(1)

‧capital conservation buffer‧ means the own funds that an institution is required to maintain in accordance with Article 129;

(2)

‧institution-specific countercyclical capital buffer‧ means the own funds that an institution is required to maintain in accordance with Article 130;

(3)

‧G-SII buffer‧ means the own funds that are required to be maintained in accordance with Article 131(4);

(4)

‧O-SII buffer‧ means the own funds that may be required to be maintained in accordance with Article 131(5);

(5)

‧systemic risk buffer‧ means the own funds that an institution is or may be required to maintain in accordance with Article 133;

(6)

‧combined buffer requirement‧ means the total Common Equity Tier 1 capital required to meet the requirement for the capital conservation buffer extended by the following, as applicable:

(7)

‧countercyclical buffer rate‧ means the rate that institutions must apply in order to calculate their institution-specific countercyclical capital buffer, and that is set in accordance with Article 136, Article 137 or by a relevant third-country authority, as the case may be;

(8)

‧domestically authorised institution‧ means an institution that has been authorised in the Member State for which a particular designated authority is responsible for setting the countercyclical buffer rate;

(9)

‧buffer guide‧ means a benchmark buffer rate calculated in accordance with Article 135(1).