Decision (EU) 2020/506 of the European Central Bank of 7 April 2020 amending Guideline (EU) 2015/510 on the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy framework and Guideline (EU) 2016/65 on the valuation haircuts applied in the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy framework (ECB/2020/20)

For domestic use, credit claims shall, at the time of their submission as collateral by the counterparty, meet a minimum size threshold of EUR 0, or any higher amount that may be laid down by the home NCB. For cross-border use, a minimum size threshold of EUR 500000 shall apply.’;

In addition to the valuation haircuts laid down in Article 3 of this Guideline, the following additional valuation haircuts shall apply for specific types of marketable assets: (a) asset-backed securities, covered bonds and unsecured debt instruments issued by credit institutions that are theoretically valued in accordance with the rules contained in Article 134 of Guideline (EU) 2015/510 (ECB/2014/60) shall be subject to an additional valuation haircut in the form of a valuation markdown of 4%; (b) own-use covered bonds shall be subject to an additional valuation haircut of (i) 6,4% applied to the value of the debt instruments allocated to credit quality steps 1 and 2, and (ii) 9,6% applied to the value of the debt instruments allocated to credit quality step 3; (c) for the purposes of paragraph (b), “own-use” shall mean the submission or use by a counterparty of covered bonds that are issued or guaranteed by the counterparty itself or by any other entity with which that counterparty has close links as determined in accordance with Article 138 of Guideline (EU) 2015/510 (ECB/2014/60); (d) if the additional valuation haircut referred to in paragraph (b) cannot be applied with respect to a collateral management system of an NCB, triparty agent, or TARGET2-Securities for auto-collateralisation, the additional valuation haircut shall be applied in such systems or platform to the entire issuance value of the covered bonds that can be own used.’;

1 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the NCBs. It shall be notified immediately after adoption, and it shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union without delay.

2 Article 1 shall apply from 8 April 2020, and Article 2 shall apply from 20 April 2020.

This Decision is addressed to the NCBs.