Article 4
Capital requirements for credit risk, counterparty credit risk and market risk which are not already covered by specific financial resources as referred to in Articles 41 to 44 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
1. A CCP shall calculate its capital requirements referred to in Article 1 as the sum of 8 % of its risk-weighted exposure amounts for credit and counterparty credit risk and its capital requirements for market risk calculated in accordance with Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, subject to the restrictions provided in paragraphs 2 to 5.
2. For the calculation of capital requirements for market risk which is not already covered by specific financial resources as referred to in Articles 41 to 44 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a CCP shall use the methods provided for in Annexes I to IV to Directive 2006/49/EC.
3. For the calculation of the risk-weighted exposure amounts for credit risk which is not already covered by specific financial resources as referred to in Articles 41 to 44 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a CCP shall apply the Standardised Approach for credit risk provided for in Articles 78 to 83 of Directive 2006/48/EC.
4. For the calculation of the risk-weighted exposure amounts for counterparty credit risk which is not already covered by specific financial resources as referred to in Articles 41 to 44 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, a CCP shall use the Mark-to-market Method provided for in Annex III, part 3 to Directive 2006/48/EC and the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method applying supervisory volatility adjustments provided for in Annex VIII, Part 3 to Directive 2006/48/EC.
5. Where all the conditions referred to in Articles 52 and 53 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 are not fulfilled and where a CCP does not use its own resources, the CCP shall apply a risk weight of 1 250 % to its exposure stemming from contributions to the default fund of another CCP and a risk weight of 2 % to its trade exposures with another CCP.