Article 21
Requirements relating to standardisation
1.
The originator, sponsor or original lender shall satisfy the risk-retention requirement in accordance with Article 6.
2.
The interest-rate and currency risks arising from the securitisation shall be appropriately mitigated and any measures taken to that effect shall be disclosed. Except for the purpose of hedging interest-rate or currency risk, the SSPE shall not enter into derivative contracts and shall ensure that the pool of underlying exposures does not include derivatives. Those derivatives shall be underwritten and documented according to common standards in international finance.
3.
Any referenced interest payments under the securitisation assets and liabilities shall be based on generally used market interest rates, or generally used sectoral rates reflective of the cost of funds, and shall not reference complex formulae or derivatives.
4.
Where an enforcement or an acceleration notice has been delivered:
(a)
no amount of cash shall be trapped in the SSPE beyond what is necessary to ensure the operational functioning of the SSPE or the orderly repayment of investors in accordance with the contractual terms of the securitisation, unless exceptional circumstances require that an amount be trapped to be used, in the best interests of investors, for expenses in order to avoid the deterioration in the credit quality of the underlying exposures;
(b)
principal receipts from the underlying exposures shall be passed to investors via sequential amortisation of the securitisation positions, as determined by the seniority of the securitisation position;
(c)
repayment of the securitisation positions shall not be reversed with regard to their seniority; and
(d)
no provisions shall require automatic liquidation of the underlying exposures at market value.
5.
Transactions which feature non-sequential priority of payments shall include triggers relating to the performance of the underlying exposures resulting in the priority of payments reverting to sequential payments in order of seniority. Such performance-related triggers shall include at least the deterioration in the credit quality of the underlying exposures below a predetermined threshold.
6.
The transaction documentation shall include appropriate early amortisation provisions or triggers for termination of the revolving period where the securitisation is a revolving securitisation, including at least the following:
(a)
a deterioration in the credit quality of the underlying exposures to or below a predetermined threshold;
(b)
the occurrence of an insolvency-related event with regard to the originator or the servicer;
(c)
the value of the underlying exposures held by the SSPE falls below a predetermined threshold (early amortisation event); and
(d)
a failure to generate sufficient new underlying exposures that meet the predetermined credit quality (trigger for termination of the revolving period).
7.
The transaction documentation shall clearly specify:
(a)
the contractual obligations, duties and responsibilities of the servicer and the trustee, if any, and other ancillary service providers;
(b)
(c)
provisions that ensure the replacement of derivative counterparties, liquidity providers and the account bank in the case of their default, insolvency, and other specified events, where applicable.
8.
The servicer shall have expertise in servicing exposures of a similar nature to those securitised and shall have well-documented and adequate policies, procedures and risk-management controls relating to the servicing of exposures.
9.
The transaction documentation shall set out in clear and consistent terms definitions, remedies and actions relating to delinquency and default of debtors, debt restructuring, debt forgiveness, forbearance, payment holidays, losses, charge offs, recoveries and other asset performance remedies. The transaction documentation shall clearly specify the priorities of payment, events which trigger changes in such priorities of payment as well as the obligation to report such events. Any change in the priorities of payments which will materially adversely affect the repayment of the securitisation position shall be reported to investors without undue delay.
10.
The transaction documentation shall include clear provisions that facilitate the timely resolution of conflicts between different classes of investors, voting rights shall be clearly defined and allocated to bondholders and the responsibilities of the trustee and other entities with fiduciary duties to investors shall be clearly identified.