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Article 6 - Capital requirements for business risk

1.

The capital requirements of a CSD for business risk shall be whichever of the following is higher:

(a)

the estimate resulting from the application of paragraph 2, minus whichever of the following is the lowest:

(i)

the net income after tax of the last audited financial year;

(ii)

the expected net income after tax for the current financial year;

(iii)

the expected net income after tax for the previous financial year where audited results are not yet available;

(b)

25 % of the CSD’s annual gross operational expenses referred to in paragraph 3.

2.

For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, a CSD shall apply all of the following:

(a)

estimate the capital necessary to cover losses resulting from business risk on reasonably foreseeable adverse scenarios relevant to its business model;

(b)

document the assumptions and the methodologies used to estimate the expected losses referred to in point (a);

(c)

review and update the scenarios referred to in point (a) at least annually.

3.

For the calculation of a CSD’s annual gross operational expenses, the following shall apply:

(a)

the CSD’s annual gross operational expenses shall consist of at least the following:

(i)

total personnel expenses including wages, salaries, bonuses and social costs;

(ii)

total general administrative expenses, and, in particular, marketing and representation expenses;

(iii)

insurance expenses;

(iv)

other employees’ expenses and travelling;

(v)

real estate expenses;

(vi)

IT support expenses;

(vii)

telecommunications expenses;

(viii)

postage and data transfer expenses;

(ix)

external consultancy expenses;

(x)

tangible and intangible assets’ depreciation and amortisation;

(xi)

impairment and disposal of fixed assets;

(b)

the CSD’s annual gross operational expenses shall be determined in accordance with one of the following:

(i)

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(ii)

Council Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC (

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) and 86/635/EEC;

(iii)

generally accepted accounting principles of a third country determined to be equivalent to IFRS in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007 or accounting standards of a third country the use of which is permitted in accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation;

(c)

the CSD may deduct tangible and intangible assets’ depreciation and amortisation from annual gross operational expenses;

(d)

the CSD shall use the most recent audited information from their annual financial statement;

(e)

where the CSD has not completed business for one year from the date it starts its operations, it shall apply the gross operational expenses projected in its business plan.