Institutions may exclude from the calculations referred to in Article 132 Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1, Tier 2 instruments and eligible liabilities instruments held by a CIU which institutions shall deduct in accordance with Article 36(1) and Articles 56, 66 and 72e respectively.

Institutions may exclude from the calculations referred to in Article 132 equity exposures underlying exposures in the form of units or shares in CIUs to entities whose credit obligations are assigned a 0 % risk weight under this Chapter, including those publicly sponsored entities where a 0 % risk weight can be applied, and equity exposures referred to in Article 133(5), and instead apply the treatment set out in Article 133 to those equity exposures.