imposed on the managing institutional investor and not the institutional investor who is exposed to the securitisation.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The originator, sponsor andor SSPE of a securitisation shall, in accordance with paragraph 2, makeensure that: (a) in the case of a public securitisation, at least the following information available to holders of a securitisation position and to theset out in paragraph 1a is made publicly available; (b) in the case of a private securitisation, at least the information set out in paragraph 1b is made available to investors and, upon request, to national competent authorities as referred to in Article 15 of this Regulation.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
(iii) information about the risk retained, including who retains it and how it is retained, in accordance with: - Article 4 and the information required pursuant to paragraph 3, in the case of a securitisation issued on or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation or of a securitisation to which this Regulation applies pursuant to Article 28(4a); or - any applicable requirements under Article 28(4b), in the case of a securitisation issued prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the information that the originator, sponsor andor SSPE should provide to comply with their obligations under paragraph 1(a) and (d) and the format thereof by means of standardised templates;
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Third country equivalence For the purposes of this Regulation, the obligation of originators or original lenders that are established in a third country to comply with Articles 3 and 4 shall be deemed to be met if the originators or original lenders comply with the legal framework applying to securitisation of that third country.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b Criteria for credit-granting 1. Originators and original lenders shall apply to exposures to be securitised the same sound and well-defined criteria for credit-granting which they apply to non-securitised exposures. To that end, the same clearly established processes for approving and, where relevant, amending, renewing and re-financing credits shall be applied. Originators and original lenders shall have effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes in order to ensure that credit-granting is based on a thorough assessment of the obligor's creditworthiness taking appropriate account of factors relevant to verifying the prospect of the obligor to meet his obligations under the credit agreement. 2. Where an originator purchases a third party's exposures for its own account and then securitises them, that originator shall verify that the entity which was, directly or indirectly, involved in the original agreement which created the obligations or potential obligations to be securitised fulfils the requirements in accordance with the first paragraph.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Securitisations, except ABCP programmes, ABCP transactions and other private securitisations, that meet the requirements in Articles 8, 9 and 10 of this Regulation shall be considered 'STS'.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
Article 8 – paragraph 8
8. The debtors or the guarantors shall have, at the time of transfer of the exposures, have made at least one payment, except in the case of revolving securitisations backed by personal overdraft facilities, credit card receivables, trade receivabexposures payable in a single instalment or having a maturity of less and dealer floorplan finance loans or exposures payable in a single instalmentthan one year, including without limitation monthly payments on revolving credits.
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The originator, sponsor or the original lender shall satisfy the risk retention requirement in accordance with Article 4retain a material net economic interest in accordance with: (a) Article 4, in the case of a securitisation issued on or after the day of entry into force of this Regulation or otherwise of a securitisation to which this Regulation applies pursuant to Article 28(4a); or (b) any applicable requirements under Article 28(4b), in the case of a securitisation issued prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The originator, sponsor and SSPE shall be jointly responsible for compliancecomply with Article 5 of this Regulation and shall make all information required by Article 5(1) (a) available to potential investors, in accordance with paragraph 4a, before pricing. The originator and, sponsor and SSPE shall make the information required by Article 5 (1) (b) to (e) available before pricing at least in draft or initial form, where permissible under Article 3 of Directive 2003/71/ECa) (b) to (e) and 5(1b) (b) to (e) available, in accordance with paragraph 4a of this Article, before pricing at least in draft or initial form. The originator, sponsor and SSPE shall make the final documentation available to investors, in accordance with paragraph 8a, at the latest 15 days after closing of the transaction.
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For public securitisations, the information referred to in paragraph 4 shall be made publicly available. For private securitisations, the information referred to in paragraph 4 shall be made available to investors and, upon request, to national competent authorities.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Requirements for ABCP and private Securitisation
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Simple, transparent and standardised ABCP Securitiprogrammes, ABCP transactions and private securitisations
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
ABCP transactions and other private securitisations shall be considered 'STS' where the ABCP programme complies with the requirements in Article 13 of this Regulation and all transactions within that ABCP programme fulfil the requirements in Article 12.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Transactions within an ABCP programmeABCP and private securitisations shall be backed by a pool of underlying exposures that are homogeneous in terms of asset type and shall have a remaining weighted average life of no more than twofive years and none shall have a residual maturity of longer than threeseven years. The underlying exposures shall not include loans secured by residential or commercial mortgages or fully guaranteed residential loans, as referred to in paragraph 1(e) of Article 129 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. The underlying exposures shall contain contractually binding and enforceable obligations with full recourse to debtors with defined payment streams relating to rental, principal, interest, or related to any other right to receive income from assets warranting such payments. The underlying exposures shall not include transferable securities, as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU.
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Any referenced interest payments underFor the purposes of Article 9(3), in an ABCP transaction, the interest rate or other return on the securitisation transaction's assets and liabilities shall be based on generally used market interest rates, but shall not reference complex formulae or derivativesto the ABCP programme may be based on the ABCP programme's cost of funds, including, but not limited to, the costs of issuing commercial paper.
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The underlying exposures shall be originated in the ordinary course of the seller's business pursuant to underwriting standards that are not less stringent than those that the seller applies to origination of similar exposures that are not securitised. Material changes in underwriting standards shall be fully disclosed to potential investorsthe sponsor and other parties directly exposed to the ABCP transaction without undue delay. In the case of securitisations where the underlying exposures are residential loans, the pool of loans shall not include any loan that was marketed and underwritten on the premise that the loan applicant or, where applicable intermediaries, were made aware that the information provided might not be verified by the lender. The seller shall have expertisience in originating exposures of a similar nature to those securitised.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. All transactions within an ABCP programme shall fulfil the requirements of Article 12 of this Regulationset out in paragraphs (1a) to (1d), (1h) to (1j) and (3) to (7) of Article 12. At all times, at least 70 % of the aggregate amount of the exposures underlying the transactions within an ABCP programme and which are funded by the programme shall fulfil the requirements set out in paragraphs (1e) to (1g) and (2) of Article 12 . For a period of two years from … [ date of entry into force of this Regulation] up to 20 % of that aggregate amount may be exposures to securitisation transactions that do not fulfil those requirements.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) the responsibilities of the trustee and other entities, if any, with fiduciary duties to investors;
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) contractual obligations, duties and responsibilities of the sponsor, and its management team, who shall have expertise in credit underwriting, the trustee, if any, and other ancillary service providers;
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point d
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point f – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point f – paragraph 1
that upon specified events, default or insolvency of the sponsor remedial steps shall be provided for to achieve, as appropriate, collateralisation of the funding commitment or replacement of the liquidity facility provider. In case the liquidity facility provider does not renew the funding commitment, in case the liquidity facility provider does not renew the funding commitment under a liquidity facility within 30 days ofbefore its expiry, the liquidity facility shall be drawn down, and used to repay the maturing securities shall be repaid and the transactions shall cease to purchase exposures while amortising the existing underlying exposures.
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. The originator,programme sponsor and SSPEissuer shall be jointly responsible for compliance at ABCP programme level with Article 5 of this Regulationcomply with Article 5 and shall make all information required by Article 5(1) (a) available to potential investorsin accordance with paragraph 8a of this Article, before pricing. The originator, sponsor and SSPE shall make the information required by Article 5 (1) (b) to (e) available before pricing at least in draft or initial form, where permissible under Article 3 of Directive 2003/71/ECa)(b) to (e) and 5(1b)(b) to (e) available in accordance with paragraph 8a, at least in draft or initial form, before pricing . The originator, sponsor and SSPE shall make the final documentation available to investorsin accordance with paragraph 8a at the latest 15 days after closing of the transaction
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. For public securitisations, the information referred to in paragraph 8 shall be made publicly available. For private securitisations, the information referred to in paragraph 8 shall be made available to investors and, upon request, to national competent authorities.
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities shall ensurequire that risks arising from securitisation transactions, including reputational risks, are evaluated and addressed through appropriate policies and procedures of originators, sponsors, SSPE's and original lenders.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Competent authorities, when determining the type and level of an administrative sanction or remedial measure imposed under Article 17 of this Regulation, shall take into account all relevant circumstances, including, the extent to which the infringement is intentional or results from a factual error, and where appropriate:
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 (new)
3. Sanctions shall be applied in a proportionate manner, which includes consideration of the nature of the breach.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1Directive 2009/65/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 1Directive 2009/65/EC
Article 50a
Article 50a of Directive 2009/65/EC is repealedlaced by the following: 'UCITS management companies or internally managed UCITS shall act in the best interest of the investors in the relevant UCITS and take corrective action, if appropriate, where they discover, after the assumption of an exposure to a securitisation, that the securitisation does not meet the requirements laid down in Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [STS Regulation], in particular that the determination and disclosure of the retained interest did not meet the requirements laid down in that Regulation.'.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1Directive 2011/61/EU
Article 26 – paragraph 1Directive 2011/61/EU
Article 17
Article 17 of Directive 2011/61/EU is repealed laced by the following: 'AIFMs shall act in the best interest of the investors in the relevant AIF and take corrective action, if appropriate, where they discover, after the assumption of an exposure to a securitisation, that the securitisation does not meet the requirements laid down in Regulation [STS], especially in particular that the determination and disclosure of the retained interest did not meet the requirements laid down in Regulation [STS].'.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point 1Regulation 648/2012/EU
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point 1Regulation 648/2012/EU
Article 2 – point 30
(30) “"covered bond”" means a bond meeting the requirements of Article 129 of Regulation (EU) No 575/201352(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC."
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. In respect of investments made after ... [date of entry into force of this Regulation] in securitisations the securities of which were issued on or after 1 January 2011 and to securitisations issued before that date, where new underlying exposures have been added or substituted after 31 December 2014, Article 3 of this Regulation shall apply.