Article 1
Calculation of the own funds requirements for market risk for non-trading book positions subject to foreign exchange risk in accordance with the alternative standardised approach
Institutions shall identify the currency of denomination of the item as the foreign currency whose depreciation against their reporting currency would lead to the highest impairment of the item, where all of the following conditions are met:
the item is not measured at fair value;
the item is subject to the risk of impairment due to foreign exchange risk;
the accounting value of the item is not updated at each reporting date to reflect the changes in the exchange rate between the foreign currency and the reporting currency.
Where institutions calculate the own funds requirements for market risk on a consolidated basis, they shall identify the currency of denomination of an item as the reporting currency of the institution which recognises that item in its individual financial statement, where all of the following conditions are met:
the item is not measured at fair value;
the item is subject to the risk of impairment due to foreign exchange risk;
the institution’s reporting currency differs from the reporting currency of the institution that recognises the item in its individual financial statement;
the accounting value of the item is not updated at each reporting date to reflect the changes in the exchange rate between the foreign currency and the reporting currency of the institution recognising the item in its individual financial statement.