Article 500a
Temporary treatment of public debt issued in the currency of another Member State
1.
By way of derogation from Article 114(2), until 31 December 2026, for exposures to the central governments and central banks of Member States, where those exposures are denominated and funded in the domestic currency of another Member State, the following apply:
(a)
(b)
2.
By way of derogation from Articles 395(1) and 493(4), competent authorities may allow institutions to incur exposures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, up to the following limits:
(a)
100 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 2025;
(b)
75 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital between 1 January and 31 December 2026;
(c)
50 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital between 1 January and 31 December 2027.
The limits referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall apply to exposure values after taking into account the effect of the credit risk mitigation in accordance with Articles 399 to 403.
3.
By way of derogation from point (ii) of point (d) of Article 150(1), after receiving the prior permission of the competent authorities and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 150, institutions may also apply the Standardised Approach to exposures to central governments and central banks, where those exposures are assigned a 0 % risk weight under paragraph 1 of this Article.