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Article 12 - Resolution plans

Article 12

1.   The resolution authority of the CCP shall, after consultation with the competent authority and in coordination with the resolution college, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 14, draw up a resolution plan for the CCP.

2.   The resolution plan shall provide for the resolution actions that the resolution authority may take where the CCP meets the conditions for resolution referred to in Article 22.

3.   The resolution plan shall take into consideration at least the following:

(a)

the CCP’s failure, including in situations of broader financial instability or system wide events, due to one of the following or their combination:

(i)

default events, and

(ii)

non-default events;

(b)

the impact that the implementation of the resolution plan would have on:

(i)

the clearing members, and to the extent the information is available, their clients and indirect clients, including where they have been designated as O-SIIs and those likely to be subject to recovery measures or resolution actions in accordance with Directive 2014/59/EU;

(ii)

any linked FMIs;

(iii)

financial markets, including trading venues, served by the CCP; and

(iv)

the financial system in any Member State or the Union as a whole, and, to the extent possible, in third countries where it provides services;

(c)

the manner and the circumstances under which a CCP may apply for the use of central bank facilities provided under standard collateralisation, tenor and interest rate terms and the identification of the assets that would be expected to qualify as collateral.

4.   The resolution plan shall not assume any of the following:

(a)

extraordinary public financial support;

(b)

central bank emergency liquidity assistance;

(c)

central bank liquidity assistance provided under non-standard collateralisation, tenor and interest rate terms.

5.   The resolution plan shall make prudent assumptions regarding the financial resources available as resolution tools that may be required to achieve the resolution objectives and the resources that are expected to be available in accordance with the CCP’s rules and arrangements at the time of entering into resolution. Those prudent assumptions shall take into account the relevant findings of latest stress tests carried out in accordance with Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010, specified in point (b) of Article 24a(7) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, as well as scenarios of extreme market conditions beyond those in the CCP’s recovery plan.

6.   The resolution authority of a CCP shall, after consultation with the competent authority and in coordination with the resolution college in accordance with the procedure in Article 14, review resolution plans and where appropriate update them, at least annually and in any case after changes to the legal or organisational structure of the CCP, its business or financial situation or any other change that materially affects the effectiveness of the plan.

The CCP and the competent authority shall promptly inform the resolution authority of any such change.

7.   The resolution plan shall specify the circumstances and different scenarios for applying the resolution tools and exercising the resolution powers. It shall clearly distinguish, in particular through different scenarios, between failure caused by default events, non-default events, and a combination of both, as well as between different types of non-default events. The resolution plan shall include the following, quantified whenever appropriate and possible:

(a)

a summary of the key elements of the plan, distinguishing between default events, non-default events and a combination of the two;

(b)

a summary of the material changes to the CCP that have occurred since the resolution plan was last updated;

(c)

a description of how the CCP’s critical functions could be legally and economically separated, to the extent necessary, from its other functions so as to ensure the continuity of its critical functions in the resolution of the CCP;

(d)

an estimation of the timeframe for implementing each material aspect of the plan, including for replenishing the CCP’s financial resources;

(e)

a detailed description of the assessment of resolvability carried out in accordance with Article 15;

(f)

a description of any measures required pursuant to Article 16 to address or remove impediments to resolvability identified as a result of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 15;

(g)

a description of the processes for determining the value and marketability of the critical functions and assets of the CCP;

(h)

a detailed description of the arrangements for ensuring that the information required pursuant to Article 13 is up to date and available to the resolution authorities at all times;

(i)

an explanation as to how resolution actions could be financed without the assumption of the elements referred to in paragraph 4;

(j)

a detailed description of the different resolution strategies that could be applied according to the different possible scenarios and their related timeframes;

(k)

a description of critical interdependencies between the CCP and other market participants and between the CCP and critical service providers, interoperability arrangements and links with other FMIs, as well as ways to address all of those interdependencies;

(l)

a description of critical intra-group interdependencies as well as ways to address them;

(m)

a description of the different options to ensure:

(i)

access to payments and clearing services and other infrastructures;

(ii)

timely settlement of obligations due to clearing members and, where applicable, their clients and any linked FMIs;

(iii)

access of clearing members, and, where applicable, their clients on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis to securities or cash accounts provided by the CCP and securities or cash collateral posted to and held by the CCP that is owed to such participants;

(iv)

continuity in the operations of links between the CCP and other FMIs and between the CCP and trading venues;

(v)

preservation of the portability of the positions and related assets of direct and indirect clients; and

(vi)

preservation of the licenses, authorisations, recognitions and legal designations of a CCP where necessary for the continued performance of the CCP’s critical functions including its recognition for the purposes of the application of the relevant settlement finality rules and the participation in or links with other FMIs or with trading venues;

(n)

a description of how the resolution authority will obtain the necessary information to perform the valuation referred to in Article 24;

(o)

an analysis of the impact of the plan on the employees of the CCP, including an assessment of any associated costs, and a description of envisaged procedures to consult with staff during the resolution process, taking into account any national rules and systems for dialogue with social partners;

(p)

a plan for communicating with the media and the public so as to be as transparent as possible;

(q)

a description of essential operations and systems for maintaining the continuous functioning of the CCP’s operational processes;

(r)

a description of the arrangements for notifying the resolution college in accordance with Article 72(1);

(s)

a description of the measures to facilitate the portability of positions and related assets of the clearing members and clients of the defaulting CCP from the defaulting CCP to another CCP or a bridge CCP while not affecting the contractual relationships between the clearing members and their clients.

8.   The information referred to in point (a) of paragraph 7 shall be disclosed to the CCP concerned. The CCP may express its opinion in writing on the resolution plan to the resolution authority. That opinion shall be included in the plan.

9.   ESMA, after consulting the ESRB and taking into account the relevant provisions of the delegated acts adopted on the basis of Article 10(9) of Directive 2014/59/EU and respecting the principle of proportionality shall develop draft regulatory technical standards further specifying the contents of the resolution plan in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Article.

When developing the draft regulatory technical standards, ESMA shall enable sufficient flexibility for resolution authorities to take into consideration the specificities of their national legal framework in the area of insolvency law, as well as the nature and complexity of the clearing business performed by the CCPs.

ESMA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by 12 February 2022.

The Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.