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28 February 2019 [shall come into force on 28 March
2019];
23 September 2021 [shall come into force on 20 October
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30 September 2021 [shall come into force on 29 October
2021];
30 September 2021 [shall come into force on 29 October
2021];
28 April 2022 [shall come into force on 31 May 2022].
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The Saeima 1 has adopted and
and the President has proclaimed the following Law:
Law on Recovery of Activities and
Resolution of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. (1) The following terms are used in this
Law:
1) [16 February 2011];
2) asset separation tool - the mechanism for effecting
a transfer by a resolution authority of assets, rights, and
liabilities of an institution under resolution to an asset
management company;
3) asset management company - a legal person in which a
qualifying holding is held by one or several direct or indirect
administration authorities and which is under control of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission and has been established
in order to obtain and hold assets, rights, or liabilities of one
or several institutions under resolution or a bridge
institution;
4) eligible liabilities - bail-inable liabilities that
meet the conditions of Section 59.1 or Section 61,
Paragraph six, Clause 1 of this Law and Tier 2 instruments of a
residual maturity of at least one year to the extent they do not
qualify as Tier 2 items in accordance with Article 64 of
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit
institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No
648/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) (hereinafter - Regulation No
575/2013);
5) recovery capacity - the capability of an institution
to restore its financial position following a significant
deterioration;
6) emergency liquidity assistance - funds provided by
the central bank of the Member State or the European Central Bank
to a solvent institution or financial company facing temporary
liquidity problems. The assistance referred to in this Clause is
not a part of the monetary policy;
7) relevant capital instruments - Additional Tier 1
instruments or Tier 2 instruments;
8) foreign institution - a company the headquarters of
which is located outside the Member State and which, if it would
perform commercial activity in the European Union, would be
regarded to be an institution within the meaning of this Law;
9) foreign parent company - a parent company, a parent
financial holding company, or a parent mixed financial holding
company which performs commercial activity abroad;
10) foreign resolution procedure - an action that is
performed under the law of a foreign country to manage the
insolvency of a foreign institution or a foreign parent company
and that is comparable, in terms of objectives and anticipated
results, to the resolution actions specified in this Law;
11) central bank facilities - financial assistance
provided to an institution or financial company within the
framework of the monetary policy of the central bank of the
Member State;
12) European Union parent company - a European Union
parent institution, a European Union parent financial holding
company, or a European Union parent mixed financial holding
company;
13) European Union subsidiary - an institution which
performs commercial activity in a Member State and which is a
subsidiary of a foreign institution or a foreign parent
company;
14) financial contracts include the following:
a) contracts for securities, including contracts for the
disposing of securities, a group of securities, or an index of
securities and options;
b) commodity contracts, including contracts for the disposing
of commodities for future delivery and options;
c) futures and forwards for the disposing of any other
commodity, property, service, right for a specified price at a
future date;
d) swap agreements, options relating to interest rates,
foreign exchange agreements, such derivative agreements which are
related to climate change, and also any agreement or transaction
similar to the contracts referred to in this Sub-clause;
e) inter-bank borrowing agreements where the term of the
borrowing is up to three months;
f) master agreements for any of the contracts or agreements
referred to in Sub-clauses "a", "b", "c", "d", and "e" of this
Clause;
15) core business lines - business lines and associated
services which represent material sources of revenue, profit, or
franchise value for an institution or for a group;
16) group - a parent company and its subsidiaries;
17) group financing arrangement - a financing
arrangement or arrangements of the Member State of the
group-level resolution authority;
18) group-level resolution authority - the resolution
authority in the Member State in which the consolidating
supervisor is situated;
19) group resolution plan - a plan which is developed
for group resolution;
20) group resolution - either of the following:
a) the taking of resolution action at the level of a parent
company or of an institution subject to consolidated
supervision;
b) the coordination of the application of resolution tools and
the implementation of resolution powers by resolution authorities
in relation to group companies that meet the conditions for
resolution;
21) group company - a legal person which is within the
group;
22) bail-in tool - the mechanism for effecting the
implementation by a resolution authority of the write-down and
conversion powers in relation to liabilities of an institution
under resolution;
221) bail-inable liabilities - the
liabilities and capital instruments that do not qualify as Common
Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1, or Tier 2 instruments and that
are not excluded from the scope of application of the bail-in
tool of the institution or the financial company referred to in
Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 2, 3, or 4 of this Law
(hereinafter also - the institution or financial company);
23) institution - a credit institution or an investment
firm which meets the requirements of Section 6, Paragraph one,
Clause 1 or 2 of the Law on Investment Firms;
24) termination right - a right to terminate a
contract, a right to accelerate, set-off, or net obligations or
any similar provision that suspends, modifies, or extinguishes an
obligation of a party to the contract or a provision that
prevents an obligation under the contract;
25) instruments of ownership - shares, instruments that
confer ownership, instruments that are convertible into or give
the right to acquire shares or other instruments of ownership,
and instruments representing interests in shares or other
instruments of ownership;
26) conversion rate - the factor that determines the
number of shares or other instruments of ownership into which a
liability of a specific class will be converted, by reference
either to a single instrument of the class in question or to a
specified unit of value of a debt claim;
261) combined buffer requirement - the total
Common Equity Tier 1 required to fulfil the requirement for the
capital conservation buffer that is extended by the following, as
applicable:
a) an institution-specific countercyclical capital buffer;
b) a global systemically important institution buffer;
c) a buffer of other systemically important institution;
d) a systemic risk buffer;
27) critical functions - activities or services the
discontinuance of which in one or more Member States could lead
to the disruption of provision of services that are essential to
the national economy or to disrupt financial stability due to the
size, market share, external and internal interconnectedness,
complexity or cross-border activities of an institution or group,
with particular regard to the substitutability of those
activities or services;
28) crisis prevention measure - the implementation of
rights to eliminate deficiencies or impediments to performance of
resolution actions, the application of an early intervention
measure, the appointment of a temporary administrator, or the
implementation of the write-down or conversion powers;
29) crisis management measure - a resolution action or
the appointment of a special manager or an authorised
representative;
30) contractual bail-in tool - an instrument which in
conformity with the terms of the contract is written down or
converted to the extent required before other eligible
liabilities are written down or converted, and in the case of
insolvency proceedings it ranks below other eligible liabilities
and cannot be repaid until other eligible liabilities outstanding
at the time have been settled;
311) subsidiary - a subsidiary undertaking
within the meaning of Article 4(1)(16) of Regulation No 575/2013.
In order to apply requirements of this Law to resolution groups,
a subsidiary shall also mean a credit institution permanently
affiliated to a central body, the central body itself, and its
relevant subsidiaries taking into account the manner in which the
resolution groups ensure fulfilment of Section 60.2,
Paragraph three of this Law;
31) winding up - the realisation of assets of an
institution or financial company;
32) micro, small and medium-sized enterprise - a
commercial company in conformity with the criterion with regard
to annual turnover arising from annual financial statement of the
company used in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014
of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible
with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108
of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) (hereinafter - Regulation
No 651/2014);
321) national resolution fund - the fund the
means of which is comprised of the contributions made and
accumulated by institutions;
33) transfer powers - the powers to transfer shares,
other instruments of ownership, debt instruments, assets, rights
or liabilities of an institution under resolution, or any
combination of those items to a recipient;
34) secured liabilities - a liability where the right
of the creditor to payment or other form of enforcement is
secured by a charge, pledge or lien, or collateral arrangements
including liabilities arising from repurchase transactions and
other title transfer collateral arrangements;
35) write-down and conversion powers - the powers to
perform activities which are directed towards the reduction of
the relevant capital instruments or eligible liabilities or the
conversion thereof into capital instruments or other instruments
of ownership in accordance with the procedures laid down in this
Law;
36) resolution action - a decision to place an
institution or financial company under resolution, the
application of a resolution tool, or the implementation of one or
more resolution powers;
37) resolution authority - the Financial and Capital
Market Commission or the resolution authority of another Member
State which is authorised to apply resolution tools and to
implement resolution powers;
371) resolution entity:
a) a legal person that performs commercial activity in the
European Union and that has been assessed by the resolution
authority as an entity for which resolution action is envisaged
in the resolution plan;
b) an institution which is not part of a group subject to
consolidated supervision and for which resolution action is
envisaged in the resolution plan;
372) resolution group:
a) a resolution entity and its subsidiaries which are not
resolution entities or subsidiaries of other resolution entities,
or which are not resolution entities and their subsidiaries that
perform commercial activity abroad and that have not been
included in the resolution group according to the resolution
plan;
b) credit institutions permanently affiliated to a central
body and the central body itself if at least one of the credit
institutions or the central body and its subsidiaries are
resolution entities;
38) conditions for resolution - the conditions referred
to in this Law for the performance of resolution action;
381) resolution plan - a plan in which
resolution actions are provided for which are applied to an
institution or financial company if it conforms to the resolution
conditions;
39) institution under resolution - an institution, a
financial institution, a financial holding company, a mixed
financial holding company, a mixed-activity holding company, a
parent financial holding company in a Member State, a European
Union parent financial holding company, a parent mixed financial
holding company in a Member State, or a European Union parent
mixed financial holding company, in respect of which a resolution
action is taken;
40) resolution - the application of a resolution tool
in order to achieve one or more of the resolution objectives
referred to in this Law;
41) significant branch - a branch the activity of which
in a Member State is considered to be significant in a financial
market;
42) bridge institution tool - the mechanism for
transferring shares or other instruments of ownership issued by
an institution under resolution or assets, rights, or liabilities
of an institution under resolution to a bridge institution;
43) debt instruments - bonds and other transferable
securities, instruments creating or acknowledging a debt, and
instruments giving the right to acquire debt instruments,
including the claims referred to in Section 139.3 of
the Credit Institution Law and Section 82 of the Law on
Investment Firms arising from the issued debt securities;
44) cross-border group - a group having group companies
which are performing commercial activity in more than one Member
State;
441) Common Equity Tier 1 - capital
calculated in accordance with Article 50 of Regulation No
575/2013;
45) recipient - the company to which shares, other
instruments of ownership, debt instruments, assets, rights or
liabilities, or any combination of those items are transferred
from an institution under resolution;
46) [30 September 2021];
47) set-off arrangement - an arrangement under which
two or more claims or obligations owed between the institution
under resolution and a counterparty can be set off against each
other;
48) systemic crisis - a disruption in the financial
system with the potential to have serious negative consequences
for the national economy;
481) subordinated eligible instruments -
instruments that meet all the conditions referred to in Article
72(a) of Regulation No 575/2013, except for the conditions in
respect of Article 72(b)(3), (4), and (5);
49) sale of business tool - a mechanism for effecting a
transfer by a resolution authority of shares or other instruments
of ownership issued by an institution under resolution, or
assets, rights, or liabilities, of an institution under
resolution to a purchaser that is not a bridge institution;
50) State aid - aid to commercial activity within the
meaning of the Law on Control of Aid for Commercial Activity;
51) legal framework of State aid - legal framework
within the meaning of Section 4 of the Law on Control of Aid for
Commercial Activity;
52) single resolution - the mandate of the Single
Resolution Board to develop a resolution plan and to take the
decision to apply resolution actions in respect of the subjects
referred to in Article 7(2) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No
806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July
2014 establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the
resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in
the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single
Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (Text
with EEA relevance) (hereinafter - Regulation No 806/2014);
53) Single Resolution Fund - the Fund the funds of
which are established by the contributions of the national
resolution funds of the Member States and the funds of which are
used by the Single Resolution Board in accordance with Article 76
of Regulation No 806/2014;
54) Single Resolution Board - the authority which is
established as a European Union agency in accordance with Article
42 of Regulation No 806/2014.
(11) The term "close-out netting" used in the Law
corresponds to the term used in the Law on Close-out Netting
Applicable to Qualified Financial Transactions.
(2) Other terms used in the Law correspond to the terms used
in Regulation No 575/2013, Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC
derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (Text
with EEA relevance) (hereinafter - Regulation No 648/2012), and
Regulation No 806/2014.
[16 February 2017; 28 February 2019; 30 September 2021; 30
September 2021; 28 April 2022 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 2. (1) The purpose of this Law is to ensure
that the application of recovery and resolution measures to
institutions, financial companies, and central counterparties
promote stable operation of the financial system, and also to
protect the interests of investors and to reduce the possibility
to use the State budget funds for saving institutions, financial
companies, and central counterparties.
(2) This Law prescribes the application of recovery measures
and resolution actions to:
1) the institutions for which a resolution plan is not drawn
up and the decision to apply a resolution action within the
framework of single sesolution is not taken;
2) the financial institutions which are credit institutions,
investment firms, or subsidiaries of the companies referred to in
Clauses 3 and 4 of this Paragraph if consolidated supervision of
the parent company applies to such subsidiaries in accordance
with Regulation No 575/2013;
3) the financial holding companies, mixed financial holding
companies, and mixed-activity holding companies registered in the
European Union;
4) the parent financial holding companies in the Republic of
Latvia, European Union parent financial holding companies
registered in the Republic of Latvia, parent mixed financial
holding companies in the Republic of Latvia, and European Union
parent mixed financial holding companies registered in the
Republic of Latvia;
5) the branches of foreign institutions in the Republic of
Latvia in the cases provided for in this Law;
6) the central counterparties.
(21) In addition to that specified in Paragraph two
of this Section, this Law provides for the procedures by which
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall participate in
the single resolution and provide the information to the Single
Resolution Board necessary for the development of the resolution
plan and for the taking the decision to apply the resolution
actions within the framework of single resolution, and implement
the decisions taken by the Single Resolution Board.
(3) In applying this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take into account the nature, scope of
commercial activity, the composition of stockholders or
shareholders, the legal form, risk profile, field of activity,
and complexity of the institutions and financial companies
referred to in Paragraph two of this Section, and their
significance in the financial system.
(4) The Credit Institution Law and the Law on Investment Firms
shall be also applied to the institution, financial company, or
central counterparty to which this Law is applied in the case
when recovery measures and resolution actions are carried out in
respect of it, insofar as it has not been laid down otherwise in
Regulation No 806/2014, Regulation (EU) 2021/23 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a framework
for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and
amending Regulations (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No
600/2014, (EU) No 806/2014 and (EU) 2015/2365 and Directives
2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2014/59/EU and (EU)
2017/1132, and in this Law.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021; 28 April 2022 /
Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and
13 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 3. (1) A resolution plan shall be developed,
the decision to apply recovery measures and resolution actions to
the subjects referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two of this Law,
and its enforcement in the Republic of Latvia shall be carried
out by the Financial and Capital Market Commission, taking into
account the requirements of this Law, the regulatory provisions
issued by the Financial and Capital Market Commission, Regulation
No 806/2014, and other directly applicable legal acts of the
European Union, and also in conformity with the guidelines issued
by the European Banking Authority.
(2) In taking decisions in accordance with this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take into account
the possible influence of insolvency in all Member States in
which the relevant institution or group is operating, and shall
reduce adverse effect on the financial stability of these
countries.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall inform
the Ministry of Finance and Latvijas Banka of decisions which it
plans to take in accordance with this Law, and shall receive:
1) agreement of the Ministry of Finance before taking of such
decisions which have a direct fiscal impact;
2) agreement of Latvijas Banka before taking of such decisions
in the case of taking of which systemic crisis could arise.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to issue regulatory provisions in accordance with the purpose of
this Law and the field of activity and in conformity with the
guidelines issued by the European Banking Authority.
[16 February 2017]
Section 4. (1) Taking into account the impact that the
potential insolvency of the institution and the nature, scope of
its commercial activity, the composition of stockholders or
shareholders, its legal form, risk profile, and significance in
the financial system in general could have on financial markets,
institutions, financing conditions, or national economy, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled, according to
its competence, to determine reliefs for the following
requirements:
1) the contents of recovery and resolution plans and the
frequency of updating thereof;
2) the contents of the information to be requested from
institutions;
3) the level of detail for the assessment of resolvability
provided for in this Law.
(2) In exercising the right referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall,
where necessary, consult with Latvijas Banka.
(3) Institutions subject to direct supervision by the European
Central Bank in accordance with to Article 6(4) of Council
Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring
specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies
relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions or
constituting a significant share in the financial system shall
draw up their own recovery plans and individual resolution plans
shall be applied thereto.
(4) The institution shall be considered to constitute a
significant share of the financial system if any of the following
conditions is met:
1) the total value of the assets of the institution exceeds
EUR 30 000 000 000;
2) the ratio of the total assets of the institution over the
gross domestic product of the State exceeds 20 per cent, unless
the total value of its assets is below EUR 5 000 000 000.
[16 February 2017]
Chapter II
Recovery Plans
Section 5. (1) Each institution that is not part of a
group subject to consolidated supervision shall draw up and
maintain a recovery plan specifying measures to be taken by the
institution to restore its financial position following a
significant deterioration thereof. The recovery plans shall be
regarded as one of the key elements of the internal control
system within the meaning of Section 34.1 of the
Credit Institution Law and Section 31, Paragraph one, Clause 14
and Paragraph four of the Law on Investment Firms.
(2) A recovery plan of the institution shall be submitted to
the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(3) Institutions shall review their recovery plan at least
once a year or after such changes in the legal form or
organisational structure of the institution, its commercial
activity or financial position which could have a material effect
on, or necessitates a change in, the recovery plan.
(4) A recovery plan shall be drawn up without providing for
the receipt of State aid therein.
(5) Upon request of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, a recovery plan shall include an analysis of how and
when an institution may apply, in the conditions described in the
plan, for the use of central bank facilities and shall identify
those assets which would be expected to qualify as
collateral.
(6) In addition to the requirements laid down in the directly
applicable legal acts of the European Union, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall determine the contents of
information to be included in a recovery plan and the procedures
for the submission of such plan.
(7) The institution shall include the information on the
indicators of the financial position of the institution in the
recovery plan upon setting in of which the corresponding recovery
actions shall be performed in the plan. The institution shall
ensure regular supervision and control of the abovementioned
indicators.
(8) [16 February 2017]
(9) The institution shall immediately notify the Financial and
Capital Market Commission of the decision to take the measure
referred to in the recovery plan.
[16 February 2017; 28 February 2019; 28 April 2022 /
Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and
13 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 6. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, within six months after receipt of a recovery
plan, and after consulting with the supervisory authorities of
the Member States where significant branches are located, assess
the submitted recovery plan, taking into account whether:
1) the implementation of the intended measures is likely to
maintain or restore the financial stability of the relevant
institution or the group;
2) the intended solutions can be quickly and efficiently
implemented, preventing any significant adverse effect on the
financial system.
(2) When assessing the conformity of the recovery plan, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take into account
the capital structure and financing sources of the institution,
the organisational structure and the level of complexity of the
risk profile of the institution.
(3) When assessing the recovery plan, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall examine whether all those
measures which can adversely affect the resolvability of the
institution are indicated in this plan.
(4) If, upon assessing the recovery plan, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission establishes that there are material
deficiencies therein, it shall notify the relevant institution or
the parent company of the relevant group and require the
institution to eliminate the established deficiencies within two
months. The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to extend the abovementioned time period for one month.
(5) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission does not
consider that the established deficiencies have been eliminated
in the revised recovery plan, it may order the institution to
make repeated revisions to the plan.
(6) If the institution fails to submit a revised recovery plan
or if the Financial and Capital Market Commission establishes
that the revised recovery plan does not adequately eliminate the
deficiencies indicated in its original assessment, or the
institution is not capable of adequately eliminating the
established deficiencies, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall request the institution to provide, within a
reasonable time period, information on changes it can make to its
commercial activity.
(7) If the institution fails to submit such changes within the
time period stipulated by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission or if the Financial and Capital Market Commission
establishes that the actions proposed by the institution would
not adequately eliminate the established deficiencies, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to order the
institution to take such measures which are considered by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission as necessary and
commensurate, taking into account the seriousness of the relevant
deficiencies and the effect of the measures on the commercial
activity of the institution.
(8) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is
additionally entitled to request he institution to take one or
more of the following measures:
1) to reduce the risk profile of the institution, including
liquidity risk;
2) to ensure the possibility to implement recapitalisation
measures in a timely manner;
3) to review the strategy and structure of the
institution;
4) to make amendments to the funding strategy so as to improve
the resilience of the core business lines and critical
functions;
5) to make changes in the organisational structure of the
institution.
[16 February 2017]
Section 7. (1) If an institution registered in the
Republic of Latvia is a European Union parent company, it shall
draw up a group recovery plan and submit it to the Financial and
Capital Market Commission. The group recovery plan shall include
a recovery plan for the whole group headed by the European Union
parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia at large. The
group recovery plan shall determine measures the implementation
of which may be required at the level of the European Union
parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia and each
individual subsidiary.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
request that subsidiaries draw up and submit individual recovery
plans.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send the
group recovery plan to:
1) the supervisory authorities of group companies and college
of supervisors;
2) the supervisory authorities in those Member States where
significant branches are located insofar as the recovery plan
applies to the abovementioned branch;
3) the resolution authorities of subsidiaries.
(4) The group recovery plan shall aim to achieve the
stabilisation of the group as a whole or any institution of the
group, if it is in financial difficulties, so as to remove the
causes of the distress and to restore the stability of the
financial position of the group or the relevant institution,
concurrently taking into account the financial position of other
group companies.
(5) The group recovery plan shall include arrangements to
ensure the coordination and consistency of the measures to be
taken at the level of the European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia, at the level of the
companies referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and
4 of this Law, and also the measures to be taken at the level of
subsidiaries and significant branches.
(6) The group recovery plan and individual plans of
subsidiaries shall include the requirements laid down in Section
5 of this Law, and also arrangements for intra-group financial
support adopted in accordance with an agreement for intra-group
financial support if such are intended.
(7) The group recovery plan shall include several recovery
scenarios.
(8) For each of the scenarios, the group recovery plan shall
determine whether there are obstacles to the implementation of
recovery measures within the group, including at the level of
individual companies covered by the plan, and whether there are
substantial practical or legal impediments to the prompt transfer
of own funds or the repayment of liabilities or assets within the
group.
[16 February 2017]
Section 8. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall review the group recovery plan of a European
Union parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia and
assess its conformity with the requirements laid down for
individual recovery plans together with a college of supervisors
and supervisory authorities of significant branches insofar as it
applies to the particular significant branch. That review and
conformity assessment shall be performed in accordance with the
procedure specified for the recovery plans of the institutions
not included in the group, taking into account the potential
impact of the recovery measures on financial stability in all the
Member States where the group operates.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission and the
supervisory authorities of subsidiaries shall, upon joint
consulting and harmonisation of opinions, take a joint decision
(hereinafter - the joint decision) on:
1) the review and assessment of the group recovery plan;
2) the necessity to develop an individual recovery plan for
institutions that are part of the group;
3) the application of the measures specified in Section 6 of
this Law.
(3) The involved supervisory authorities shall take the joint
decision within four months of the day when the Financial and
Capital Market Commission has sent the group recovery plan to
them.
(4) If the supervisory authority does not take the joint
decision in relation to the review and assessment of the group
recovery plan or on any measures that the European Union parent
company registered in the Republic of Latvia is required to take,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take the
decision with regard to the abovementioned matters, taking into
account the opinion of other supervisory authorities notified
thereto for taking the joint decision within the specified time
period. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall notify
the decision to the European Union parent company registered in
the Republic of Latvia and to other supervisory authorities.
(5) If any of the supervisory authorities has referred to the
European Banking Authority within the time period specified for
taking of the joint decision with a request to provide assistance
in taking the joint decision in accordance with Article 19 of
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European
Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending
Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision
2009/78/EC (hereinafter - Regulation No 1093/2010), the Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall defer taking of its decision
and implement measures according to the decision of the European
Banking Authority. If the European Banking Authority does not
take the decision within one month, the decision shall be taken
by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(6) If supervisory authorities do not take the joint decision
within the time period specified for taking of the joint decision
on the necessity to develop an individual recovery plan for
institutions and on application of the measures specified in
Section 6 of this Law at the level of subsidiaries, the
supervisory authorities of subsidiaries are entitled to take a
decision within the framework of their supervision, unless the
Financial and Capital Market Commission or other involved
supervisory authority has referred to the European Banking
Authority with a request to provide assistance in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010. The supervisory
authorities which do not have disagreements may take the joint
decision on a group recovery plan covering the group companies
under their supervision.
(7) For taking of the joint decision within the specified time
period, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to refer to the European Banking Authority with a request to
provide assistance in accordance with that specified in Paragraph
six of this Section and in accordance with Article 19 of
Regulation No 1093/2010 on assessment of the recovery plan and
the measures specified in Section 6 of this Law, and also in
accordance with Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010 in order
to receive assistance for taking of the joint decision.
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Section 9. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission as the supervisory authority of a European Union
parent company of another Member State registered in the Republic
of Latvia shall participate in taking the joint decision on the
assessment of a group recovery plan.
(2) If, within four months from the day when the supervisory
authority of a European Union parent company of the Member State
has sent a group recovery plan, the joint decision on the review
and assessment of the group recovery plan or the decision on any
measures to be taken by the European Union parent company of the
Member State is not taken, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall implement measures in conformity with the
decision of the supervisory authority of the European Union
parent company of the Member State and the joint decision of the
European Banking Authority, if any of the involved supervisory
authorities has referred to the European Banking Authority with a
request to provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of
Regulation No 1093/2010 and the European Banking Authority has
taken a decision within one month.
(3) If the joint decision on the necessity to draw up an
individual recovery plan for institutions and on the application
of the measures specified in Section 6 of this Law at the level
of subsidiaries is not taken within the specified time period,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right to take
an individual decision in respect of subsidiaries registered in
the Republic of Latvia. If any of the involved supervisory
authorities has referred to the European Banking Authority with a
request to provide assistance in accordance with Section 19 of
Regulation No 1093/2010 on taking of a decision in respect of
subsidiaries registered in the Republic of Latvia and the
European Banking Authority has taken such decision within one
month from the day when the relevant supervisory authority has
asked for assistance, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall implement measures according to the decision of the
European Banking Authority.
(4) For the taking of the joint decision within the specified
time period, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is
entitled to refer to the European Banking Authority with a
request to provide assistance in conformity with that specified
in Paragraph two of this Section and in accordance with Article
19 of Regulation No 1093/2010 on assessment of the recovery plan
and measures specified in Section 6 of this Law, and also in
accordance with Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010 in order
to receive assistance for taking the joint decision.
Section 10. The joint decisions referred to in Section
8 and 9 of this Law and the decisions which are taken by
supervisory authorities are considered to be binding on
resolution authorities in the relevant Member State, and they
shall be applied by the involved supervisory authorities in the
relevant Member States.
Chapter III
Resolution Plans
Section 11. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission, after consulting with the resolution authorities in
the territories of those Member States in which any significant
branches are located, shall draw up a resolution plan for each
institution that is not part of a group subject to consolidated
supervision. The resolution plan provides for the resolution
actions which the resolution authority may take where the
institution meets the conditions for resolution. The Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall provide information to the
institution on the summary referred to in Paragraph six, Clause 1
of this Section.
(2) The resolution plan shall provide for several scenarios,
and also that the event of insolvency may be idiosyncratic or may
occur at a time of instability of the entire financial sector.
The resolution plan shall be drawn up, without providing for the
State aid and emergency liquidity assistance therein.
(3) The institution shall indicate the assets in the
resolution plan which are qualified as collateral when applying
for the use of central bank facilities of a Member State.
A resolution plan shall be reviewed once a year and updated
after any material changes in the legal form or organisational
structure of the institution or in its commercial activity or its
financial position which could have a material effect on the
effectiveness of the plan or otherwise necessitates a revision of
the resolution plan.
(41) Upon application of the resolution action or
exercise of the rights referred to in Section 53 of this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall review the
resolution plan.
(5) The institution shall immediately inform the Financial and
Capital Market Commission of any changes which necessitate a
revision or update of the resolution plan.
(6) The resolution plan provides for an option for the
application of the resolution tools and resolution powers in
relation to the institution. The resolution plan shall
include:
1) a summary of the key elements of the plan;
2) a summary of the material changes in the institution which
have occurred after the latest resolution information was
filed;
3) a demonstration of how critical functions and core business
lines could be legally and economically separated, to the extent
necessary, from other functions so as to ensure continuity upon
insolvency of the institution;
4) an estimation of the time period for executing each
material aspect of the plan;
5) a detailed description of the resolvability assessment;
6) a description of any measures to be taken to address or
remove impediments which have been detected in the resolvability
assessment;
7) a description of the procedures for the determination of
the value and marketability of the critical functions, core
business lines, assets of the institution;
8) a detailed description of the arrangements for ensuring
that the information required from the institutions necessary for
the resolution plan is up to date and at the disposal of the
resolution authorities;
9) an explanation by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as to how the resolution options could be financed
without the provision of the State aid or emergency liquidity
assistance;
10) a detailed description of the different resolution
strategies that could be applied according to the different
possible scenarios and the applicable timescales;
11) a description of critical interdependencies of the
institution with other institutions;
12) a description of options for preserving access to payments
and infrastructures of clearing services, and also other
infrastructures, and an assessment of the portability of client
positions;
13) an analysis of the impact of the plan on the employees of
the institution, including an assessment of any associated costs,
and a description of the procedures provided for consulting the
staff during the resolution process;
14) a plan for communicating with the media and the
public;
15) the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Sections 60.2 and 61 of
this Law and the deadline for the fulfilment of the respective
requirements;
16) the time period which has been specified by the Financial
and Capital Market Commission for the fulfilment of the
requirements laid down in Section 59.1, Paragraphs
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, or fourteen of
this Law;
17) a description of measures for maintaining the continuous
functioning of the operational processes of the institution;
18) any opinion expressed by the institution in relation to
the resolution plan, if any received.
(61) In specifying the time periods referred to in
Paragraph six, Clauses 15 and 16 of this Law, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall take into account the time period
for ensuring the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in
Section 101.17 of the Credit Institution Law.
(7) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to request that the institution and the financial company
maintain detailed records of financial contracts. The Financial
and Capital Market Commission is entitled to specify a time
period within which the institution and the financial company
shall present the records related to financial contracts. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission may specify different
time periods for different types of financial contracts.
(71) If application of bail-in tool is intended in
the resolution plan of the institution drawn up by the Financial
and Capital Market Commission, the institution shall identify
those clients - commercial companies of the institution or the
financial company which exceed the annual turnover criterion of a
small and medium-sized enterprise laid down in Annex I to
Regulation No 651/2014.
(8) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately send a resolution plan to the involved resolution
authorities of other Member States.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 12. The institution has an obligation, upon
request of the Financial and Capital Market Commission, to
cooperate during the course of development of a resolution plan
and provide all the information necessary for the drawing up of
the resolution plan and the implementation thereof.
Section 13. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, together with the resolution authorities of
subsidiaries and after consulting the resolution authorities of
significant branches, insofar as it refers to the specific
significant branch, draw up a group resolution plan.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to involve foreign resolution authorities in the drawing up and
maintaining of the group resolution plan in the territory of
location of which the group has registered its subsidiaries or
financial management companies, or significant branches.
(3) The group resolution plan shall lay down resolution
measures to be taken in respect of the following:
1) a European Union parent company registered in the Republic
of Latvia;
2) subsidiaries that are part of the group and perform
commercial activity in a Member State;
3) the companies referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two,
Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law;
4) subsidiaries that are part of the group and perform
commercial activity outside the Member States.
(4) The group resolution plan shall be drawn up on the basis
of the information which is provided in accordance with Section
12 of this Law. The resolution plan for each group shall include
resolution entities and resolution groups.
(5) The group resolution plan shall indicate the
following:
1) the resolution actions which are intended to be carried out
in respect of the resolution entities in accordance with Section
11, Paragraph two of this Law and the assessment of the impact of
the resolution action on other group companies, parent company,
and subsidiaries referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses
2, 3, and 4 of this Law;
2) the resolution actions which are intended to be carried out
in respect of resolution entities of each resolution group and
the assessment of the impact of the resolution action on other
group entities and other resolution groups;
3) the assessment on how the resolution tool could be used in
respect of resolution entities that perform commercial activity
in the Member States to apply resolution tools in a harmonised
manner and implement resolution powers, including measures which
would allow a third party to acquire the group as a whole or
separate business lines, activities which are carried out by a
number of institutions within a group or financial companies, or
particular institutions within a group or financial companies, or
resolution groups, and also indicate the possible obstacles to
harmonised resolution;
4) information on cooperation with the relevant foreign state
institutions and impact of resolution in the Member States if
companies registered in foreign countries are in the composition
of the group;
5) information on the measures that are necessary to
facilitate group resolution if conformity has been detected for
the conditions for resolution;
6) information on any other measures in relation to the group
resolution (on institutions belonging to each resolution group or
financial companies);
7) information on the sources of financing of the group
resolution actions and cases where an agreement would be required
on the financing arrangements and principles for sharing
responsibility among providers of financing of the Member States
in respect of such financing.
(6) The group resolution plan shall not provide for the State
aid and emergency liquidity assistance. The principles for
sharing responsibility among providers of financing of the Member
States shall be determined on the basis of fair criteria and
taking into account the drawn-up financing plan and its impact on
the financial stability in all involved Member States.
(7) The assessment of the resolvability of the group is drawn
up concurrently with the updated group resolution plan. A
detailed description of the resolvability assessment shall be
included in the group resolution plan.
(8) The group resolution plan shall not have an incommensurate
impact on any Member State.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 14. (1) A European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia shall provide the
information to the Financial and Capital Market Commission which
it is entitled to request in accordance with Section 12 of this
Law and which concerns the European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia and each of the group
companies, including also the companies referred to in Section 2,
Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send the
information received which applies to the European Banking
Authority in relation to group resolution plans and each relevant
subsidiary or significant branch to the European Banking
Authority, the resolution authorities of subsidiaries, the
resolution authorities of those Member States in which
significant branches are located, the supervisory authorities
involved in the college of supervisors and resolution authorities
of those Member States under the supervision of which the
financial companies referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two,
Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law are which are performing their
commercial activities in the territory of the relevant Member
State. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall not send
the information which applies to foreign subsidiaries without a
consent of the foreign supervisory authority or resolution
authority.
(21) The Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall draw up and maintain a group resolution plan while
consulting the resolution authorities referred to in Paragraph
two of this Section. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
has the right to involve foreign resolution authorities in the
drawing up and maintaining of the group resolution plan in the
territory of location country of which the group has registered
its subsidiaries or financial management companies, or
significant branches.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall review a
group resolution plan of a European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia and request to update it
annually, and also after any change in the legal form or
organisational structure, in the business, or in the financial
position of the group including any group company, which could
have a material effect on the plan.
(4) The resolution plan of the group headed by a European
Union parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia shall
be taken by the joint decision of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission and the resolution authorities of subsidiaries
within four months from the day when the Financial and Capital
Market Commission has sent the information referred to in
Paragraph two of this Section. If the group consists of more than
one resolution group, the planning in respect of the resolution
actions referred to in Section 13, Paragraph five, Clause 2 of
this Law shall be included in the joint decision.
(5) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission and the
involved resolution authorities fail to take the joint decision
within the time period specified for the taking of the joint
decision, the decision on a group resolution plan shall be taken
by the Financial and Capital Market Commission, taking into
account the opinion of other supervisory authorities. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall submit the decision
to the European Union parent company registered in the Republic
of Latvia.
(6) If any of the involved resolution authorities has referred
to the European Banking Authority within the time period
specified for the taking of the joint decision with a request to
provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
defer taking of the decision and implement measures according to
the decision of the European Banking Authority. If the European
Banking Authority does not take the decision within one month,
the decision shall be taken by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission.
(7) If the joint decision of the involved resolution
authorities is not taken within the specified time period, each
resolution authority responsible for a subsidiary is entitled to
take a decision and to draw up and maintain the resolution plan
of the company under its supervision, unless the Financial and
Capital Market Commission or other involved supervisory has
referred to the European Banking Authority with a request to
provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2019. The supervisory authorities which do not have
disagreements may take the joint decision on a group resolution
plan, covering group companies under their supervision.
(8) For the taking of the joint decision within the specified
time period, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may
refer to the European Banking Authority with a request to provide
assistance in conformity with that specified in Paragraph seven
of this Section in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010, unless any of the involved resolution authorities
consider that the issue on which agreement is not reached may
jeopardise fiscal liability of the Member State of the
abovementioned resolution authority, and also in accordance with
Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010 in order to receive
assistance in taking of the joint decision.
(9) If the involved resolution authority considers that the
issue related to the group resolution plan on which agreement has
not been reached may jeopardise the fiscal policy of the Member
State of the abovementioned resolution authority, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall initiate reassessment of the
group resolution plan, including assessing the minimum
requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send
the group resolution plan of the European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia to the involved supervisory
authorities.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 15. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission as the resolution authority of a European Union parent
company of another Member State registered in the Republic of
Latvia shall participate in taking of the joint decision on a
group resolution plan.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission or
resolution authority of another Member State does not take the
joint decision within four months, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission or another resolution authority that is
responsible for a subsidiary and disagrees with the group
resolution plan shall take an individual decision itself,
determine a resolution entity, and also draw up and maintain the
group resolution plan. If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission disagrees with the group resolution plan, it shall
justify its individual decision providing reasons for its
objections to the group resolution plan by taking into account
opinions of other resolution authorities and supervisory
authorities. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
inform other members of the resolution college of its decision.
The joint decision taken by the resolution authority of a
European Union parent company of another Member State and the
European Banking Authority on the resolution plan shall be
binding upon the Financial and Capital Market Commission if any
of the involved supervisory authorities has turned to the
European Banking Authority with a request to provide assistance
in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010 and the
European Banking Authority has taken the decision within one
month.
(3) If the joint decision of the involved resolution
authorities has not been taken within the specified time period,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to take
an individual decision in respect to the subsidiaries registered
in the Republic of Latvia, and also to draw up and maintain the
resolution plans of the institutions registered in the Republic
of Latvia. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
explain the justification for the objections against the proposed
group resolution plan in the abovementioned decision and shall
take into account the opinions of other supervisory authorities
and resolution authorities.
(4) If, within the time period specified for taking the joint
decision, any of the involved resolution institutions has
referred to the European Banking Authority with a request to
provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010 and the European Banking Authority has taken a decision
within one month of the day when the relevant resolution
authority has referred to assistance, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall implement measures according to the
decision of the European Banking Authority, except for the case
when any of the involved resolution authorities detects that the
issue to be examined which has been transferred to the European
Banking Authority may jeopardise the stability of the financial
sector of the relevant Member State.
(5) In order to take the joint decision within the specified
time period, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is
entitled to refer to the European Banking Authority with a
request to provide assistance in conformity with that specified
in Paragraph two of this Section and in accordance with Article
19 of Regulation No 1093/2010 on the assessment of recovery
plans, except for the case when any of the involved resolution
authorities considers that the issue on which agreement is not
reached may jeopardise fiscal liability of the Member State of
the abovementioned resolution authority, and also in accordance
with Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010 in order to receive
assistance in taking of the joint decision.
(6) If the joint decision has been taken on a group resolution
plan and the Financial and Capital Market Commission considers
that the issue related to the group resolution plan on which
agreement has not been reached may jeopardise the fiscal policy
of the Republic of Latvia, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall request the resolution authority of a European
Union parent company of other Member State to initiate
reassessment of the group resolution plan, including assessing
the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 16.. The joint decision referred to in Sections
14 and 15 of this Law and the decisions which are taken by
resolution authorities in the absence of the joint decision shall
be regarded to be final and they shall be applied by the involved
resolution authorities in the relevant Member States.
Chapter IV
Resolvability Assessment of the Institution
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Section 17. (1) After consulting with the resolution
authorities in the territories of those Member States in which
significant branches are located, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall assess the extent to which an institution
which is not part of a group is resolvable without providing the
State aid or Latvijas Banka support.
(2) The institution shall be deemed to be resolvable if, upon
applying the winding up or different resolution tools and powers,
it would avoid any significant adverse effect on the financial
system of the Republic of Latvia or other Member States to the
maximum extent possible, and also broader financial instability
or systemic crisis, and the objective of ensuring the continuity
of critical functions carried out by the institution would be
achieved. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
notify the European Banking Authority in a timely manner whenever
an institution is deemed not to be resolvable.
(21) The Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall issue regulatory provisions laying down requirements for
the resolvability assessment of the institution.
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(4) The resolvability assessment shall be made in accordance
with this Section by the resolution authority concurrently with
the drawing up and updating of the resolution plan.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" and amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "regulatory provisions"
with the word "provisions" shall come into force on 1 January
2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1
January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 18. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, together with the resolution authorities of
subsidiaries and supervisory authorities of subsidiaries, and
also the resolution authorities in the territories of those
Member States in which significant branches are located, assess
the extent to which a group of a European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia is resolvable without
providing the State aid or Latvijas Banka support.
(2) A group shall be deemed to be resolvable if, upon applying
the winding up or different resolution tools and powers in
relation to the group resolution entities, it would avoid, to the
maximum extent possible, any significant adverse effect on the
financial systems of those Member States in which group entities
or branches are located, or on the financial systems of other
Member States, and also broader financial instability or systemic
crisis, and the objective of ensuring the continuity of critical
functions performed by the group companies would be achieved. If
the Financial and Capital Market Commission considers that the
group is not resolvable, it shall inform the European Banking
Authority in a timely manner.
(3) The group resolvability assessment shall be examined by
the resolution colleges.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall issue
regulatory provisions laying down requirements for the group
resolvability assessment.
(5) The resolvability assessment shall be made in accordance
with this Section concurrently with the group resolution
plan.
(6) If the group consists of more than one resolution group,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess
resolvability of each resolution group individually. Such
assessment shall be made in addition to the joint decision on a
resolution plan of the group as a whole in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Section 15 of this Law.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka", amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "regulatory provisions"
with the word "provisions" shall come into force on 1 January
2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1
January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 18.1 (1) If an institution or a
financial company conforms to the combined capital buffer
requirement laid down in accordance with Sections
35.22, 35.23, 35.24, and
35.25 of the Credit Institution Law but does not
conform to the combined capital buffer requirement within the
scope of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities laid down in accordance with Sections 60 and
60.1 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to, in accordance with Paragraphs two
and three of this Section, prohibit the institution or financial
company from distributing an amount which exceeds the maximum
distributable amount related to the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities and which is calculated in
accordance with Paragraph six of this Section by taking any of
the following actions:
1) distribution of the items of Common Equity Tier 1 which
includes the following within the meaning of this Law:
a) disbursement of dividends;
b) distribution of partly or wholly paid-up preferred shares
or other capital instruments indicated in Article 26(1)(a) of
Regulation No 575/2013;
c) redemption or acquisition of own shares or other capital
instruments indicated in Article 26(1)(a) of Regulation No
575/2013;
d) repayment of the amounts paid in relation to the capital
instruments indicated in Article 26(1)(a) of EU Regulation No
575/2013;
e) distribution of the items indicated in Article 26(1)(b),
(c), (d), and (e) of Regulation No 575/2013;
2) commitment of payment obligations of variable component of
remuneration or discretionary pension benefits‧(within the
meaning of Regulation No 575/2013) or disbursement of variable
component of remuneration if a credit institution has assumed
payment obligations at the time when it did not conform to the
minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities;
3) disbursement of interest or dividends on Additional Tier 1
instruments.
(2) If an institution or financial company is in the situation
referred to in Paragraph one of this Section, it shall
immediately notify the Financial and Capital Market Commission
thereof.
(3) In the situation referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately assess the following:
1) the reason for non-conformity and also its duration,
extent, and impact on resolvability;
2) the evolution of the financial situation of the institution
or financial company and the probability that the financial
institution could meet the condition laid down in Section 39,
Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law in the near future;
3) the prospect that the institution or financial company will
be able to ensure conformity to the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities within a reasonable time
period;
4) the inability of the institution or financial company to
replace liabilities that no longer conform to the eligibility or
time criteria laid down in Articles 72(b) and 72(c) of Regulation
No 575/2013 or Section 59.1 or Section 61, Paragraph
six of this Law, and the fact whether this inability is specific
or related to market-wide disturbance;
5) the fact whether the exercise of the rights referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section is the most appropriate and
proportionate way to address the situation of the institution or
financial company by taking into account its potential impact on
the financing conditions and resolvability of the relevant
institution.
(4) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission establishes
that the institution or financial company is still in the
situation referred to in Paragraph one of this Section nine
months after the respective institution or financial company has
notified such situation, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall exercise the rights referred to in Paragraph one
of this Section, except where the Financial and Capital Market
Commission establishes upon assessment that at least two of the
following conditions are met:
1) the non-conformity is related to disruptions on the
financial market in a number of segments of the financial
market;
2) the disruptions referred to in Clause 1 of this Paragraph
not only cause an increase in fluctuations in the prices of own
funds instruments and eligible liabilities instruments of the
institution or financial company or an increase of costs of the
institution or financial company but also lead to full or partial
closure of the financial market which prevents the institution or
financial company from issuing own capital instruments and
eligible liabilities instruments on the respective markets;
3) the closure of the financial market referred to in Clause 2
of this Paragraph is observed not only in respect of the relevant
institution or financial company but also in respect of other
institutions or financial companies;
4) the disruptions referred to in Clause 1 of this Paragraph
prevent the institution or financial company from issuing own
funds instruments and eligible liabilities instruments in a
sufficient amount to eliminate non-conformity;
5) the exercise of the rights referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section results in negative impact on part of the sector of
credit institutions which may potentially pose a threat to
financial stability.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
re-assess every month whether the prohibitions referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section are applicable.
(6) The maximum distributable amount which is related to the
combined capital buffer requirement within the scope of the
minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities shall
be calculated in accordance with Article 10a(4) of Regulation No
806/2014.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 19. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall, as the resolution authority of a subsidiary of a European
Union parent company of another Member State, participate in the
group resolution assessment of a European Union parent company of
another Member State in accordance with Sections 15, 16, and 20
of this Law.
Section 20. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission establishes, by taking into account the resolvability
assessment of an institution or financial company, that there are
substantive impediments to resolvability of the respective
institution or financial company, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall notify the relevant institution or
financial company and the resolution authorities in the
jurisdictions where significant branches are located thereof in
writing.
(2) Drawing up of the resolution plan shall be suspended until
the moment when the Financial and Capital Market Commission has
approved the measures to remove the substantive impediments to
resolvability or has taken a the decision to implement one or
several of the measures referred to in Paragraph eight of this
Section.
(3) Within four months from the day when the institution or
financial company has received a notification of the Financial
and Capital Market Commission on the established impediments, it
shall inform the Financial and Capital Market Commission of the
measures to be taken to remove the substantive impediments
referred to in the notification.
(4) Within two weeks from the day when the institution or
financial company has received a notification of the Financial
and Capital Market Commission on the established impediments, it
shall notify the Financial and Capital Market Commission of the
possible measures (indicating the time limits for their
implementation) which will ensure that the institution or
financial company conforms to Section 60.2 or 61 of
this Law and the combined capital buffer requirement if the
reason for the substantive impediment is one of the following
conditions:
1) the institution or financial company meets the combined
capital buffer requirement if it is assessed in addition to the
requirements referred to in Section 101.16 of the
Credit Institution Law but does not meet the combined capital
buffer requirement if it is assessed in addition to the
requirements referred to in Sections 60 and 60.1 of
this Law when they are calculated in accordance with Section 59,
Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this Law;
2) the institution or financial company does not conform to
the requirements referred to in Articles 92a and 494 of
Regulation No 575/2013 or the requirements referred to in
Sections 60 and 60.1 of this Law.
(5) In setting the time limits for the implementation of the
possible measures referred to in Paragraph four of this Section,
reasons for the substantive impediment shall be taken into
account.
(6) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess
whether it is possible to address or effectively remove the
established substantive impediment by taking the possible
measures referred to in Paragraph four of this Section.
(7) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission establishes
that the impediments to resolvability cannot be removed by taking
the measures specified by the institution or financial company,
it shall determine alternative measures and request the
institution or financial company to include them in the
resolution plan within a month. In determining alternative
measures, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
indicate why the impediments to resolvability cannot be removed
by taking the measures specified by the institution or financial
company and why alternative measures need to be determined. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall also take into
account the possible threats which the respective impediments to
resolvability pose to financial stability and the impact of the
measures on the operation and stability of the institution or
financial company.
(8) Upon acting in accordance with Paragraph seven of this
Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to:
1) request the institution or financial company to review any
intra-group financing arrangements or consider the absence
thereof, or draw up service contracts to ensure that critical
functions are performed;
2) request the institution and financial company to limit
their maximum exposures;
3) request specific or regular additional information for
resolution purposes;
4) request the institution or financial company to dispose of
certain assets;
5) request the institution or financial company to limit or
cease specific existing and proposed activities;
6) request the institution or financial company to restrict or
prevent the development of new or existing business lines or sale
of new or existing products;
7) request changes in the legal form or organisational
structure of the institution or financial company, or a group
company in which the institution or financial company, or group
company has a holding, thus ensuring that critical functions may
be legally and organisationally separated from other functions
through the application of resolution tools;
8) request the institution or financial company, or parent
company to set up a parent financial holding company in a Member
State or a European Union parent financial holding company;
9) request the institution or financial company to submit a
plan the purpose of which is to restore conformity to the
requirements referred to in Section 60.2 or 61 of this
Law that are expressed as a percentage of the total exposure
value which has been calculated in accordance with Article 92(3)
of Regulation No 575/2013 and, where applicable, the combined
capital buffer requirement, and the requirements referred to in
Section 60.2 or 61 of this Law that are expressed as a
percentage of the total exposure amount as laid down in Articles
429 and 429a of Regulation No 575/2013;
91) request the institution - investment firm -
referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this Law and
the investment firm referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two,
Clause 2 of this Law other than the investment firm specified in
Article 1(2) or (5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the
prudential requirements of investment firms and amending
Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No 600/2014
and (EU) No 806/2014 (hereinafter - Regulation No 2019/2033) to
submit a plan the objective of which is to renew conformity with
the requirements of Section 60.2 or 61 of this Law
which are expressed as the total risk exposure value measurement
calculated in accordance with the requirements of Article 11(1)
of Regulation No 2019/2033, multiplying this measurement by
12.5;
10) request the institution or financial company to issue
eligible liabilities in order to ensure fulfilment of the
requirements laid down in Section 60.2 or 61 of this
Law;
11) request the institution or financial company to take any
other measures in order to meet the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities in accordance with Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law, including in particular to
seek renegotiations on any eligible liabilities, Additional Tier
1 instruments or Tier 2 instruments which it has issued in order
to ensure that each decision of the resolution authority on
write-down or conversion of the respective liabilities or
instruments is implemented in accordance with the laws and
regulations of such jurisdiction that refers to the respective
liabilities or instruments;
12) for the purpose of ensuring continuous conformity to
Section 60.2 or 61 of this Law, request the respective
institution or financial company to change the maturity profile
for own funds instruments after obtaining consent of the
supervisory authority and for the eligible liabilities referred
to in Section 59.1 and Section 61, Paragraph six,
Clause 1 of this Law;
13) where the institution or financial company is the
subsidiary of a mixed-activity holding company, request the
relevant mixed-activity holding company to establish a separate
financial holding company which would control the institution,
and also, where necessary, facilitate resolution of the
institution or financial company and avoid the situation where
application of the resolution tools and powers would have an
adverse effect on such part of the group which is not directly
related to the provision of financial services.
(9) Prior to implementing the possible measures referred to in
Paragraph four of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, where necessary, together with Latvijas Banka,
duly consider the potential impact of those measures on the
particular institution or financial company, on the internal
market of financial services, and on the financial stability in
other Member States (in each separately and in all as a
whole).
(10) The institution or financial company shall be obliged to
submit a plan for the fulfilment of the relevant measure to the
Financial and Capital Market Commission within one month after
implementation of the possible measures referred to in Paragraph
four of this Section.
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regarding the deletion of the words "where necessary, together
with Latvijas Banka" and amendment regarding the replacement of
the words "Financial and Capital Market Commission" with the
words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force on 1 January 2023
and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January
2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 21. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, together with resolution authorities of
subsidiaries, after consulting the college of supervisors and
resolution authorities in the territories of those Member States
in which significant branches are located, carry out the group
resolution assessment of a European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia in the resolution college in
order to take the joint decision on application of the measures
specified in Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law to all
institutions and financial companies that are part of the group,
and their subsidiaries.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, in
cooperation with the European Banking Authority, draw up and
submit a report to the European Union parent company registered
in the Republic of Latvia, the resolution authorities of
subsidiaries which will hand it over to the subsidiaries under
their control, and to the resolution authorities in the
territories of such Member States in which significant branches
are located. The report shall include information on the
substantive impediments to efficient application of the
resolution tools and use of the resolution powers in relation to
the group and in relation to the resolution groups if a group
consists of more than one resolution groups, and also the
information on the impact on the business model of the group and
shall recommend proportionate and targeted measures that are
considered by the Financial and Capital Market Commission to be
necessary or appropriate to remove the abovementioned
impediments.
(3) If the impediment to resolvability of a group is related
to the institution or financial company referred to in Section
20, Paragraphs three and four of this Law, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall notify a European Union parent
company of its assessment in respect of the specific
impediment.
(4) Within four months from the day of receipt of the report,
the European Union parent company registered in the Republic of
Latvia may submit its observations to the Financial and Capital
Market Commission and inform it of possible measures to remove
the impediments indicated in the report.
(5) If the impediments indicated in the report are related to
the institution or financial company referred to in Section 20,
Paragraphs three and four of this Law, a European Union parent
company shall, within two weeks from the day of receipt of the
report that is provided in accordance with Paragraph four of this
Section, propose possible measures to the group-level resolution
authority (indicating the time periods for the implementation
thereof) by which it is ensured that the group institution or
financial company conforms to the requirements referred to in
Section 60.2 or 61 of this Law that are expressed as a
percentage of the total exposure value which has been calculated
in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation No 575/2013 and,
where applicable, the combined capital buffer requirement, and
the requirements referred to in Section 60.2 or 61 of
this Law that are expressed as a percentage of the total exposure
amount as laid down in Articles 429 and 429a of Regulation No
575/2013.
(51) If the obstacles indicated in the report are
related to the institution - investment firm - referred to in
Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 and the investment firm
referred to in Clause 2 of this Law other than the investment
firm specified in Article 1(2) or (5) of Regulation No 2019/2033,
a European Union parent company shall, within two weeks from the
day of receiving a report provided in accordance with Paragraph
four of this Section, propose possible measures to the
group-level resolution authority (indicating the time periods for
the implementation thereof) by which it is ensured that the group
institution or financial company conforms to the requirements of
Section 60.2 or 61 of this Law that are expressed as a
percentage of the total exposure value which has been calculated
in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation No 2019/2033,
multiplying this measurement by 12.5.
(6) In setting the time limits for the implementation of the
possible measures referred to in Paragraph five of this Section,
reasons for the substantive impediment shall be taken into
account. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess
whether the substantive impediment can be effectively addressed
or removed by taking the respective measures.
(7) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall notify
the European Banking Authority, the resolution authorities of the
subsidiaries, and the resolution authorities in the territories
of those Member States in which significant branches are located
of all possible measures of a parent company of a Member State
registered in the Republic of Latvia. The Financial and Capital
Market Commission and the resolution authorities of the
subsidiaries shall, after consulting the supervisory authorities
and resolution authorities in the territories of such Member
States in which significant branches are located, take the joint
decision in the resolution college on the establishment of
substantive impediments and the assessment of the possible
measures of the European Union parent company registered in the
Republic of Latvia and the measures requested by the resolution
authorities to reduce or remove the impediments by taking into
account the impact of such measures in all the Member States
where the group operates.
(8) The joint decision shall be taken within four months from
the day the notification referred to in Paragraph seven of this
Section has been submitted. If the European Union parent company
has not submitted any observations, the joint decision shall be
taken within one month after the four-month time period referred
to in Paragraph one of this Section has expired. The Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall notify the European Union
parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia of the
decision taken.
(9) The joint decision on the impediments to resolvability in
relation to the possible measures referred to in Section 20,
Paragraph four of this Law shall be taken within two weeks after
the European Union parent company has submitted its observations
on the possible measures in accordance with Paragraph five of
this Section. The joint decision shall also indicate its
justification. The respective justification shall be provided in
a document which is notified by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission to the European Union parent company.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to submit to the European Banking Authority a request to help the
European Union resolution authorities to take the joint decision
in accordance with Article 31(2)(c) of Regulation No
1093/2010.
(11) If the involved resolution authorities have not taken the
joint decision within the time period specified in Paragraphs
eight and nine of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, taking into account opinions of other
resolution authorities, take its own decision to implement the
measures specified in Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law at
the group level. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall notify the European Union parent company registered in the
Republic of Latvia of the decision taken.
(12) If at the end of the time period referred to in Paragraph
eight or nine of this Section the Financial and Capital Market
Commission has referred to the European Banking Authority in
accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010 in respect
of the decision referred to in Paragraph nine of this Section,
the group-level resolution authority shall postpone taking of the
decision, wait for the decision of the European Banking
Authority, and take its own decision in accordance with the
decision of the European Banking Authority. The time period
referred to in Paragraphs eight and nine of this Section shall be
considered the conciliation period within the meaning of
Regulation No 1093/2010. The European Banking Authority shall
take the decision within one month. After expiry of the time
period referred to in Paragraphs eight and nine of this Section
or after taking of the joint decision, the European Banking
Authority shall no longer examine the issue. If the European
Banking Authority does not take the decision, it shall be taken
by the group-level resolution authority.
(13) If the joint decision has not been taken within the time
period specified in Paragraph eight or nine of this Section, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take its own
decision on appropriate measures to be taken at the resolution
group level in accordance with Section 20, Paragraph eight of
this Law.
(14) The decision referred to in Paragraph thirteen of this
Section shall be fully justified and it shall take into account
opinions and objections of other resolution authorities of the
same resolution group entity and the group-level resolution
authority. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send
the decision to the resolution entity.
(15) If at the end of the time period referred to in
Paragraphs eight and nine of this Section the Financial and
Capital Market Commission has referred to the European Banking
Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010 with the request referred to in Paragraph eighteen of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
postpone taking of the decision, wait for the decision of the
European Banking Authority, and take its own decision in
accordance with the decision of the European Banking Authority.
The time period referred to in Paragraphs eight and nine of this
Section shall be considered the conciliation period within the
meaning of Regulation No 1093/2010. The European Banking
Authority shall take the decision within one month. After expiry
of the time period referred to in Paragraphs eight and nine of
this Section or after taking of the joint decision, the European
Banking Authority shall no longer examine the issue. If the
European Banking Authority does not take the decision, it shall
be taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(16) If any of the involved resolution authorities has
referred to the European Banking Authority within the time period
for the taking of the joint decision with a request to provide
assistance in taking of the joint decision in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall defer taking of the decision and
implement measures in accordance with the decision of the
European Banking Authority. If the European Banking Authority
does not take the decision within one month, the decision shall
be taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(17) If the joint decision has not been taken, resolution
authorities of subsidiaries may specify appropriate measures to
remove resolution impediments in respect of the subsidiaries of
their jurisdiction, unless the Financial and Capital Market
Commission or another involved resolution authority has referred
to the European Banking Authority with a request to provide
assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010.
(18) The Financial and Capital Market Commission, within the
time period for taking of the joint decision, is entitled to
refer to the European Banking Authority with a request to provide
assistance in taking of the joint decision in accordance with
Paragraph eight of this Section on the measures referred to in
Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law in accordance with
Article 19 and Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 22. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission as the resolution authority of the subsidiary of a
European Union parent company of another Member State which is
registered in the Republic of Latvia shall participate in taking
of the joint decision on the application of measures specified in
Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law in respect of all
institutions that are part of the group.
(2) If, within four months from the day when the resolution
authority of a parent company of a Member State has sent a report
to the Financial and Capital Market Commission on the substantive
impediments to efficient application of the resolution tools and
use of the resolution powers in relation to the group, the joint
decision has not been taken in accordance with Paragraph one of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
take into account the joint decision of the resolution authority
of the European Union parent company of another Member State and
the joint decision of the European Banking Authority in respect
of the group if any of the involved supervisory authorities has
referred to the European Banking Authority with a request to
provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010 and the European Banking Authority has taken a decision
within one month.
(3) If the joint decision has not been taken, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall take its own decision on the
measures to be taken by subsidiaries individually in accordance
with Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law. The Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall take into account opinions and
objections of other resolution authorities in the abovementioned
decision. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
notify a subsidiary registered in the Republic of Latvia and a
resolution entity of the same resolution group, the resolution
authority of the respective resolution entity, and, if it is
another institution, the group-level resolution authority of its
decision.
(4) If at the end of the time period referred to in Section
21, Paragraphs eight and nine of this Law any of the involved
resolution authorities has referred to the European Banking
Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010 with a request to provide assistance, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall postpone taking of the decision,
wait for any decision of the European Banking Authority that it
may take in accordance with Article 19(3) of the respective
Regulation, and take its own decision in accordance with the
decision of the European Banking Authority. The time period
referred to in Section 21, Paragraphs eight and nine of this Law
shall be considered the conciliation period within the meaning of
Regulation No 1093/2010. If the European Banking Authority does
not take the decision within one month, the decision shall be
taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(5) For the purpose of taking the joint decision within the
specified time period, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to refer to the European Banking Authority
with a request to provide assistance in accordance with Paragraph
two of this Section in taking of the joint decision on the
measures referred to in Section 20, Paragraph eight, Clauses 7,
8, and 11 of this Law in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation
No 1093/2010 and Article 31(c) of Regulation No 1093/2010.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 23. (1) The joint decisions referred to in this
Chapter are recognised as conclusive and are binding on the
Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(2) The drawing up of the group resolution plan for a European
Union parent company is suspended until the time when the
involved resolution authorities have approved the measures
proposed by the European Union parent company or have determined
measures themselves for the removal of material resolution
impediments.
Chapter
IV.1
Cooperation with the Single Resolution
Board
[16 February 2017 / See
Paragraph 2 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 23.1 The Single Resolution Board
shall draw up a resolution plan and take a decision to apply
resolution actions under single resolution in respect to the
subjects referred to in Article 7(2) and (5) of Regulation No
806/2014 if the Cabinet has transferred the drawing up of a
resolution plan and taking the decision to apply resolution
actions to the Single Resolution Board.
[16 February 2017]
Section 23.2 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall provide the information to the Single
Resolution Board requested by it for the drawing up of resolution
plans in respect of the subjects referred to in Article 7(2) and
(5) of Regulation No 806/2014 and other information referred to
in Article 28 of Regulation No 806/2014. The Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall obtain and assess the information
provided to the Single Resolution Board in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Chapters III, IV, and V of this Law and
in the regulatory provisions issued by the Financial and Capital
Market Commission which provide for the requirements for the
provision of information for the drawing up of a resolution
plan.
[16 February 2017]
Section 23.3 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall, in accordance with Article 11(2) of
Regulation No 806/2014, upon suggesting to the Single Resolution
Board to determine preferential requirements in respect of the
subjects referred to in Article 7(2) and (5) of Regulation No
806/2014 within the scope of a resolution plan or to take the
decision not to develop a resolution plan, justify it with
information accordingly which has been acquired and assessed in
accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapters III, IV, and
V of this Law and in the regulatory provisions issued by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission which provide for the
requirements for the provision of information for the drawing up
of a resolution plan.
[16 February 2017]
Section 23.4 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall immediately inform the Single Resolution
Board in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article
13(1) and (4) of Regulation No 806/2014 on each decision taken by
the Financial and Capital Market Commission in respect of
implementation of early intervention measures, and also on the
situation when financial difficulties are detected for the
institution or it is foreseen that they would set in.
[16 February 2017]
Section 23.5 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall comply with the decision taken by the
Single Resolution Board within the scope of the single resolution
in respect of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities or resolution action. In complying with the
respective decision, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall apply the requirements laid down in this Law for the
implementation of the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities or relevant resolution action in accordance
with Article 29 of Regulation No 806/2014 in respect of the
subjects referred to in Article 7(2) and (5) of Regulation No
806/2014.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 23.6 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall, by means of the powers referred to in
Section 60, Paragraph sixteen of this Law in respect of the
resolution entities, send to the Single Resolution Board a
request which has been assessed in compliance with the
requirements laid down in this Law.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Chapter V
Intra-Group Financial Support
Section 24. (1) A parent company of a Member State or a
European Union parent company, or the financial company referred
to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law and
its subsidiaries in other Member States or foreign countries
which are institutions or financial institutions and to which the
consolidated supervision of the parent company applies may enter
into an agreement for the provision of financial support to any
other party to the agreement which meets the conditions for early
intervention, provided that the conditions laid down in this
Chapter are met.
(2) An intra-group financial support agreement shall not
affect intra-group financial arrangements, including funding
arrangements and the operation of centralised funding
arrangements provided that none of activities of the parties to
such arrangements meets the conditions for early
intervention.
(3) Absence of an agreement shall not affect:
1) the provision of group financial support to any group
company that experiences financial difficulties if the
institution decides to provide it, assessing on a case-by-case
basis according to the group policy, and if it does not cause a
risk for the whole group;
2) the operation of the group in a Member State.
(4) Regardless of the intra-group financial agreement the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to impose
limitations on intra-group transactions in accordance with the
Credit Institution Law due to financial stability considerations
or impose an obligation to separate parts of a group or
activities performed within a group.
(5) The intra-group financial support agreement may:
1) cover one or more subsidiaries of the group and may provide
for financial support from the parent company to subsidiaries,
financial support from subsidiaries to the parent company,
financial support between subsidiaries of the group which are
party to the agreement;
2) provide for financial support when providing a loan,
guarantees, assets for their use as collateral, or any
combination of the abovementioned forms of financial support in
one or more transactions, including between the beneficiary and a
third party.
(6) If a group company agrees to provide financial support to
another group company in accordance with the provisions of the
intra-group financial support agreement, the agreement may
provide for a reciprocal agreement by the group company receiving
the support to provide financial support to the group company
providing the support.
(7) The intra-group financial support agreement shall specify
the principles for the calculation of the consideration for any
transaction made according to such agreement. The abovementioned
principles shall include a requirement to specify the
consideration during the provision of financial support. The
agreement, the principles for the calculation of the
consideration in relation to the provision of financial support,
and other conditions of the agreement shall conform to the
following principles:
1) each party must be entering into the agreement
voluntarily;
2) upon entering into the agreement and when determining the
consideration for the provision of financial support, each party
must be acting in its own best interests, taking into account any
direct or indirect benefit that may accrue to a party as a result
of provision of the financial support;
3) each party providing financial support must have full
disclosure of relevant information from any party receiving
financial support prior to determination of the consideration for
the provision of financial support and prior to taking any
decision to provide financial support;
4) upon determining the consideration for the provision of
financial support, information in the possession of the party
providing financial support based on it being in the same group
as the party receiving financial support and which is not
available to the market may be taken into account;
5) upon determining the principles for the calculation of the
consideration for the provision of financial support, any
anticipated temporary impact on market prices arising from events
external to the group may be taken into account.
(8) The intra-group financial support agreement may only be
concluded if, at the time the proposed agreement is made, in the
opinion of their respective supervisory authorities, none of the
parties meets the conditions for early intervention.
(9) Any right, including right to claim, or action arising
from the intra-group financial support agreement may be
implemented only by the parties to the agreement.
[16 February 2017; 28 February 2019]
Section 25. (1) The European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia shall submit to the
Financial and Capital Market Commission an application for the
receipt of an authorisation for the intra-group financial support
agreement. The application shall contain the text of the proposed
agreement and indicate the group companies that propose to be
parties to the agreement.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately forward the application to the supervisory authority
of each subsidiary that proposes to be a party to the agreement,
in order to reach the joint decision.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take the
decision to grant an authorisation if the terms of the proposed
agreement meet the conditions for intra-group financial
support.
(31) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is
entitled to take the decision to prohibit entry into an agreement
on provision of intra financial support if it does not meet the
conditions of Section 28 of this Law.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission and the
involved supervisory authorities of subsidiaries shall, within
four months of the date of receipt of the application by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, take the joint decision,
taking into account the potential impact, and also any fiscal
consequences of the fulfilment of the agreement in all the Member
States where the group operates, on whether the conditions of the
proposed agreement meets the conditions for intra-group financial
support. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send
the decision taken to the applicant.
(5) If the joint decision is not taken within the time limit
stipulated by the supervisory authority, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall take the decision to authorise
the proposed intra-group financial support agreement, taking into
account the opinions of other supervisory authorities expressed
within the time limit specified for taking of the joint decision.
The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall notify the
decision to the applicant and other involved supervisory
authorities.
(6) If any of the involved supervisory authorities has
referred to the European Banking Authority within the time limit
specified for taking the joint decision with a request to provide
assistance in taking the joint decision in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall defer taking the decision and implement
measures according to the decision of the European Banking
Authority. If the European Banking Authority does not take the
decision within one month, the decision shall be taken by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(7) For the taking of the joint decision within the specified
time period, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may
refer to the European Banking Authority with a request to provide
assistance in accordance with Article 31(c) of Regulation No
1093/2010 in order to receive assistance in taking the joint
decision.
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Section 26. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, as the supervisory authority of the subsidiary
of a European Union parent company of another Member State,
participate in taking the joint decision to authorise the
intra-group financial support agreement proposed by a parent
company of the Member State.
(2) If, within four months from the day when the supervisory
authority of the subsidiary of a European Union parent company of
another Member State has received an application for the receipt
of an authorisation for the intra-group financial support
agreement, the joint decision has not been taken, the decision of
the supervisory authority of the parent company of the Member
State and the European Banking Authority shall be binding on the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, if any of the involved
supervisory authorities has referred to the European Banking
Authority with a request to provide assistance in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010 and the European Banking
Authority has taken a decision within one month.
(3) For taking the joint decision within the specified time
limit, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may refer to
the European Banking Authority with a request to provide
assistance in accordance with Article 19 or Article 31(c) of
Regulation No 1093/2010 in order to receive assistance in taking
the joint decision to provide authorisation for the intra-group
financial support agreement.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 27. (1) An intra-group financial support
agreement the conclusion of which has been authorised by the
supervisory authorities shall be submitted for approval to the
meeting of shareholders of every group company that proposes to
enter into the agreement. In such case the agreement shall be
valid only in respect of those parties whose meeting of
shareholders has approved the agreement.
(2) Shareholders of a group company are entitled to authorise
the supervisory board or executive board of the group company to
decide on the fact that the group company will provide or receive
financial support in accordance with the conditions of the
agreement and of this Law.
(3) The supervisory board of each company that is party to the
agreement shall report each year to the shareholders on the
fulfilment of the agreement and on the implementation of any
decisions taken according to the agreement.
[16 February 2017]
Section 28. A group company is entitled to provide
financial support according to the intra-group financial support
agreement only if all of the following conditions are met:
1) the provided support will significantly redress the
financial difficulties of the group company receiving the
support;
2) the provision of financial support has the objective of
preserving or restoring the financial stability of the group as a
whole or any of the companies of the group and is in the
interests of the group company providing the support;
3) the financial support has been granted according to the
agreement in which the principles for the calculation of the
consideration specified in Section 24, Paragraph seven of this
Law are taken into account;
4) on the basis of the information available to the executive
board or supervisory board of the group company providing
financial support at the time when the decision to grant
financial support is taken, the group company receiving the
support will pay consideration for the support and, if the
support is given in the form of a loan, will repay the loan. If
the support is given in the form of a guarantee or any form of
security, the same condition shall apply to the liabilities
arising for the recipient if the guarantee or the security is
enforced;
5) the provision of the financial support would not jeopardise
the group company providing the support, its liquidity or
solvency;
6) the provision of the financial support would not create a
threat to financial stability in the Republic of Latvia or
another Member State;
7) the group company providing the support complies, at the
time when the support is provided, with the requirements
governing the activity laid down for it and the provision of the
financial support would not cause the group company to violate
those requirements, unless authorised by the supervisory
authority responsible for the supervision on an individual basis
of the company providing the support;
8) the provision of the financial support would not undermine
the resolvability of the group company providing the support.
[16 February 2017]
Section 29. The decision to provide or accept
intra-group financial support according to the agreement shall be
taken by the group company providing financial support. The
decision shall be reasoned and shall indicate the objective of
the proposed financial support and that it meets the conditions
for the provision of the financial support.
Section 30. (1) Before providing support according to
an intra-group financial support agreement, the group company
that has intended to provide financial support shall notify the
following thereof:
1) the Financial and Capital Market Commission;
2) the consolidating supervisor;
3) the supervisory authority of the company receiving the
financial support;
4) the European Banking Authority.
(2) The notification shall include the decision taken by the
group company registered in the Republic of Latvia on the
provision of the intra-group financial support and details of the
proposed financial support, including the group financial support
agreement.
(3) Within five working days from the date of receipt of the
notification, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may
agree to the provision of financial support or may prohibit or
restrict it if it establishes that the conditions for the
provision of intra-group financial support referred to in Chapter
V of this Law have not been met.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately make the decision to approve, prohibit, or restrict
the financial support known to:
1) the consolidating supervisor;
2) the supervisory authority of the company receiving the
financial support;
3) the European Banking Authority.
(5) The group company which has intended to provide financial
support shall send its decision to provide financial support
to:
1) the Financial and Capital Market Commission;
2) the consolidating supervisor;
3) the supervisory authority of the company receiving the
financial support;
4) the European Banking Authority.
Section 31. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is a consolidating supervisory authority or if the
company receiving the financial support is a group company
registered in the Republic of Latvia which is supervised by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, a group company
registered in another Member State which has intended to provide
financial support shall notify the Financial and Capital Market
Commission of the intention to provide financial support, and
also send the decision to provide financial support.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is a
consolidating supervisory authority of a group company that
intends to provide financial support, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall immediately send the decision received
from the supervisory authority of the group company that intends
to provide financial support to other members of a college of
supervisors and resolution college to approve, prohibit, or
restrict the financial support, and also send the decision of the
group company that intends to provide financial support on the
provision of support.
(3) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission as a
consolidating supervisory authority, supervising the company
receiving the support, of the group company which has intended to
provide financial support has objections against the decision of
the supervisory authority of the company which has intended to
provide financial support to prohibit or restrict the financial
support, it is entitled to submit this issue for examination to
the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 31 of
Regulation No 1093/2010 within two days.
(4) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is a
supervisory authority of the group company for which the
financial support has been refused and if the group recovery plan
includes reference to intra-group financial support, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled request the
consolidating supervisor to initiate a reassessment of the group
recovery plan or, if a recovery plan is drawn up on an individual
basis, to request the subsidiary registered in the Republic of
Latvia to submit a revised recovery plan.
Section 32. A group company registered in the Republic
of Latvia shall publish the information on its website on whether
or not it has entered into a intra-group financial support
agreement, providing a description of the general terms of the
agreement and the names of the group companies that are party to
it, and also update the published information at least annually
in conformity with the requirements of Articles 431, 432, 433,
and 434 of Regulation No 575/2013.
[16 February 2017]
Chapter VI
Early Intervention Measures
Section 33. (1) If an institution violates or in the
near future is likely to violate the Credit Institution Law, the
Law on Investment Firms, or the Financial Instrument Market Law,
or the regulatory provisions of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, or directly applicable legal acts of the European
Union (among other reasons, because the financial position of the
institution rapidly deteriorates, including deterioration of
liquidity indicators and increased level of leverage,
non-performing loans, or exposure concentration which may
significantly affect operation of the institution) that may also
include the own funds requirements binding on the institution in
accordance with Article 92(1) of Regulation No 575/2013 and the
additional own funds requirement in accordance with Section
101.3, Paragraph 4.4, Clause 1 of the
Credit Institution Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to apply the following early
intervention measures by determining time limit for the
implementation of measures, without prejudice to its rights laid
down in other laws and regulations to apply supervisory
measures:
1) to request the institution to implement one or more of the
measures provided for in the recovery plan or to update such a
recovery plan if the circumstances that led to the early
intervention are different from the assumptions set out in the
initial recovery plan and to implement one or more of the
measures provided for in the updated plan within a specific time
limit;
2) to request the institution to determine measures according
to the situation to overcome any established problems and to
prepare an action programme to overcome the abovementioned
problems and a timetable for its implementation;
3) to request the executive board of the institution to
convene, or, if the executive board fails to comply with that
request, to directly convene a meeting of shareholders, in both
cases setting the agenda and requesting that the shareholders
decide on the taking of specific decisions;
4) to request removal or replacement of one or more members of
the executive board or supervisory board if the relevant persons
are found unfit to perform their tasks in accordance with the
requirements laid down for them in laws and regulations;
5) to request the institution to prepare a plan for
negotiation on restructuring of debt with its creditors according
to the recovery plan;
6) to request changes to be made in the business strategy of
the institution;
7) to request changes to be made in the management or
organisational structure of the institution;
8) to obtain, including through on-site inspections, all the
information necessary to update the resolution plan, to prepare
for the possible resolution of the institution and for the
valuation of the assets and liabilities of the institution, and
to request that all the necessary information is submitted.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to request the institution to contact potential purchasers, thus
preparing for the resolution of the institution, in conformity
with the non-disclosure of information (confidentiality)
provisions.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" and amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "regulatory provisions"
with the word "provisions" shall come into force on 1 January
2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1
January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 34. (1) Before application of early
intervention measures or appointment of an authorised person in
the European Union parent company registered in the Republic of
Latvia, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall inform
the European Banking Authority, consult with other participants
to a college of supervisors, and take the decision to apply early
intervention measures or to appoint an authorised person,
notifying the European Banking Authority and participants to the
college of supervisors thereof. When taking the abovementioned
decision, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take
into account the impact thereof on the group companies in other
Member States.
(2) If the supervisory authority of a subsidiary of a parent
company of a Member State registered in the Republic of Latvia
informs the Financial and Capital Market Commission of the
intention to apply early intervention measures or to appoint an
authorised person, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall, within three working days, provide the impact assessment
of the planned measures on the relevant company, group, or group
companies in other Member States.
(3) If more than one supervisory authority of the group
company managed by the parent company of a Member State
registered in the Republic of Latvia has the intention to apply
early intervention measures or to appoint an authorised person,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission and other involved
supervisory authorities shall consider appointment of one
authorised person for all involved companies or application of
early intervention measures to several institutions. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission and the involved
supervisory authorities shall, within five days after the
Financial and Capital Market Commission has informed the European
Banking Authority and the participants to the college of
supervisors thereof, take the joint decision to be notified to
the parent company of a Member State registered in the Republic
of Latvia.
(4) If the joint decision has not been taken within the
specified time limit, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may take the decision to apply early intervention measures or to
appoint an authorised person for the institutions under
supervision thereof.
Section 35. The provisions of the Credit Institution
Law and the Financial Instrument Market Law shall be applicable
to the right of the Financial and Capital Market Commission to
appoint an authorised person in the institution and the
procedures for his or her activity.
Section 36. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, as the supervisory authority of the subsidiary
of a European Union parent company of another Member State,
provide its opinion to the college of supervisors on the
supervision measure planned by other supervisory authorities of
the group companies or on the appointment of an authorised person
in the companies under their supervision.
(2) Before application of early intervention measures or
appointment of an authorised person for the subsidiary of a
European Union parent company of another Member State registered
in the Republic of Latvia, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall inform the European Banking Authority thereof
and consult with other participants to the college of
supervisors.
(3) After fulfilment of the provisions of Paragraph two of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall,
within three days, receive the assessment of the consolidating
supervisor on the impact of the measures planned by the Financial
and Capital Market Commission on the relevant company, group, or
group companies in other Member States and, by having regard to
it, take the decision to apply early intervention measures or to
appoint an authorised person, notifying the participants to the
college of supervisors thereof.
(4) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission has an
intention to apply early intervention measures or to appoint an
authorised person in respect of the group company of the European
Union parent company of another Member State and another
supervisory authority of this group in respect of the group
company under the supervision thereof, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall participate in taking the joint decision
to appoint one authorised person for all involved companies or to
apply early intervention measures to several institutions.
(5) If the joint decision is not taken within five working
days after the supervisory authority of a European Union parent
company of another Member State has informed participants to the
college of supervisors, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to take the decision to apply early
intervention measures or to appoint an authorised person for the
institutions under its supervision.
Section 37. (1) When taking the decision referred to in
Section 34 and applying Section 35 of this Law, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall take into account the opinions of
other involved supervisory authorities, and also possible impact
on the financial stability in other Member States. If any of the
involved supervisory authorities has referred to the European
Banking Authority until taking of the decisions of the Financial
and Capital Market Commission referred to in Sections 34 and 35
of this Law with a request to provide assistance in accordance
with Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall defer taking of the decision and
implement measures according to the decision of the European
Banking Authority. If the European Banking Authority does not
take the decision within three days, the decision shall be taken
by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
refer to the European Banking Authority within the time period
for taking of the joint decision with a request to provide
assistance in taking of the joint decision on the measures
intended in the recovery plan, the activities necessary for
increasing of capital and liquidity, own funds of the
institution, access to sources of the funds intended for
emergency cases, the activities intended in the debt
restructuring plan, the changes in the strategy of the activity
of the institution, and also in accordance with Article 31(c) of
Regulation No 1093/2010.
Chapter VII
Resolution Actions and Resolution Tools
Section 38. (1) When applying the resolution tools in
respect of the institution under resolution, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall choose the tools the use of which
best achieves the following objectives of resolution:
1) to ensure the continuity of critical functions;
2) to avoid a significant adverse effect on the stability of
the financial market and to maintain market discipline;
3) to protect State funds by minimising reliance on the State
aid;
4) to protect the interests of depositors and investors;
5) to protect client funds and client assets.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall seek to
minimise the costs of resolution and to avoid destruction of
value to the extent possible unless it is necessary to achieve
the resolution objectives.
(3) All resolution objectives are of equal significance. When
selecting and applying resolution actions to be implemented, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess the
proportionality of restrictions of the ownership rights of a
person.
[28 February 2019]
Section 39. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take a resolution action only if all of the
resolution conditions are met:
1) the Financial and Capital Market Commission establishes
that the institution has financial difficulties or, potentially,
it will be in financial difficulties;
2) taking into account the limited time and other relevant
circumstances, there is no reasonable prospect that alternative
private sector measures taken in respect of the institution,
including systems for the disbursement of compensations, or
action of the Financial and Capital Market Commission, including
early intervention measures or write-down or conversion of
relevant capital instrument and eligible liabilities, would
address financial difficulties of the institution within a
reasonable time period;
3) the resolution action is necessary in the interests of the
company in order to achieve one or more of the resolution
objectives, it is commensurate with these objectives, and if the
institution would apply insolvency proceedings these resolution
objectives would not have been achieved to the same extent.
(2) The previous application of an early intervention measure
shall not be considered grounds for taking a resolution
action.
(3) The institution or financial company shall be considered
to be in financial difficulties or, potentially, will be
considered to be in financial difficulties if it meets one or
more of the following conditions:
1) the institution or financial company violates or it is
foreseeable that the institution or financial company will, in
the near future, violate the requirements of the laws and
regulations governing its activity and that would justify taking
the decision to withdraw the licence (authorisation) for the
activity of the institution or financial company, including if
the institution or financial company has incurred or is likely to
incur losses the compensation of which will significantly
decrease own funds of the institution or financial company;
2) the assets of the institution or financial company are less
than its liabilities or there are objective elements to support a
determination that the assets of the institution or financial
company will, in the near future, be less than its
liabilities;
3) the institution or financial company is unable to pay its
liabilities as they fall due or there are objective elements to
support a determination that the institution or financial company
will, in the near future, be unable to pay its liabilities as
they fall due;
4) State aid is required for the institution or financial
company, except for the case when it is provided as:
a) a State guarantee for liquidity facilities provided by
Latvijas Banka according to their conditions;
b) a State guarantee of newly issued liabilities;
c) an injection of own funds and purchase of capital
instruments at prices that do not confer an advantage upon the
institution or financial company, provided that the institution
or financial company is not or, potentially, will not be
considered to be in financial difficulties and neither the
circumstances referred to in Paragraph three, Clauses 1, 2, and 3
of this Section nor the circumstances referred to in Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law have set in at the time the State aid
is granted.
(4) The State aid referred to in Paragraph three, Clause 4 of
this Section shall be granted only to the institutions in respect
of which a case of insolvency proceedings has not been initiated,
and only after the decision of the European Commission on the
compatibility of the State aid with the internal market of the
European Union is received. The abovementioned measures are of
precautionary and temporary nature, and they are proportionate to
eliminate consequences of a serious disturbance and are not used
to compensate for losses which have incurred or might incur by
the institution in the near future.
(41) The State aid referred to in Paragraph three,
Clause 4, Sub-clause "c" of this Section shall only be granted to
the extent necessary to restore capital of the institution after
capital shortfall detected in stress tests, asset quality checks
of the European Union or the Single Supervisory Mechanism or
equivalent checks carried out by the European Central Bank, the
European Banking Authority, or a public institution.
(5) Having established that the institution or financial
company meets the conditions of Paragraph three of this Section,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess the
conformity of the institution or financial company with the
conditions of Paragraph one of this Section and take the decision
on the resolution action to be applied or the decision to
commence insolvency proceedings of the institution or financial
company, justifying such decision accordingly.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 39.1 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission may take a resolution action in respect of the
central body and all its permanently affiliated institutions
which belong to the same resolution group if the respective
resolution group meets the conditions referred to Section 39,
Paragraph one of this Law.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 39.2 If the institution or financial
company meets the conditions referred to in Section 39, Paragraph
one, Clauses 1 and 2 of this Law but the resolution action in
accordance with Section 39, Paragraph one, Clause 3 of this Law
would not be in the public interest, the institution or financial
company shall be wound up in accordance with the procedures laid
down in the Credit Institution Law.
[30 September 2021]
Section 40. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission may take a resolution action in respect of the
financial institution referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two,
Clause 2 of this Law if the conditions referred to in Section 39,
Paragraph one of this Law are met with regard to both the
financial institution and the parent company subject to
consolidated supervision.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may take a
resolution action in respect of the financial company referred to
in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law if it
meets the conditions for taking the resolution action that have
been referred to in Section 39, Paragraph one of this Law.
(3) If a financial holding company has a holding in the
subsidiary of a mixed-activity holding company the resolution
plan of which envisages that the mixed-activity holding company
has been designated as a resolution entity, the group resolution
shall be performed in respect of the financial holding company
rather than in respect of the mixed-activity holding company.
(4) If the financial company referred to in Section 2,
Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law does not meet the
conditions for taking the resolution action, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled to take the resolution
action in respect of the specific company if all of the following
conditions are met:
1) the financial company is a resolution entity;
2) one or more subsidiaries of the financial company that are
institutions but not resolution entities meet the conditions for
taking the resolution action;
3) assets and liabilities of one or more subsidiaries of the
financial company are such that the possible insolvency of such
subsidiaries poses a threat to the whole resolution group and the
resolution action in respect of the financial company is required
to resolve the subsidiaries that are institutions or the whole
resolution group.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 40.1 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission may suspend any payment or delivery obligations
under any contract the party to which is an institution or
financial company if all of the following conditions are met:
1) it has been established in accordance with Section 39,
Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law that the relevant institution
or financial company is or is likely to be in financial
difficulties;
2) there are no readily available private sector measures
referred to in Section 39, Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this Law
that would avert insolvency of the institution or entity;
3) suspension is required to prevent future deterioration of
the financial situation of the institution or resolution
entity;
4) suspension is required to take any of the following
actions:
a) establish that referred to in Section 39, Paragraph one,
Clause 3 of this Law;
b) select appropriate resolution actions or ensure effective
application of one or more resolution tools.
(2) The rights referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
shall not be applicable to payment and delivery obligations to
the following:
1) the systems and system operators specified in the law On
Settlement Finality in Payment and Financial Instrument
Settlement Systems;
2) the central counterparties authorised in the European Union
in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation No 648/2012 and
third-country central counterparties recognised by the European
Securities and Markets Authority in accordance with Article 25 of
the respective Regulation;
3) the central banks.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall perform
the suspension referred to in Paragraph one of this Section by
taking into account the circumstances of each specific case. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall properly consider
how appropriate it would be to extend suspension in order to
apply it also to eligible deposits in accordance with Section 1,
Paragraph one, Clause 2 of the Deposit Guarantee Law and in
particular to the deposits covered by natural persons,
micro-enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises.
(4) If the rights to suspend payment or delivery obligations
that have been referred to in Paragraph one of this Section are
exercised in respect of the covered deposits, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall ensure that depositors have
access to a proper amount of the respective deposits per day.
(5) The time period for suspension shall be as short as
possible in accordance with Paragraph one of this Section and
shall not exceed the minimum period which the Financial and
Capital Market Commission considers necessary for the purposes
referred to in Paragraph one, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law, and it
shall not be longer than the period from the moment when the
notification on suspension is published in accordance with
Paragraph ten of this Section to the midnight on the following
day that is a working day.
(6) In exercising the rights referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
take into account the potential impact of the exercise of such
rights on proper functioning of the financial market, and also
the rights of supervisory and judicial authorities to protect
rights of creditors and equal treatment of creditors in
insolvency proceedings. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall in particular take account of possible
application of insolvency proceedings to the institution or
financial company as a result of the findings referred to in
Section 39, Paragraph one, Clause 3 of this Law and take any
measures which it considers appropriate to ensure proper
coordination with administrative or judicial authorities.
(7) If payment or delivery obligations under the contract are
suspended in accordance with Paragraph one of this Section, the
payment or delivery obligations of any counterparty under the
respective contract shall be suspended for the same time
period.
(8) Payment or delivery obligations the time period for the
fulfilment of which would have set in within the suspension
period shall be fulfilled immediately after expiry of the
suspension period.
(9) Prior to taking a resolution decision the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall immediately inform the
institution and the authorities referred to in Section 104,
Paragraph one, Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Law of
exercising the rights referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section if it is established that the institution becomes or is
likely to become insolvent in accordance with Section 39,
Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall,
through the means referred to in Section 104, Paragraph two of
this Law, publish a decision by which it suspends obligations in
accordance with this Section or ensures that such decision is
published indicating the conditions and suspension periods.
(11) This Section shall be without prejudice to the provisions
contained in laws and regulations for granting the right to
suspend payment or delivery obligations of institutions or
financial companies prior to establishing that the respective
institutions or financial companies become or are likely to
become insolvent in accordance with Section 39, Paragraph one,
Clause 1 of this Law, or suspend payment or delivery obligations
of institutions or financial companies which are to be terminated
in accordance with the insolvency proceedings and which exceed
the scope and duration of application determined in this Section.
The conditions referred to in this Section shall be without
prejudice to the conditions that are related to such right to
suspend payment or delivery obligations.
(12) When the Financial and Capital Market Commission
exercises the right to suspend payment or delivery obligations in
respect of the institution or financial company in accordance
with Paragraph one of this Section, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission may also exercise the following rights within
the suspension period:
1) to restrict the secured creditors of the respective
institution or financial company in the exercise of their
security rights in relation to any assets of the respective
institution or financial company for the same period. In such
case, Section 92, Paragraphs two and three of this Law shall be
applied;
2) to suspend any termination rights of a party to the
contract concluded with the respective institution or financial
company for the same period. In such case, Section 93, Paragraphs
two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight of this Law shall
be applied.
(13) If after establishing that the institution or financial
company becomes or is likely to become insolvent in accordance
with Section 39, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law the
Financial and Capital Market Commission has exercised the right
to suspend payment or delivery obligations in the circumstances
referred to in Paragraph one or eleven of this Section and if the
resolution action has been taken subsequently in respect of that
institution or financial company, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall not exercise the rights specified in
Section 91, Paragraph one, Section 92, Paragraph one, or Section
93, Paragraph one of this Law in respect of the abovementioned
institution or financial company.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 41. (1) When applying the resolution tools and
implementing the resolution powers, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall comply with the following principles:
1) the shareholders of the institution under resolution and
persons owning other instruments of ownership bear first
losses;
2) following shareholders and persons owning other instruments
of ownership, losses are borne by creditors of the institution
under resolution in accordance with the creditors' satisfaction
round specified in the Credit Institution Law, except for the
cases where it is otherwise provided in this Law;
3) a new executive board and supervisory board of the
institution under resolution is appointed, except for the cases
where full or partial maintenance thereof is necessary for the
achievement of the resolution objectives;
4) an executive board and supervisory board of the institution
under resolution provides necessary assistance for the
achievement of the resolution objectives;
5) creditors of the same class are treated in an equitable
manner;
6) no creditor shall incur greater losses than would have been
incurred if the institution or financial company had been wound
up;
7) covered deposits are fully protected;
8) resolution action is taken in accordance with that laid
down in this Law.
(2) If the institution is a group company, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall apply resolution tools and
implement resolution powers in a way that minimises the impact on
other group companies and on the group as a whole and minimises
the adverse effect on financial stability in the Member States,
in particular in those where the group operates.
(3) When applying resolution tools and implementing resolution
powers, the resolution authority shall inform employee
representatives and consult with them.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 42. (1) When removing the supervisory board and
executive board of the institution under resolution, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to appoint a
special manager whose obligation is to take all the necessary
measures, including increase of capital, changes in the
composition of stockholders and shareholders or transfer of the
institution under control of financially and organisationally
stable institutions in order to promote achievement of the
resolution objectives and to implement resolution actions
according to the decision of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission.
(2) The requirements laid down for authorised persons in the
Credit Institution Law and the Financial Instrument Market Law
shall be applied in relation to the procedures for the
appointment of a special manager. The legal norms included in the
Credit Institution Law and the Financial Instrument Market Law
shall be applied in relation to the special manager insofar as it
is provided for otherwise in this Law.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall publish
the information on the appointment of a special manager on its
website.
(4) The special manager has all the powers of the meeting of
shareholders, executive board, and supervisory board which he or
she exercises under the control of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission. The obligations of the executive board and
supervisory board laid down in articles of association or laws
and regulations shall not be binding on the special manager
insofar as they are in conflict with the performance of the
obligations of the special manager.
(5) The special manager shall draw up reports on the economic
and financial situation of the institution under resolution and
on the activities which he or she has performed during the
performance of his or her duties at the beginning and end of his
or her powers, and also upon request of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission.
(6) The special manager shall be appointed for a period which
does not exceed one year. That period may be extended on an
exceptional basis if the Financial and Capital Market Commission
considers that conditions for the appointment of the special
manager are still present.
(7) If, along with the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, the resolution authority of another Member State also
has the intention to appoint a special manager to a company that
is part of a group, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
and the relevant resolution authority shall consider the need to
appoint the same special manager to all the companies
concerned.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 43. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to apply one or more of the following
resolution tools to the institution or financial company that
meets the conditions for the application of resolution:
1) the sale of business tool;
2) the bridge institution tool;
3) the asset separation tool;
4) the bail-in tool.
(2) In selecting the applicable resolution tool, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall consider whether in the case
of application of the relevant resolution tool limitation of
ownership of creditors, shareholders, and persons owning other
instruments of ownership is proportionate to the public interest.
In the case of application of resolution tools the consideration
specified in this Law is due to shareholders of the institution
or financial company, persons owning other instruments of
ownership, or creditors.
(21) If the decision of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission to apply a resolution tool to the institution
or financial company results in losses being borne by creditors
or their claims being converted, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall exercise the write-down or conversion powers in
respect of the relevant capital instruments and eligible
liabilities before or concurrently with the application of one or
more resolution tools.
(3) The asset separation tool may be applied only together
with another resolution tool.
(4) If the sale of business tool or bridge institution tool is
used to transfer only part of the assets, rights, or liabilities
of the institution under resolution, the company the assets,
rights, or liabilities of which have been transferred having
regard to the resolution objectives, shall be wound up.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission and the
relevant financing fund of resolution actions are entitled to
receive consideration for any reasonable expenditures incurred in
connection with the use of the resolution tools in one or more of
the following ways:
1) as a deduction from any consideration received by the
institution under resolution or its shareholders, and also
persons owning other instruments of ownership;
2) from the institution under resolution, as a preferred
creditor;
3) from any proceeds generated as a result of the termination
of the operation of the bridge institution or the asset
management company, as a preferred creditor.
(6) The right of creditors to appeal the decisions taken,
infringing the interests of creditors specified in the laws and
regulations governing insolvency proceedings, shall not be
applicable to the separation of assets, rights, or obligations of
the institutions under resolution for other company by applying a
resolution tool, implementing resolution rights, or applying
additional financial stabilisation tools.
(7) If the State aid is provided within the scope of
resolution, before provision thereof it is necessary to receive
the decision of the European Commission on compatibility of the
State aid with the internal market of the European Union.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 44. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission plans to take resolution action in respect of the
institution, but the institution, creditor or group of creditors,
or administrator submits an insolvency application in another
insolvency proceeding to the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
take the decision to refuse the application.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission does not
plan to take resolution action in respect of the institution, the
procedures for the assessment of the justification of the
insolvency application of the institution shall be determined by
the Credit Institution Law and the Law on Investment Firms.
(3) Upon the application of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, the court may initiate insolvency proceedings against
the company referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3
and 4 of this Law. Upon receipt of the insolvency application of
the company referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3
and 4 of this Law, the court shall inform the Financial and
Capital Market Commission.
(4) After fulfilling the information obligation specified in
Paragraph three of this Section, the court may examine the
insolvency application of the company referred to in Section 2,
Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Law, if the Financial and
Capital Market Commission has notified the court that it is not
planning to take any resolution action in respect of the
abovementioned company, or has not provided a reply within seven
days.
[28 April 2022 / Amendment regarding the replacement
of the words "Financial and Capital Market Commission" with the
words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force on 1 January 2023
and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January
2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of Transitional Provisions]
Chapter VIII
Valuation
Section 45. (1) Prior to applying resolution tools or
writing down the relevant capital instruments and eligible
liabilities, or implementing conversion powers in accordance with
the rights laid down in Section 77 of this Law, a person
independent from any direct and indirect administration
authorities, the Financial and Capital Market Commission, and
also the institution or financial company, namely the valuer
(hereinafter also - the valuer), shall prepare a fair and
objective valuation of the assets and liabilities of the
institution or financial company. The valuation shall be
considered to be definitive if all the requirements laid down in
this Chapter are fulfilled.
(2) If the valuer cannot prepare a valuation in accordance
with Paragraph one of this Section, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission may carry out a provisional valuation of the
assets and liabilities.
(3) For the purpose of achieving the evaluation objective, it
shall be required to take the following activities:
1) to obtain information in order to detect whether the
conditions for resolution or the conditions for the write-down or
conversion of capital instruments and eligible liabilities are
met;
2) to obtain information in order to take the decision to
apply an appropriate resolution tool;
3) in writing down or converting the relevant capital
instruments and eligible liabilities, to obtain information in
order to take the decision on the extent of the cancellation or
dilution of shares or other instruments of ownership and on the
extent of the write-down or conversion of the relevant capital
instruments and eligible liabilities;
4) in applying the bail-in tool, to obtain information in
order to take the decision on the extent of the write-down or
conversion of bail-inable liabilities;
5) in applying the bridge institution tool or asset separation
tool, to obtain information in order to take the decision on the
assets, rights, liabilities, shares, or other instruments of
ownership to be transferred and the decision on the extent of any
consideration to be disbursed to the institution under
resolution, shareholders, or persons owning other instruments of
ownership;
6) in applying the sale of business tool, to obtain
information in order to take the decision on the assets, rights,
liabilities, shares, or other instruments of ownership to be
transferred;
7) to ensure that all losses on the assets of the institution
or financial company are fully recognised at the moment the
resolution tools are applied or the power to write down or
convert relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities is
implemented.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 46. (1) The valuation shall be based on prudent
assumptions, and also on the default risk and the amount of
losses. The valuation does not include an assumption that the
State aid and emergency liquidity assistance could be provided to
the institution or financial company.
(2) The valuation shall take account of the fact that if any
resolution tool is applied:
1) the Financial and Capital Market Commission and the
resolution fund may receive consideration for all reasonable
expenditures properly incurred from the institution under
resolution in accordance with that referred to in Section 43,
Paragraph five of this Law;
2) the resolution fund may charge interest or fees in respect
of any loans or guarantees provided to the institution under
resolution.
(3) The valuation shall be supplemented with the following
information as appearing in the accounting records and source
documents of the institution or financial company:
1) an updated balance sheet and a report on the financial
position of the institution or financial company;
2) an analysis of the structure of the assets and an estimate
of the accounting value of the assets;
3) the list of outstanding on-balance-sheet and
off-balance-sheet liabilities shown in the accounting records and
source documents of the institution or financial company with an
indication of the respective credits and priority levels in
accordance with the applicable laws and regulation governing
insolvency.
(4) In order to acquire the necessary information for taking
the decisions referred to in Section 45, Paragraph three, Clauses
5 and 6 of this Law, the information referred to in Paragraph
three, Clause 2 of this Section may be supplemented with an
analysis of the structure of assets and liabilities of the
institution or financial company and an estimate of the fair
value thereof which has been made on the day of preparing the
valuation and determined on the basis of the International
Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting
Standards approved by the European Commission.
(5) The valuation shall indicate the division of claims of
creditors in classes in conformity with the priority level
thereof in accordance with the laws and regulations governing
insolvency and estimate what conditions could be applied to each
class of shareholders, persons who own other instruments of
ownership, and creditors if insolvency proceedings would be
commenced in respect of the institution or financial company. The
abovementioned estimate shall not apply to the valuation which is
prepared in accordance with Section 96 of this Law.
Section 47. (1) If, due to urgency in the situation,
either it is not possible to comply with the requirements of
Section 46 of this Law, or Section 45, Paragraph two of this Law
is applied, the Financial and Capital Market Commission or valuer
shall prepare a provisional valuation. The provisional valuation
shall include a reserve for additional losses, justifying it
accordingly.
(2) A valuation that does not conform to all the requirements
laid down in this Chapter shall be considered to be provisional
until the valuer has prepared a definitive evaluation that is
fully compliant with all of the requirements laid down in this
Chapter. The definitive valuation may be carried out either
separately from the valuation referred to in Section 96 of this
Law or simultaneously with it and both valuations may be carried
out by the same valuer, but they shall be considered to be two
separate valuations.
(3) The objectives of preparation of the definitive valuation
shall be:
1) to ensure that any losses on the assets of the institution
and financial company are fully recognised in the accounting
records of the institution and financial company;
2) to acquire information in order to take the decision to
write back claims of creditors or to increase the value of the
consideration disbursed in accordance with the requirements of
this Law.
(4) If the definitive valuation establishes that the net asset
value of the institution or financial company is higher than the
provisional valuation of the net asset value of the institution
or financial company, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
is entitled to:
1) exercise its right to increase the value of the claims of
creditors which have been written down under the bail-in tool or
persons owning the relevant capital instruments and eligible
liabilities;
2) instruct a bridge institution or asset management company
to make further payments of consideration in respect of the
assets, rights, or liabilities to an institution under resolution
or to the persons owning shares or other instruments of
ownership.
(5) A provisional valuation may serve as a valid basis for the
Financial and Capital Market Commission to apply resolution
tools, take control of the institution under resolution which
might become insolvent, or to implement the power to write down
or convert the relevant capital instruments and eligible
liabilities.
(6) The valuation shall be an integral part of the decision to
apply a resolution tool or implement the resolution power or the
write-down or conversion power of the relevant capital
instruments and eligible liabilities.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Chapter IX
Sale of Business Tool
[30 September 2021]
Section 48. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission may transfer to a purchaser that is not a bridge
institution shares, other instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities of an institution under resolution
(hereinafter - the sale of business tool) without obtaining the
consent of the shareholders or those persons who own other
instruments of ownership and without complying with other
requirements laid down in laws and regulations in respect of the
procedures for the transfer of instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities.
(2) The sale of business tool shall be applied on the basis of
a legal transaction concluded according to civil legal procedures
having regard to the valuation made by the valuer, and also in
accordance with the legal framework of State aid.
(3) A consideration disbursed by the purchaser for the sale of
business shall be disbursed to:
1) the shareholders and persons who own other instruments of
ownership, if the sale of business has been effected by
transferring the shares of shareholders or instruments of
ownership of the persons who own other instruments of ownership
of the institution under resolution to the purchaser;
2) the institution under resolution, if the sale of business
has been effected by transferring the assets or liabilities of
the institution under resolution to the acquirer.
(31) In applying the sale of business tool, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission may implement transfer
powers several times in order to carry out additional transfer of
shares or other instruments of ownership or assets, rights, or
liabilities of the institution under resolution.
(4) Upon applying the sale of business tool, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled, with the consent of the
purchaser, to transfer the assets, rights, or liabilities of the
institution under regulation transferred to it back to the
institution under resolution, or the shares or other instruments
of ownership back to their original shareholders or persons who
owned other instruments of ownership, and the institution under
resolution and these persons have an obligation to take them
back.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure
that the application received from the purchaser is examined in a
timely manner. If, upon applying the sale of business tool, the
purchaser has not obtained a permit for acquiring a qualifying
holding, such transfer of shares or other instruments of
ownership to the purchaser shall enter into effect under the
following conditions:
1) during the assessment period or during the divestment
period specified in Clause 4 of this Paragraph the voting rights
of the purchaser attached to such shares or other instruments of
ownership are suspended and vested solely in the Financial and
Capital Market Commission which shall have no obligation to
exercise such voting rights and which shall have no liability
whatsoever for exercising or refraining from exercising such
voting rights;
2) during the assessment period or during the divestment
period specified in Clause 4 of this Paragraph, the sanctions for
violations of the requirements for the acquisition or reduction
of a qualifying holding shall not apply to such a transfer of
shares or other instruments of ownership;
3) if a permit for acquiring a qualifying holding is issued to
the purchaser, the purchaser shall acquire voting rights in
relation to shares, other instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities of the institution under resolution owned
by it, upon obtaining the permit to acquire a qualifying holding
in the institution under resolution;
4) if the purchaser is prohibited from acquiring a qualifying
holding, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to impose an obligation on the purchaser to dispose of shares or
other instruments of ownership of the institution under
resolution owned by it within the specified time period;
5) if the purchaser has failed to dispose of such shares or
other instruments of ownership within the divestment period
specified by the resolution authority, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission is entitled to impose sanctions and
administrative measures in respect of the purchaser for
violations of the requirements for the acquisition or reduction
of a qualifying holding provided for in the Credit Institution
Law and the Law on Investment Firms.
(6) The purchaser may still exercise the rights of the
institution under resolution to provide financial services in
another Member State and also exercise the membership rights and
access to payment systems, regulated market organiser, investor
protection schemes, and deposit guarantee schemes of the
institution under resolution if the purchaser meets the
membership criteria in such systems. If the purchaser does not
meet the membership criteria for a relevant payment, clearing or
settlement system, regulated market organiser, investor
protection schemes, or deposit guarantee scheme, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission is entitled to set a time period
not exceeding 24 months, during which the purchaser may use the
membership and access rights of the institution under resolution
to the abovementioned systems and which the Financial and Capital
Market Commission may extend upon request of the purchaser.
Access to the abovementioned systems is not denied on the grounds
that the purchaser does not possess a rating from a credit rating
agency or that rating is not commensurate with the rating levels
required.
(7) Shareholders, persons who own other instruments of
ownership, or creditors of the institution under resolution and
other third parties the assets, rights, or liabilities of which
are not transferred shall not have any rights over the assets,
rights, or liabilities transferred or rights related thereto.
[16 February 2017; 23 September 2021; 30 September 2021; 28
April 2022 / Amendment regarding the replacement of the
words "Financial and Capital Market Commission" with the words
"Latvijas Banka" shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and
shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023.
See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 49. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall ensure that transfer of shares, other
instruments of ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities is as
transparent as possible, does not misrepresent, is free from
conflicts of interest or unfair advantages to a potential
purchaser, does not apply unduly favour or discriminate between
potential purchasers, takes account of actual circumstances, the
need to effect a rapid resolution and retain financial stability.
When applying the sale of business tool, the objective is to
achieve higher sales price for the relevant shares or other
instruments of ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities.
(11) Rights, assets, and liabilities combined in
portfolios may be traded separately.
(2) Public disclosure of the information related to the sale
transaction of the institution under resolution which the
institution has an obligation to disclose to the public in
conformity with Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on
market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive
2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and
Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC
(Text with EEA relevance) may be postponed in accordance with
Article 17(4) or (5) of the respective Regulation.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may apply the
sale of business tool without compliance with Paragraph one of
this Section if it detects that conformity to those requirements
and principles could pose a threat to the achievement of one or
more of the resolution objectives and in particular if it
considers that financial difficulties or possible insolvency of
the institution under resolution causes or increases a material
threat to financial stability or conformity to the requirements
could undermine effectiveness of the sale of business tool in
addressing that threat or achievement of the resolution objective
referred to in Section 38, Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this
Law.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Chapter X
Bridge Institution Tool and Asset Separation Tool
Section 50. (1) In order to apply a bridge institution
tool having regard to the need to retain critical functions of
the bridge institution, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to transfer shares, other instruments of
ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities of one or more
institutions under resolution to the bridge institution without
consent of the shareholders or persons who own other instruments
of ownership of the institution under resolution without
complying with the procedures for transfer of instruments of
ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities laid down in other laws
and regulations.
(2) A bridge institution is a legal person which meets the
following requirements:
1) one or more direct or indirect administration authorities
have a qualifying holding therein, and it is under supervision of
the Financial and Capital Market Commission;
2) it has been established in order to receive and hold
several or all shares or other instruments of ownership of the
institutions under resolution or assets, rights, or liabilities
of one or several institutions under resolution in order to
continue several or all functions, services, and activities of
the institution under resolution.
(3) Application of the bail-in tool for the purpose referred
to in Section 53, Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this Law shall not
affect the right of the Financial and Capital Market Commission
to control the bridge institution.
(4) When applying a bridge institution tool, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall ensure that the total value of
the liabilities transferred to the bridge institution does not
exceed the total value of the rights and assets acquired from the
institution under resolution or other sources.
(5) Consideration for the application of a resolution tool
which is paid by a bridge institution shall be disbursed to:
1) the persons who own shares or other instruments of
ownership and whose shares or other instruments of ownership have
been transferred to the bridge institution;
2) the institution under resolution if the assets or
liabilities of the institution under resolution have been
transferred to the bridge institution.
(6) When applying a bridge institution tool, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission may implement transfer powers for
several times in order to carry out additional transfer of the
shares or other instruments of ownership or assets, rights, or
liabilities of the institution under resolution.
(7) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may transfer
the shares or other instruments of ownership transferred to the
bridge institution back to their initial shareholders or holders
of other instruments of ownership, and also transfer the assets,
rights, or liabilities transferred to the bridge institution back
to the institution under resolution if such possibility has been
provided upon implementing the transfer, or if such shares or
such other instruments of ownership, assets, rights,or
liabilities have been transferred the transfer of which has not
been provided for in the contract, and these persons and
institution under resolution have an obligation to accept
them.
(8) The shares, other instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities transferred to the bridge institution may
be transferred to a third person by the Financial and Capital
Market Commission.
(9) The bridge institution may still exercise the rights of
the institution under resolution to provide financial services in
another Member State, membership rights and access to payment
systems, regulated market organiser, investor protection schemes,
and deposit guarantee schemes of the institution under resolution
if it meets the membership criteria in such systems.
(10) If the bridge institution does not meet the membership
criteria in the relevant payment system, regulated market
organiser, investor protection scheme, or deposit guarantee
scheme, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to set a time period not exceeding 24 months during which the
bridge institution may use the membership and access rights of
the institution under resolution to the abovementioned systems
and which the Financial and Capital Market Commission may extend
upon request of the institution under resolution.
(11) Access to the payment systems is not denied on the ground
that the bridge institution does not possess a rating from a
credit rating agency or that rating is not commensurate with the
rating levels required. In other fields of activity the bridge
institution may be considered to be a successor in the assets,
liabilities, and rights of the institution under resolution.
(12) Shareholders of the institution under resolution, those
persons who own other instruments of ownership, or creditors and
other third parties whose assets, rights, or liabilities are not
transferred to the bridge institution shall not have any rights
to the assets, rights, or liabilities transferred or rights
related thereto.
(13) A bridge institution shall not imply any duty or
responsibility to shareholders of the institution under
resolution or persons who own other instruments of ownership, and
the executive board and supervisory board, or senior management
shall have no liability to such shareholders or persons who own
other instruments of ownership, or creditors for acts or
omissions in the course of their duties, except for gross
negligence which directly affects the interests of shareholders
of the institution under resolution or persons who own other
instruments of ownership, or creditors.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 51. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall approve the constitutional documents and
strategy of operation, supervisory board and executive board of
the bridge institution, and also the remuneration and office
duties of the members of the supervisory board and executive
board. The bridge institution has an obligation to perform the
tasks and functions specified in laws and regulations which it
takes over from the institution under resolution, and the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall supervise the
bridge institution. If it is necessary for the achievement of the
resolution objectives, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may permit non-compliance with the requirements of the
laws and regulations governing the activity of institutions for a
certain period of time.
(2) The executive board and supervisory board of the bridge
institution shall seek to retain access to critical functions and
sell their shares, other instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities to private sector purchasers under
appropriate conditions within the time period specified in this
Law.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall decide
that the bridge institution loses its status in any of the
following cases:
1) the bridge institution merges with another company;
2) it ceases to meet the requirements laid down for the bridge
institution;
3) the sale of the largest part of the assets, rights, or
liabilities of the bridge institution to a third party;
4) the expiry of the period specified for the operation of the
bridge institution has set in;
5) the assets of the bridge institution are completely wound
down and its liabilities are completely discharged.
(4) When selling the bridge institution, its assets or
liabilities, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
ensure that the sale process is transparent as much as possible,
does not misrepresent and discriminate between potential
purchasers. The sale shall be made according to legal
transactions entered into in accordance with civil legal
procedures, taking into account the valuation of the valuer, and
also in accordance with the legal framework of State aid.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
terminate the operation of a bridge institution as soon as
possible, however not later than two years after the day when the
shares, other instruments of ownership, assets, rights, or
liabilities of the institution under resolution have been
transferred to the bridge institution, using an instrument of the
bridge institution. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
is entitled to extend the abovementioned time period one or more
times for a period of one year provided that such extension is
necessary to support achievement of the objectives referred to in
Paragraph three, Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 5 of this Section or ensure
continuity of the essential financial services of the
institution.
(6) If a bridge institution loses its status because all its
assets, rights, or liabilities have been sold to a third person,
or if the bridge institution is used for transfer of assets and
liabilities of more than one institution under resolution and all
assets, rights, and liabilities which have been transferred from
each institution under resolution have been sold, or the time
period specified for the its operation has set in, the bridge
institution shall be wound up in accordance with the general
procedures laid down in the law.
(7) Income which is obtained as a result of termination of a
bridge institution shall be disbursed to the shareholders of the
bridge institution or those persons who own other instruments of
ownership.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 52. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to transfer the assets, rights, or
liabilities of the institution under resolution or bridge
institution to one or more asset management companies without
consent of the shareholders of the institution under resolution
or persons who own other instruments of ownership and without
complying with the procedures for transfer of assets, rights, or
liabilities specified in other laws and regulations if the sale
of such assets, rights, or liabilities in case of winding up
could have adverse effect on the stability of financial market
and if such transfer is necessary in order to ensure due
operation of the institution under resolution or bridge
institution or to increase income from the sale of assets,
rights, or liabilities of the institution under resolution as
much as possible (hereinafter - the asset separation tool).
(2) An asset management company shall manage the assets
transferred to it with the objective to increase their value in
case of asset sale.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall approve
the constitutional documents and strategy of operation,
supervisory board and executive board of the asset management
company, and also the remuneration and office duties of the
members of the supervisory board and executive board.
(4) When applying the asset resolution tool, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall determine the consideration for
which assets, rights, and liabilities are transferred to the
asset management company in conformity with the assessment
principles laid down in this Law and the legal framework of State
aid. Such consideration may be equal with their nominal value or
be lower than their nominal value.
(5) A consideration for assets, rights, or liabilities
transferred to an asset management company shall be disbursed to
an institution under resolution. The consideration may be
disbursed in the form of debt securities issued by the asset
management company.
(51) If the bridge institution tool has been
applied, the asset management company may take over assets,
rights, or liabilities from the bridge institution after
application of the bridge institution tool.
(52) The Financial and Capital Market Commission
may implement transfer powers several times in order to carry out
additional transfer of shares or other instruments of ownership
or assets, rights, or liabilities of the institution under
resolution.
(6) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
transfer the assets, rights, or liabilities transferred to the
asset management company back to the institution under resolution
if such possibility has been provided when making the transfer or
if such assets, rights, or liabilities have been transferred the
transfer of which has not been provided for in the contract, and
the institution under resolution has an obligation to accept
them.
(7) Shareholders of the institution under resolution or those
persons who own other instruments of ownership, or creditors and
other third parties whose assets, rights, or liabilities are not
transferred shall not have any rights to the assets, rights, or
liabilities transferred to the asset management company or to
related rights arising therefrom.
(8) An asset management company shall not imply any duty or
responsibility to shareholders of the institution under
resolution or those persons who own other instruments of
ownership, or creditors, and also its executive board and
supervisory board shall have no liability to such shareholders
and persons who own other instruments of ownership or creditors
for acts or omissions in the course of their duties, except for
gross negligence which directly affects the interests of
shareholders of the institution under resolution, those persons
who own other instruments of ownership, or creditors.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Chapter XI
Bail-in Tool
Section 53. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission may apply bail-in tool according to the resolution
principles for any of the following objectives:
1) to recapitalise the institution or financial company that
meets the resolution conditions to the extent sufficient to
restore its ability to meet the conditions for obtaining the
licence (authorisation) in accordance with the requirements of
the Credit Institution Law or the Law on Investment Firms, and to
continue activities for which it has obtained the licence
(authorisation) in accordance with the respective laws, and also
to restore trust of market operators and public in the
institution or financial company;
2) to convert into equity or to reduce the principal amount of
claims or debt instruments which is transferred to a bridge
institution for the provision of capital for it or transferred,
using the sale of business tool or the asset separation tool.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may apply
bail-in tool to reach the objective referred to in Paragraph one,
Clause 1 of this Section if there is a reasonable prospect that
the application of that tool will help to achieve the relevant
resolution objectives and will restore the financial stability of
the relevant institution or financial company.
(3) If the conditions referred to in Paragraph two of this
Section are not met, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may apply other resolution tools and bail-in tool for the purpose
referred to in Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this Section.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 54. (1) The bail-in tool shall be applied to
all liabilities of the institution or financial company, except
for:
1) the covered deposits. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to implement write-down or conversion
power in respect of any deposit amount which exceeds the amount
of covered deposits specified in the Deposit Guarantee Law;
2) secured liabilities, including covered bonds and
liabilities in the form of financial instruments used for hedging
purposes. Such liabilities shall form an integral part of the
cover pool and, in accordance with the procedures laid down in
laws and regulations, are secured in a way similar to covered
bonds;
3) any liability that arises by virtue of the holding by the
institution or financial company of client assets if, in
accordance with the applicable laws and regulations governing
insolvency, such client assets are not included in the list of
the property of the institution or financial company in the
insolvency proceedings;
4) any liability that arises by virtue of fiduciary operations
(trust) between the institution or financial company and the
client if, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations
governing insolvency, such client assets are not included in the
list of the property of the institution or financial company in
the insolvency proceedings;
5) liabilities to institutions, except for the companies that
are part of the same group, with an original maturity of less
than seven days;
6) liabilities in respect of the systems or system operators
which have been specified in the law On Settlement Finality in
Payment and Financial Instrument Settlement Systems or in respect
of members thereof if the residual maturity of such liabilities
is less than seven days and if they arise from the participation
in such system, or liabilities in respect of the central
counterparties authorised in the European Union in accordance
with Article 14 of Regulation No 648/2012 and third-country
central counterparties recognised by the European Securities and
Markets Authority in accordance with Article 25 of the respective
Regulation;
7) liabilities in respect of accrued salary, pension benefits,
or another fixed component of remuneration of an official and
employee, except for the variable component of remuneration which
is not regulated by a collective bargaining agreement. The
exception in respect to the variable component of remuneration
which is regulated by a collective bargaining agreement shall not
be applied to such officials or employees the performance of
whose professional work duties significantly influences risk
profile of the institution or financial company;
8) liabilities in respect of a creditor if they are arising
from the basic resources or basic services necessary for the
provision of commercial activity of the institution or financial
company, including information technology services, utilities,
and also provision of the rental, servicing, and upkeep of
premises;
9) liabilities in relation to tax and other payments (debts)
to the State budget and local government budgets and mandatory
State social insurance contributions;
10) liabilities in respect of deposit guarantee schemes
arising from the requirements of the Deposit Guarantee Law.
11) liabilities (irrespective of maturity thereof) in respect
of institutions that are part of the same resolution group but
are not resolution entities themselves, except where the
respective liabilities rank after normal unsecured liabilities in
accordance with the relevant laws and regulations governing
insolvency proceedings. In cases where the respective exception
is applicable, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall,
as the resolution authority of the relevant subsidiary that is
not the resolution entity, assess whether the amount of the items
which correspond to Section 61, Paragraph six of this Law is
sufficient to support the implementation of the most appropriate
resolution strategy.
(2) The institution or financial company shall ensure that all
assets which are collateral of liabilities and are related to a
covered bond cover pool remain unaffected and segregated, and
that such assets have enough funding. The Financial and Capital
Market Commission, where appropriate, is entitled to implement
the write-down or conversion power in relation to any part of a
secured liability or a liability for which collateral has been
pledged which exceeds the value of the assets, pledge, lien, or
collateral against which it is secured.
(3) In order to ensure resolvability of institutions and
groups, the Financial and Capital Market Commission, without
prejudice to the requirements of Regulation No 575/2013, the
Credit Institution Law, the Law on Investment Firms, and the Law
on Investment Management Companies in respect of large exposures,
is entitled to limit, in accordance with the requirements laid
down in Section 20, Paragraph eight, Clause 2 of this Law, the
extent of an exposure with another institution if bail-inable
liabilities are incurred by such exposure, except for the
liabilities that may be incurred between companies that are part
of the same group.
(4) In exceptional circumstances, where the bail-in tool is
applied, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to exclude or partially exclude certain liabilities from the
application of the write-down or conversion powers in any of the
following cases:
1) the liabilities cannot be bailed-in within a reasonable
time period;
2) the exclusion is necessary and is commensurate in order to
ensure the continuity of critical functions and core business
lines of the institution under resolution;
3) the exclusion is necessary and commensurate in order to
prevent adverse effects, in particular as regards eligible
deposits held by natural persons and micro, small and medium
sized-enterprises, which would severely disrupt the functioning
of financial markets, including of financial market
infrastructures, in a manner that could cause a serious
disturbance to the national economy of the Republic of Latvia or
of the European Union;
4) the application of the bail-in tool to the abovementioned
liabilities would cause a destruction in value such that the
losses borne by other creditors would be higher than if the
abovementioned liabilities were excluded from bail-in.
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Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and
13 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 55. (1) In order to ensure effective
implementation of the resolution strategy, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall properly consider whether the
liabilities to institutions or financial companies which are part
of the same resolution group but are not resolution entities
themselves and are not excluded from application of write-down or
conversion power in accordance with Section 54, Paragraph one,
Clause 11 of this Law are to be excluded or partly excluded in
accordance with Section 54, Paragraph four, Clauses 1, 2, 3, or 4
of this Law.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission decides to
exclude or partly exclude bail-inable liabilities or class of
bail-inable liabilities in accordance with Paragraph one of this
Section, the level of write-down or conversion applicable to
other bail-inable liabilities may be increased in order to take
account of such exclusion provided that the principle referred to
in Section 41, Paragraph one, Clause 6 of this Law is followed
while increasing the level of write-down or conversion applicable
to other bail-inable liabilities.
(3) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission decides to
exclude or partly exclude bail-inable liabilities or class of
bail-inable liabilities in accordance with this Paragraph and the
losses that would have been borne by those liabilities are not
fully transferred to other creditors, a resolution financing
arrangement may make a contribution to the institution under
resolution to take one or both of the following measures:
1) cover all losses which have not been absorbed by
bail-inable liabilities and restore the net asset value of the
institution under resolution to zero in accordance with Section
67, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law;
2) purchase shares or other instruments of ownership or
capital instruments in the institution under resolution in order
to recapitalise the institution in accordance with Section 67,
Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this Law.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 56. (1) The contribution referred to in Section
55, Paragraph three of this Law may be made from the resolution
fund in conformity with the following conditions:
1) the shareholders and the persons who own other instruments
of ownership, the holders of relevant capital instruments and
other bail-inable liabilities have ensured, through write-down,
conversion, or another method, coverage of losses and
recapitalisation equal to an amount that is not less than 8 per
cent of the total liabilities (including own funds) of the
institution under resolution which have been measured during the
resolution action in accordance with the valuation provided for
in Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this Law;
2) the contribution to the resolution fund does not exceed 5
per cent of the total liabilities (including own funds) of the
institution under resolution which have been measured during the
resolution action in accordance with the valuation provided for
in Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this Law.
(2) The contribution to the resolution fund referred to in
Section 55, Paragraph three of this Law may be financed by:
1) the amount available to the resolution financing
arrangement which has been raised through contributions by
institutions and by branches registered in the Republic of Latvia
of the institutions registered abroad;
2) the amount that can be raised through additional
contributions in conformity with that laid down in Article 71 of
Regulation No 806/2014 within three years;
3) the amounts raised from alternative financing sources if
the amounts referred to in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Paragraph are
insufficient.
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Section 57. (1) In extraordinary circumstances, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to receive
additional financing from alternative financing sources in
conformity with the following conditions:
1) the 5 per cent limit specified in Section 56, Paragraph
one, Clause 2 of this Law has been conformed with;
2) all unsecured, non-preferred liabilities and other than
eligible deposits within the meaning of the Deposit Guarantee Law
have been written down or converted in full.
(2) If the conditions provided for in Paragraph one of this
Section have been complied with, the resolution fund may make a
contribution from resources which have been raised through
contributions made in the resolution fund and which have not yet
been used.
(3) Without complying with the conditions of Section 56,
Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law, the resolution fund may make
the contribution referred to in Section 55, Paragraph three of
this Law provided that the following conditions are met:
1) the contribution to loss absorption and recapitalisation
referred to in Section 56, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law is
equal to an amount not less than 20 per cent of the risk weighted
assets of the institution under resolution;
2) it has at its disposal the amount which consists of
contributions made in the resolution fund and which is at least
equal to 3 per cent of covered deposits of all the credit
institutions registered in the Republic of Latvia;
3) the institution under resolution has assets below EUR 900
billion on a consolidated basis.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 58. (1) When exercising the rights specified in
Section 54, Paragraph four and Section 55, Paragraph one of this
Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall give due
consideration to:
1) the principle that losses should be borne first by
shareholders or persons who own other instruments of ownership
and next by creditors of the institution under resolution in
order of preference;
2) the level of loss absorbing capacity which would remain in
the institution under resolution if the liability or class of
liabilities were excluded;
3) the need to maintain adequate resources for resolution
financing.
(2) Exclusions in accordance with the requirements of Section
54, Paragraph four and Section 55, Paragraph one of this Law may
be applied either to completely exclude a liability from
write-down or to limit the extent of the write-down applied to
the abovementioned liability.
(3) Prior to taking the decision on exercising the rights
specified in Section 54, Paragraph four and Section 55, Paragraph
one of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall inform the European Commission thereof. If the
implementation of the rights specified in Section 54, Paragraph
four and Section 55, Paragraph one of this Law requires to use
resources of the resolution fund or another alternative financing
source, the Financial and Capital Market Commission needs to
receive a coordination of the European Commission before taking
of such decision.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 58.1 (1) A seller of the eligible
liabilities that meet all the conditions referred to in Section
72a of Regulation No 575/2013 (except for the conditions in
respect of Articles 72a(1) and 72b(3), (4), and (5) of the
respective Regulation), such liabilities shall be sold to a
retail client only when all of the following conditions are
met:
1) the seller has carried out a suitability test in accordance
with Section 126.2 of the Financial Instrument Market
Law;
2) on the basis of the test referred to in Clause 1 of this
Paragraph, the seller has ascertained that such eligible
liabilities are suitable for the relevant retail client;
3) the seller documents the suitability in accordance with
Section 128, Paragraphs eleven, 11.1, and
11.2 of the Financial Instrument Market Law.
(2) If the conditions referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section are met and the financial portfolio of the relevant
retail client does not exceed EUR 500 000 at the moment of
purchase, the seller shall, on the basis of the information
provided by the client in accordance with Paragraph three of this
Section, ensure that both of the following conditions are met at
the moment of acquisition:
1) the retail client does not invest the total amount which
exceeds 10 per cent of the liabilities of the portfolio of
financial instruments referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section;
2) the amount of the initial investments made in one or
several liabilities instruments referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section is at least EUR 10 000.
(3) The retail client shall provide truthful information to
the seller on its portfolio of financial instruments, including
any such investments in liabilities which have been referred to
in Paragraph one of this Section.
(4) The portfolio of financial instruments of the retail
client that corresponds to the provisions of Paragraphs two and
three of this Section shall contain cash deposits and financial
instruments but shall not include any financial instruments that
can be used as security.
(5) Institutions or financial companies registered in the
Republic of Latvia to which the requirement referred to in
Section 60.2 of this Law applies and the total value
of assets of which does not exceed EUR 50 billion shall only
comply with the provision referred to in Paragraph two, Clause 2
of this Law.
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Section 59. (1) Institutions and financial companies
shall constantly ensure compliance with the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities in accordance with
Sections 59.1, 60, 60.1, 60.2,
61, 62, 63, 63.1, 63.2, 63.3,
64, and 65 of this Law.
(2) The minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities shall be calculated in accordance with Section 60 of
this Law as an amount of own funds and eligible liabilities and
expressed as a percentage of the following:
1) the total exposure value of the institution and financial
company that is calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) of
Regulation No 575/2013;
2) the total exposure value measurement of the institution and
financial company that is calculated in accordance with Articles
429 and 429a of Regulation No 575/2013.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall release
mortgage credit institutions, which are financed from covered
bonds and are not allowed to accept deposits in accordance with
the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia, from the
minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities if the
following conditions are met:
1) the institutions will be wound up in accordance with the
procedures laid down in the Credit Institution Law or the
Financial Instrument Market Law, or Section 48, 50, or 52 of this
Law;
2) compliance with the condition referred to in Clause 1 of
this Paragraph ensures that creditors of the institutions,
including holders of covered bonds, cover losses to the extent
which corresponds to the resolution objectives.
(4) The mortgage credit institutions that are released from
the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
shall not be covered by the consolidation referred to in Section
60.2, Paragraph one of this Law.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 59.1 (1) Liabilities shall only be
included in the amount of own funds and eligible liabilities of
resolution entities if such liabilities conform to Articles 72a,
72b (except for paragraph 2(d)), and 72c of Regulation No
575/2013.
(2) If the requirements of Article 92a or 92b of Regulation No
575/2013 are referred to in this Law, the eligible liabilities
within the meaning of the respective Articles of the Regulation
mean eligible liabilities as specified in Article 72k and Part
Two, Title I, Chapter 5a of the Regulation.
(3) Liabilities arising from debt instruments with embedded
derivatives (such as structured promissory notes) which meet the
conditions referred to in Paragraph one of this Section (except
for Article 72a(2)(l) of Regulation No 575/2013) shall only be
included in the amount of own funds and eligible liabilities if
one of the following conditions is met:
1) the principal amount of the liabilities arising from a debt
instrument is fixed at the moment of issue, it is fixed or
increasing, and it is not affected by a feature of an embedded
derivative, and the total amount of liabilities arising from the
debt instrument (including the embedded derivative) may be valued
daily by reference to an active and liquid two-way market for an
equivalent instrument without credit risk in accordance with
Articles 104 and 105 of Regulation No 575/2013;
2) the debt instrument includes a contract provision which
specifies that the value of the claim is fixed or increasing in
the event of insolvency of the issuer and in the event of
resolution of the issuer and does not exceed the amount of the
initially paid liabilities.
(4) A netting contract shall not apply to the debt instruments
referred to in Paragraph three of this Section (including the
embedded derivatives thereof), and Section 70, Paragraph three of
this Law shall not be applicable to the valuation of such
instruments.
(5) The liabilities referred to in Paragraph three of this
Section shall only be included in the amount of own funds and
eligible liabilities in respect of that part of the liabilities
which corresponds to the principal amount referred to in
Paragraph three, Clause 1 of this Section or the fixed or
increasing amount referred to in Paragraph three, Clause 2 of
this Section.
(6) If a subsidiary which performs commercial activity in the
European Union issues liabilities to one of the current
shareholders that is not part of the same resolution group and if
the respective subsidiary is part of the same resolution group as
a resolution entity, the respective liabilities shall be included
in the amount of own funds and eligible liabilities of the
respective resolution entity provided that all of the following
conditions are met:
1) the abovementioned liabilities are issued in accordance
with Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 1of this Law;
2) implementation of the write-down or conversion power in
respect of the abovementioned liabilities in accordance with
Sections 77, 78, 79, and 80 of this Law does not affect control
of the resolution entity over the subsidiary;
3) the abovementioned liabilities do not exceed the amount
which is determined from the amount required in accordance with
Section 61, Paragraphs one, two, three, four, and five of this
Law by deducting the amount of liabilities which is issued to the
resolution entity and which this resolution entity has purchased
directly or indirectly through other entities of the same
resolution group, and the amount of own funds which is issued in
accordance with Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 2 of this
Law.
(7) Without prejudice to the minimum requirement referred to
in Section 60, Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen or Section
60.1, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure that
resolution entities, which are global systemically important
institutions or to which Section 60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen,
or sixteen of this Law applies, enforce a part of the requirement
referred to in Section 60.2 of this Law that is 8 per
cent of the total liabilities (including own funds) by using the
own funds, subordinated eligible instruments, or liabilities
referred to in Paragraph six of this Section.
(8) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may allow the
resolution entities, which are global systemically important
institutions or to which Section 60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen,
or sixteen of this Law applies, to enforce the level of parts of
the requirement referred to in Section 60.2 of this
Law that is lower than 8 per cent of the total liabilities
(including own funds) but higher than the amount resulting from
application of the formula "(1 - (X1 / X2)) × 8 per cent of the
total liabilities (including own funds)" by using the own funds,
subordinated eligible instruments, or liabilities referred to in
Paragraph six of this Section provided that all of the conditions
referred to in Article 72b(3) of Regulation No 575/2013 are met
and the following possible reduction threshold is followed:
1) X1 is 3.5 per cent of the total exposure value that is
calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation No
575/2013;
2) X2 is an amount which consists of 18 per cent of the total
exposure value that is calculated in accordance with Article
92(3) of Regulation No 575/2013 and amount of the combined
capital buffer requirement.
(9) If application of Paragraphs seven and eight of this
Section to the resolution entities to which Section 60,
Paragraphs fourteen and fifteen of this Law apply has resulted in
a requirement exceeding 27 per cent of the total exposure value
that is calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation
No 575/2013, a part of the requirement referred to in Section
60.2 of this Law which is to be enforced by using the
own funds, subordinated eligible instruments, or liabilities
referred to in Paragraph six of this Section shall be limited by
the Financial and Capital Market Commission in respect of the
relevant resolution entity to the amount which is equal to 27 per
cent of the total exposure value if it has assessed that the
following conditions apply:
1) access to the resolution financing arrangement is not
considered in the resolution plan to be a possibility to resolve
the relevant entity;
2) if Paragraph nine, Clause 1 of this Section is not
applicable, the requirement referred to in Section
60.2 of this Law allows the respective resolution
entity to fulfil the requirements referred to in Section 56,
Paragraph one or Section 57, Paragraph three of this Law
respectively.
(10) In carrying out the assessment referred to in Paragraph
nine of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall take into account a risk of a potential disproportionate
effect on the business model of the relevant resolution
entity.
(11) Paragraph nine of this Section shall not be applicable to
the resolution entities to which Section 60, Paragraph sixteen of
this Law applies.
(12) In respect of the resolution entities which are not
global systemically important institutions or to which Section
60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of this Law does not
apply, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may decide
that the part of the requirement referred to in Section
60.2 of this Law either up to 8 per cent of the total
liabilities (including own funds) of the entity or up to the
amount in accordance with the formula specified in Paragraph
sixteen of this Law, whichever is the greater, is to be enforced
by using the own funds, subordinated eligible instruments, or
liabilities referred to in Paragraph six of this Section provided
that the following conditions are met:
1) the non-subordinated liabilities referred to in Paragraphs
one, two, three, four, and five of this Section have the same
priority of the satisfaction of claims of creditors in insolvency
proceedings as specific liabilities which have been excluded from
the application of write-down and conversion powers in accordance
with Section 54, Paragraph one or four of this Law;
2) there is a risk that due to planned application of
write-down and conversion powers to non-subordinated liabilities
which have not been excluded from the application of write-down
and conversion powers in accordance with Section 54, Paragraph
one or four of this Law, the creditors whose claims are arising
from the respective liabilities incur greater losses than if the
winding-up was performed in accordance with insolvency
proceedings;
3) the amount of own funds and other subordinated liabilities
does not exceed the amount which is necessary to ensure that the
creditors referred to in Clause 2 of this Paragraph do not incur
losses which exceed the level of losses that they would have
incurred otherwise if the winding-up was performed in accordance
with insolvency proceedings.
(13) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission
establishes that in the class of liabilities containing eligible
liabilities the total amount of the liabilities which have been
excluded or are likely to be excluded from the application of
write-down and conversion powers in accordance with Section 54,
Paragraph one or four of this Law, exceeds 10 per cent of the
respective class, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall assess the risk referred to in Paragraph five, Clause 2 of
this Law.
(14) For the purpose of application of Paragraphs seven,
eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and sixteen of this
Section, liabilities of derivatives shall be included in the
total liabilities on the basis of the fact that rights of set-off
of a counterparty are fully recognised.
(15) Own funds of a resolution entity that are used to fulfil
the combined buffer requirement shall be eligible to fulfil the
requirement referred to in Paragraphs seven, eight, nine, ten,
eleven, twelve, thirteen, and sixteen of this Section.
(16) By way of derogation from Paragraphs seven, eight, nine,
ten, and eleven of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may decide that the resolution entities, which are
global systemically important institutions or to which Section
60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of this Law applies,
fulfil the requirement referred to in Section 60.2 of
this Law by using the own funds, subordinated eligible
instruments, or liabilities referred to in Paragraph six of this
Section insofar as (to the extent that), in the context of the
obligation of the resolution entity to conform to the combined
buffer requirement and the requirements referred to in Article
92a of Regulation No 575/2013 and Section 60, Paragraphs fourteen
and fifteen and Section 60.2 of this Law, the amount
of own funds, instruments, and liabilities does not exceed the
greater of the following amounts:
1) 8 per cent of the total liabilities of the entity
(including own funds);
2) the amount resulting from the use of the following
formula:
A × 2 + B × 2 + C where
A - the amount resulting from the requirements of Article
92(1)(c) of Regulation No 575/2013 or the amount resulting from
the requirements of Article 11(1) of Regulation No 2019/2033 in
relation to the institution - investment firm - referred to in
Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 and the investment firm
referred to in Clause 2 of this Law other than the investment
firm specified in Article 1(2) or (5) of Regulation No
2019/2033;
B - the amount resulting from the requirements of Section
101.16 of the Credit Institution Law or the amount
resulting from the requirements of Section 54 of the Law on
Investment Firms in relation to the institution - investment firm
- referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 and the
investment firm referred to in Clause 2 of this Law other than
the investment firm specified in Article 1(2) or (5) of
Regulation No 2019/2033;
C - the amount resulting from the combined buffer
requirement.
(17) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may exercise
the rights referred to in Paragraph sixteen of this Section in
respect of the resolution entities which are global
systematically important institutions or to which Section 60,
Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of this Law applies and
which meet at least one of the conditions referred to in
Paragraph 8.1 of this Section, up to 30 per cent of
the total number of all those resolution entities which are
global systematically important institutions or to which Section
60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of this Law applies
and in respect of which the Financial and Capital Market
Commission lays down the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities in accordance with Section 60.2
of this Law.
(18) In carrying out the activities referred to in Paragraph
seventeen of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take into account the following conditions:
1) substantive impediments to resolvability have been
identified in the resolvability assessment made previously and
either no corrective measurements have been taken in the
timetable specified by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission after application of the measures referred to in
Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law or the substantive
impediment identified cannot be addressed under any of the
measures referred to in Section 20, Paragraph eight of this Law,
and the exercise of the rights referred to in Paragraph sixteen
of this Section would partly or fully compensate for the negative
impact of substantive impediments on resolvability;
2) the probability and credibility of the preferred resolution
strategy of the resolution entity are limited taking into account
the size and inter-relationship of the entity, the nature of its
activities, the size, risks, and complexity, its legal status and
structure of the block of shares;
3) the requirement referred to in Section 101.16 of
the Credit Institution Law reflects the fact that the resolution
entity which is a global systematically important institution or
to which Section 60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen of
this Law applies ranks, in terms of riskiness, among 20 per cent
of the most riskiest institutions in respect of which the
Financial and Capital Market Commission lays down the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in
Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law.
(19) For the purpose of application of the percentage referred
to in Paragraphs seventeen and eighteen of this Section, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall round the number
obtained as a result of calculation to the nearest whole
number.
(20) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall lay
down the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities in accordance with Paragraph twelve or sixteen of
this Section by taking into account at least the following
criteria:
1) the depth of the market which the own funds instruments and
subordinated eligible instruments of the resolution entity have,
the pricing and time of such instruments (if any) that are
required to make any transactions necessary for the execution of
the respective decision;
2) the amount of eligible liabilities instruments which
conform to all the conditions referred to in Article 72a of
Regulation No 575/2013 with a residual maturity shorter than one
year from the day on which a decision is taken to make
quantitative corrections to the requirements referred to in
Paragraphs twelve and sixteen of this Section;
3) the availability and amount of the instruments which
conform to all the conditions referred to in Article 72a of
Regulation No 575/2013, except for Article 72b(2)(d) of the
respective Regulation;
4) whether, in comparison with the own funds and eligible
liabilities of the resolution entity, the amount of the
liabilities, which are excluded from the application of the
write-down and conversion powers in accordance with Section 54,
Paragraphs one and four of this Law and rank in the insolvency
proceedings together with the highest ranked eligible liabilities
or after them, is significant. If the amount of the excluded
liabilities does not exceed 5 per cent of the amount of own funds
and eligible liabilities of the resolution entity, it shall be
considered that the excluded amount is not significant. If the
amount exceeds the respective threshold, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall assess significance of the
excluded liabilities;
5) the business model, the funding model, and the risk profile
of the resolution entity, and also its stability and ability to
contribute to the economy;
6) the possible impact of restructuring costs on
recapitalisation of the resolution entity.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 60. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall lay down the minimum requirement for own funds
and eligible liabilities in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
one of this Law by taking into account at least the following
criteria:
1) the need to ensure that the resolution group can be
resolved by applying resolution tools to the resolution entity,
including the bail-in tool, so that the resolution objectives are
achieved;
2) the need to ensure that the resolution entity and its
subsidiaries that are institutions or financial companies but not
resolution entities have sufficient own funds and eligible
liabilities to guarantee that, in the case of application of the
in-bail tool or write-down and conversion powers, it would be
possible to cover losses and restore the total capital ratio and,
where applicable, the leverage indicator of the relevant entities
at the level which is necessary for them to preserve their
conformity with the conditions for obtaining a licence
(authorisation) in accordance with the requirements laid down in
the Credit Institution Law, the Law on Investment Firms, or the
Law on Investment Management Companies;
3) the need to ensure that, if the resolution plan envisages
that certain classes of eligible liabilities might be excluded
from bail-in in accordance with Section 54, Paragraph four of
this Law or that certain classes of eligible liabilities can be
transferred to a recipient in full under a partial transfer, the
resolution entity has sufficient own funds and other eligible
liabilities in order to provide a possibility to cover such
losses and it would be possible to restore its total capital
ratio and, where applicable, the leverage indicator at the level
which is necessary for the institution and financial company to
preserve their conformity with the conditions for obtaining a
licence (authorisation) in accordance with the requirements laid
down in the Credit Institution Law, the Law on Investment Firms,
or the Law on Investment Management Companies;
4) the size, the business model, the funding model, and the
risk profile of the institution or financial company;
5) the extent to which insolvency of the institution or
financial company would have adverse effects on financial
stability, including another inter-related institution or the
rest of the financial system.
(2) If the resolution plan envisages that the resolution
action is to be taken or the power to write down or convert the
relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities is to be
implemented in accordance with Section 77 of this Law according
to the relevant variant referred to in Section 11, Paragraph two
of this Law, the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities shall be equal to the amount which is sufficient to
ensure that:
1) losses the entity might incur are fully absorbed (loss
absorption);
2) the resolution entities and subsidiaries that are
institutions or financial companies but not resolution entities
are recapitalised to the extent necessary for them to preserve
their ability to meet the conditions for obtaining the licence
(authorisation) and to continue activities for which they have
obtained the licence (authorisation) in accordance with the
Credit Institution Law, the Law on Investment Firms, or the Law
on Investment Management Companies, or an equivalent legal act
for a proper period not exceeding one year
(recapitalisation).
(3) If the resolution plan envisages winding-up of an
institution or financial company in accordance with the
procedures laid down in the Credit Institution Law or the Law on
Investment Firms, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall assess whether it is justified to limit the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities in respect of
the respective entity so that it does not exceed the amount which
is sufficient to absorb losses in accordance with Paragraph two,
Clause 1 of this Section.
(4) The assessment of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall in particular assess the restriction referred to
in Paragraph three of this Section in respect of the potential
impact on the financial stability and the risk to cause negative
impact on the financial system.
(5) In respect of the resolution entities the amount referred
to in Paragraph two of this Section shall be as follows:
1) in calculating the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two, Clause 1 of this Law - an amount consisting of the following
amounts:
a) the amount of the losses to be absorbed in resolution which
conforms to the requirements laid down in Article 92(1)(c) of
Regulation No 575/2013 and Section 101.16 of the
Credit Institution Law in respect of the resolution entity at the
consolidated resolution group level;
b) the recapitalisation amount which allows the resolution
group resulting from resolution to restore conformity to its
requirement for a total capital ratio referred to in Article
92(1)(c) of Regulation No 575/2013 and its requirement laid down
in Section 101.16 of the Credit Institution Law at the
consolidated resolution group level after implementation of the
preferred resolution strategy;
11) in calculating the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities for the institution - investment
firm - referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 and the
investment firm referred to in Clause 2 of this Law other than
the investment firm specified in Article 1(2) or (5) of
Regulation No 2019/2033, in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two, Clause 1 of this Law - the amount of the losses to be
absorbed in resolution which conforms to the requirements of
Article 11(1) of Regulation No 2019/2033 and Section 54 of the
Law on Investment Firms;
2) in calculating the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two, Clause 2 of this Law - an amount consisting of the following
amounts:
a) the amount of the losses to be absorbed in resolution which
conforms to the leverage ratio requirement of the resolution
entity laid down in Article 92(1)(d) of Regulation No 575/2013 at
the consolidated resolution group level;
b) the recapitalisation amount which allows the resolution
group resulting from resolution to restore conformity to the
leverage ratio requirement referred to in Article 92(1)(d) of
Regulation No 575/2013 at the consolidated resolution group level
after implementation of the preferred resolution strategy.
(6) For the purpose of the calculation referred to in Section
59, Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this Law, the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities shall be expressed in per
cent as an amount calculated in accordance with Paragraph five,
Clause 1 of this Section and divided by the total exposure
value.
(7) For the purpose of the calculation referred to in Section
59, Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Law, the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities shall be expressed in per
cent as an amount calculated in accordance with Paragraph five,
Clause 2 of this Section and divided by the total exposure value
measurement.
(8) In determining the individual minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraph five,
Clause 2 of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take into account the requirements laid down in
Section 56, Paragraph one, Section 57, Paragraph three, and
Section 81, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law.
(9) In determining the recapitalisation amounts referred to in
Paragraph five of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall:
1) use the most recent reported values for the relevant total
exposure value or total exposure measure adjusted in line with
any changes resulting from resolution actions envisaged in the
resolution plan;
2) adjust downstream or upstream the amount which conforms to
the current requirement laid down in Section 101.16 of
the Credit Institution Law in order to lay down a requirement
applicable to the resolution entity after implementation of the
preferred resolution strategy.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may increase
the recapitalisation requirement referred to in Paragraph five,
Clause 1, Sub-clause "b" of this Section by an eligible amount
which is necessary to ensure that after resolution the entity is
able to preserve sufficient market confidence for a reasonable
period which does not exceed one year.
(11) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission applies
Paragraph ten of this Section, the amount referred to in the
relevant Paragraph shall be determined as equivalent to the
combined buffer requirement which is to be applied after
application of the resolution tools by deducting the amount
provided for in Section 35.4 of the Credit Institution
Law.
(12) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall adjust
downstream the amount determined in Paragraph ten of this Section
if it concludes that it would be likely and possible that a
smaller amount is sufficient to preserve market confidence and
ensure both continuation of the performance of critical functions
of institutions or financial companies and access of the entity
to the financing without using any exceptional financial support
from the public sector funds other than contributions from the
resolution financing arrangement in accordance with Section 56,
Paragraph one or Section 57, Paragraph three of this Law, Article
76(3) of Regulation No 806/2014, and Section 121.1,
Paragraph four of this Law after implementation of the resolution
strategy.
(13) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall adjust
upstream the amount determined in Paragraph ten of this Section
if it concludes that a higher amount is necessary to preserve
sufficient market confidence and ensure both continuation of the
performance of critical functions of institutions or financial
companies and access of the entity to the financing without using
any exceptional financial support from the public sector funds
other than contributions from the resolution financing
arrangement in accordance with Section 56, Paragraph one or
Section 57, Paragraph three of this Law, Article 76(3) of
Regulation No 806/2014, and Section 121.1, Paragraph
four of this Law within a reasonable period which does not exceed
one year.
(14) In respect of the resolution entities to which Article
92a of Regulation No 575/2013 does not apply and which are part
of the resolution group the total assets of which exceed EUR 100
billion, the level of the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraph five of this
Section shall be at least equal to the following:
1) 13.5 per cent if it is calculated in accordance with
Section 59, Paragraph two, Clause 1of this Law;
2) 5 per cent if it is calculated in accordance with Section
59, Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Law.
(15) By way of derogation from Section 59.1 of this
Law, the resolution entities referred to in Paragraph fourteen of
this Section shall ensure conformity to the level of the
requirement referred to in Paragraph fourteen of this Section
which is equal to 13.5 per cent if it is calculated in accordance
with Section 59, Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this Law, and 5 per
cent if it is calculated in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two, Clause 2 of this Law by the using own funds, subordinated
eligible instruments, or liabilities referred to in Section
59.1, Paragraph eighteen of this Law.
(16) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may take the
decision to apply the minimum requirements for own funds and
eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraphs fourteen and
fifteen of this Section to the resolution entity to which Article
92a of Regulation No 575/2013 does not apply and which is part of
the resolution group the total assets of which are smaller than
EUR 100 billion if it has assessed the resolution entity as such
which is likely to pose a systemic risk in the event of
insolvency by taking into account the following criteria:
1) the prevalence of deposits and absence of debt instruments
in the funding model;
2) the access to capital markets for financing eligible
liabilities;
3) the amount in which the resolution entity depends on the
Common Equity Tier 1 to fulfil the requirement referred to in
Section 60.2 of this Law.
(17) The fact that a decision has not been taken in accordance
with Paragraph sixteen of this Section is without prejudice to
any decision taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission
in accordance with Section 59.1, Paragraph twelve of
this Law.
(18) In respect of the institutions and financial companies
that are not resolution entities themselves, the amount referred
to in Paragraph two of this Section shall be as follows:
1) in calculating the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of
this Law in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph two, Clause 1
of this Law - an amount consisting of the following amounts:
a) the amount of the losses to be absorbed which conforms to
the requirements laid down in Article 92(1)(c) of Regulation No
575/2013 and Section 101.16 of the Credit Institution
Law in respect of the entity;
b) the recapitalisation amount which allows the entity to
restore conformity to its requirement for a total capital ratio
referred to in Article 92(1)(c) of Regulation No 575/2013 and its
requirement laid down in Section 101.16 of the Credit
Institution Law after the power to write down or convert the
relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities has been
implemented in accordance with Section 77 of this Law or after
resolution of the resolution group;
11) in calculating the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law for the institution - investment firm -
referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 1 and the
investment firm referred to in Clause 2 of this Law other than
the investment firm specified in Article 1(2) or (5) of
Regulation No 2019/2033, in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two, Clause 1 of this Law - the amount of the losses to be
absorbed in resolution which conforms to the requirements of
Article 11(1) of Regulation No 2019/2033 and Section 54 of the
Law on Investment Firms;
2) in calculating the requirement referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law in accordance with Section 59,
Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Law - an amount consisting of the
following amounts:
a) the amount of the losses to be absorbed which conforms to
the leverage ratio requirement of the entity laid down in Article
92(1)(d) of Regulation No 575/2013;
b) the recapitalisation amount which allows the entity to
restore conformity to its leverage ratio requirement referred to
in Article 92(1)(d) of Regulation No 575/2013 after the power to
write down or convert the relevant capital instruments and
eligible liabilities has been implemented in accordance with
Section 77 of this Law or after resolution of the resolution
group.
(19) For the purpose of the calculation referred to in Section
59, Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this Law, the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law shall be expressed as a percentage, as
an amount calculated in accordance with Paragraph eighteen,
Clause 1 of this Section and divided by the total exposure
value.
(20) For the purpose of the calculation referred to in Section
59, Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Law, the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law shall be expressed as a percentage, as
an amount calculated in accordance with Paragraph eighteen,
Clause 2 of this Section and divided by the measure of the total
exposure value.
(21) In determining the individual minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraph eighteen,
Clause 2 of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take into account the requirements laid down in
Section 81, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law and Section 56,
Paragraph one or Section 57, Paragraph three of this Law.
(22) In determining the recapitalisation amount referred to in
Paragraph twenty-one of this Section, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall:
1) use the on-going values for the relevant total exposure
value or total exposure measure adjusted in line with any changes
resulting from actions envisaged in the resolution plan;
2) after consulting the resolution authority adjust downstream
or upstream the amount which conforms to the current requirement
laid down in Section 101.16 of the Credit Institution
Law in order to lay down a requirement applicable to the relevant
resolution entity after implementation of the power to write down
or convert the relevant capital instruments and eligible
liabilities in accordance with Section 77 of this Law or after
resolution of the resolution group.
(23) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may increase
the requirement for recapitalisation amount laid down in
Paragraph eighteen, Clause 1, Sub-clause "b" of this Section by
an adequate amount which is necessary to ensure that after
implementation of the power to write down or convert the relevant
capital instruments and eligible liabilities in accordance with
Section 77 of this Law, the entity is able to preserve sufficient
market confidence for a reasonable period which does not exceed
one year.
(24) In applying Paragraph twenty-three of this Section, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall determine the
intended increase of the recapitalisation amount as equivalent to
the combined buffer requirement which is to be applied after
implementation of the power referred to in Section 77 of this Law
or resolution of the resolution group by deducting the amount
referred to in Section 35.4 of the Credit Institution
Law.
(25) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall adjust
downstream the amount referred to in Paragraph twenty-three of
this Section if it concludes that it would be likely and possible
that a smaller amount is sufficient to preserve market confidence
and ensure both continuation of the performance of critical
economic functions of institutions or financial companies and
access of the entity to the financing without using any
exceptional financial support from the public sector funds other
than contributions from the resolution financing arrangement in
accordance with Section 56, Paragraph one or Section 57,
Paragraph three of this Law, Article 76(3) of Regulation No
806/2014, and Section 121.1, Paragraph four of this
Law after implementation of the power referred to in Section 77
of this Law or after resolution of the resolution group.
(26) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall adjust
upstream the amount referred to in Paragraph twenty-three of this
Section if it concludes that a higher amount is necessary to
preserve sufficient market confidence and ensure both
continuation of the performance of critical functions of
institutions or financial companies and access of the entity to
the financing without using any exceptional financial support
from the public sector funds other than contributions from the
resolution financing arrangement in accordance with Section 56,
Paragraph one or Section 57, Paragraph three of this Law, Article
76(3) of Regulation No 806/2014, and Section 121.1,
Paragraph four of this Law within a reasonable period which does
not exceed one year.
(27) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission expects
that certain classes of eligible liabilities are likely to be
fully or partly excluded from bail-in in accordance with Section
55, Paragraph two of this Law or could be fully transferred to a
recipient under a partial transfer, it shall determine the
fulfilment of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law
by using own funds or other eligible liabilities which are
sufficient to:
1) cover the amount of the excluded liabilities determined in
accordance with Section 55, Paragraph two of this Law;
2) ensure that the conditions referred to in Paragraph two of
this Section are met.
(28) Any decision of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission to apply the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities in accordance with this Section shall
include a justification of the respective decision, including a
full assessment of the elements referred to in Paragraphs two to
twenty-seven of this Section, and the resolution authority shall
immediately review it to reflect any changes in the level of the
requirement referred to in Section 101.16 of the
Credit Institution Law.
(29) In the cases of application of Paragraphs five and
eighteen of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall interpret the capital requirements in accordance
with the applied Transitional Provisions provided for in Part
Ten, Title I, Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of Regulation No 575/2013 and
laws and regulations under which the opportunities, which have
been allocated to the Financial and Capital Market Commission in
accordance with the respective Regulation, are pursued.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 60.1 (1) The minimum requirement for
own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law and imposed on the resolution entity
which is a global systemically important institution or part of a
global systematically important institution shall consist of the
following:
1) the requirements referred to in Articles 92a and 494 of
Regulation No 575/2013;
2) any additional requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities which the Financial and Capital Market Commission has
imposed specifically on the respective global systematically
important institution in accordance with Paragraph three of this
Section.
(2) The minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law
in respect of an important European Union subsidiary of a global
systematically important institution outside the European Union
shall include the following:
1) the requirements referred to in Articles 92b and 494 of
Regulation No 575/2013;
2) any additional requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities which the Financial and Capital Market Commission has
imposed specifically on the respective important European Union
subsidiary of a global systematically important institution
outside the European Union in accordance with Paragraph three of
this Section and which is to be fulfilled by using own funds and
liabilities that meet the conditions referred to in Section 61
and Section 108, Paragraph two of this Law.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall only
apply the additional requirement referred to in Paragraph one,
Clause 2 and Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Section to own funds
and eligible liabilities if the requirement referred to in
Paragraph one, Clause 1 or Paragraph two, Clause 1 of this
Section is not sufficient to meet the conditions referred to in
Section 60 of this Law and only to the extent necessary to ensure
that the conditions referred to in Section 60 of this Law are
met.
(4) For the purpose of application of Section 63, Paragraph
four of this Law, if more than one global systemically important
institution which belongs to the same global systemically
important institution is a resolution entity, the relevant
resolution authorities shall calculate the amount referred to in
Paragraph three of this Section for the following:
1) each resolution entity;
2) a European Union parent company as if it was the only
resolution entity of the global systemically important
institution.
(5) Any decision of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission to apply an additional requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities in accordance with Paragraph one, Clause 2
or Paragraph two, Clause 2 of this Section shall include a
justification of the respective decision, including a full
assessment of the elements referred to in Paragraph three of this
Section, and the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately review it to reflect any changes in the level of the
requirement referred to in Section 101.16 of the
Credit Institution Law and applicable to the resolution group or
important European Union subsidiary of a global systematically
important institution outside the European Union.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 60.2 (1) The resolution entities
shall fulfil the requirements laid down in Sections
59.1, 60, and 60.1 of this Law at the
consolidated resolution group level.
(2) The minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law
shall be laid down by the Financial and Capital Market Commission
in respect of the resolution entity at the consolidated
resolution group level in accordance with Sections 63,
63.1, 63.2, 63.3, and
63.4 of this Law on the basis of the requirements laid
down in Sections 59.1, 60, and 60.1 of this
Law and the fact whether foreign subsidiaries of the group are
resolvable individually in accordance with the resolution
plan.
(3) In respect of the resolution groups identified in
accordance with Section 1, Clause 37.2 of this Law,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, taking into
account the features of a solidarity mechanism and the most
appropriate resolution strategy, decide which entities of the
resolution group are to be conformed to Section 60, Paragraphs
five and sixteen and Section 60.1, Paragraph one,
Clause 1 to ensure that the whole resolution group conforms to
Paragraphs one and two of this Section, and how such entities
should do it in accordance with the resolution plan.
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Provisions]
Section 61. (1) Institutions that are resolution
entities or subsidiaries of a foreign entity but are not
resolution entities themselves shall fulfil the requirements laid
down in Section 60 of this Law individually.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may decide to
apply the requirement laid down in this Section to an institution
or financial company that is a subsidiary of the resolution
entity but is not a resolution entity itself.
(3) By way of derogation from Paragraph one of this Section,
European Union parent companies that are not resolution entities
themselves but are subsidiaries of foreign entities shall fulfil
the requirements laid down in Sections 60 and 60.1 of
this Law in a consolidated manner.
(4) In respect of the resolution groups identified in
accordance with Section 1, Clause 37.2 of this Law and
which are permanently affiliated to a central body but are not
resolution entities themselves, the central body which is not a
resolution entity itself and any resolution entities to which the
requirement laid down in Section 60.2, Paragraph three
of this Law does not apply shall individually fulfil the
requirements laid down in Section 60, Paragraphs eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, and twenty-six of this Law.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall lay down
the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law in respect
of the institution or financial company referred to in Paragraphs
one, two, three, and four of this Section in accordance with
Sections 63, 63.1, 63.2, 63.3,
and 63.4 of this Law, and, where applicable, Section
108 of this Law on the basis of the requirements laid down in
Section 60 of this Law.
(6) The institutions or financial companies referred to in
Paragraphs one, two, three, and four of this Section shall fulfil
the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law by using one
or more of the following sources:
1) liabilities:
a) which are issued to the resolution entity and purchased by
the resolution entity directly or indirectly through an entity of
the same resolution group that has purchased liabilities from the
institution or financial company to which this Section applies,
or which are issued to the current shareholder that is not part
of the same resolution group and which are purchased by the
current shareholder, insofar as implementation of the write-down
or conversion power does not affect control of the resolution
entity over a subsidiary in accordance with Sections 77, 78, 79,
and 80 of this Law;
b) which conform to the eligibility criteria referred to in
Article 72a of Regulation No 575/2013, except for Article
72b(2)(b), (c), (k), (l), and (m) and Article 72b(3), (4), and
(5) of the respective Regulation;
c) which rank after liabilities that do not meet the
conditions referred to in Sub-clause "a" of this Clause and do
not conform to the own funds requirements in insolvency
proceedings;
d) which are subject to the write-down or conversion power in
accordance with Sections 77, 78, 79, and 80 of this Law in a
manner that conforms to the resolution group strategy - not
affecting control of the resolution entity over a subsidiary;
e) fulfilment of which is not directly or indirectly financed
by the institution or financial company to which this Section
applies;
f) the regulatory provisions of which do not indicate that
liabilities of the institution or financial company to which this
Section applies (except for the case of insolvency or winding-up
of the respective institution or financial company) are to be
withdrawn, extinguished, repurchased, or repaid early
respectively, and the respective entity does not provide such
indication otherwise;
g) the regulatory provisions of which do not provide for a
right of a holder to speed up an interest or principal amount
determined in a future schedule (except for the case of
insolvency or winding-up of the respective institution or
financial company);
h) the level of interest or dividend payments of which to be
paid respectively is not amended on the basis of creditworthiness
of the entity to which this Section applies or the parent company
thereof;
2) own funds in the following ways:
a) Common Equity Tier 1;
b) other own funds which are issued to entities that are part
of the same resolution group and which are purchased by such
entities or which are issued to entities that are not part of the
same resolution group and which are purchased by such entities,
insofar as implementation of the write-down or conversion power
does not affect control of the resolution entity over a
subsidiary in accordance with Sections 77, 78, 79, and 80 of this
Law.
(7) The Financial and Capital Market Commission need not apply
this Section to a subsidiary that is not a resolution entity
if:
1) both the subsidiary and the resolution entity perform
commercial activity in the Republic of Latvia and are part of the
same resolution group;
2) the resolution entity conforms to the requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities as laid down in Section
60.2 of this Law;
3) there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal
impediment to the resolution entity to make prompt transfer of
own funds or repayment of liabilities to the subsidiary in
respect of which findings have been made in accordance with
Section 77, Paragraph three of this Law, in particular where
resolution action is taken with regard to the resolution
entity;
4) the resolution entity fulfils the requirements of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission for prudential management
of the subsidiary and has declared, with the consent of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, that it guarantees the
commitments entered into by the subsidiary, or the risks in the
subsidiary are of no significance;
5) the risk assessment, measurement and control procedures of
the resolution entity also apply to the subsidiary;
6) the resolution entity holds more than 50 per cent of the
voting rights related to capital shares of a subsidiary or the
right to appoint or remove the majority of members of the
management structure of the subsidiary.
(8) The Financial and Capital Market Commission need not apply
this Section to a subsidiary that is not a resolution entity
if:
1) both the subsidiary and its parent company perform
commercial activity in the Republic of Latvia and are part of the
same resolution group;
2) the parent company in the Republic of Latvia conforms in a
consolidated manner to the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of
this Law;
3) there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal
impediment to the parent company to make prompt transfer of own
funds or repayment of liabilities to the subsidiary in respect of
which findings have been made in accordance with Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law, in particular where resolution
action or power referred to in Section 77, Paragraph one of this
Law is taken or implemented with regard to the parent
company;
4) the parent company fulfils the requirements of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission for prudential management
of the subsidiary and has declared, with the consent of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, that it guarantees the
commitments entered into by the subsidiary, or the risks in the
subsidiary are of no significance;
5) the risk assessment, measurement and control procedures of
the parent company apply to the subsidiary;
6) the parent company holds more than 50 per cent of the
voting rights related to capital shares of a subsidiary or the
right to appoint or remove the majority of members of the
management structure of the subsidiary.
(9) If the conditions referred to in Paragraph seven, Clauses
1 and 2 of this Section are met, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may allow the subsidiary to fully or partly fulfil the
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in
Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law under a guarantee which is
provided by the resolution entity and which meets to the
following conditions:
1) the guarantee is provided in the amount which is at least
equivalent to the amount of the requirement replaced by the
guarantee;
2) the guarantee is applied if the subsidiary is not able to
pay its debts or other liabilities within the set maturity or if
findings have been made in respect of the subsidiary in
accordance with Section 77, Paragraph three of this Law,
whichever is earlier;
3) the guarantee is collateralised in respect of at least 50
per cent of its amount by using the financial collateral
arrangement specified in Section 1, Clause 2 of the Financial
Collateral Law;
4) the collateral backing the guarantee conforms to the
requirements of Article 197 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 which,
following appropriately conservative haircuts, is sufficient to
cover the amount secured in accordance with Clause 3 of this
Paragraph;
5) the collateral backing the guarantee is unencumbered and is
not used as collateral to cover any other guarantee;
6) the collateral has an effective maturity that meets the
same maturity condition as the condition referred to in Article
72c(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013;
7) there are no legal, regulatory, or operational barriers to
the transfer of the collateral from the resolution entity to the
relevant subsidiary, including in cases where resolution action
is taken in respect of the resolution entity.
(10) The resolution entity shall, upon request of the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, provide a justified
opinion in writing or otherwise demonstrate that there are no
legal, regulatory, or operational barriers to the transfer of the
collateral from the resolution entity to the relevant
subsidiary.
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Section 62. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
may partly or fully exempt a central body or credit institution
permanently affiliated to a central body from application of
Section 61 of this Law if all of the following conditions are
met:
1) the credit institutions and the central body are subject to
supervision of the Financial and Capital Market Commission,
perform commercial activity in the Republic of Latvia and are
part of the same resolution group;
2) liabilities of the central body and credit institutions
permanently affiliated thereto are joint and several or the
central body fully guarantees liabilities of the credit
institutions permanently affiliated thereto;
3) the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities and the minimum requirement for insolvency and
liquidity of all permanently affiliated credit institutions are
supervised as a whole on the basis of consolidated accounts of
the respective institutions;
4) in the case of exemption of a credit institution
permanently affiliated to the central body, the management of the
central body is authorised to issue orders to the management of
permanently affiliated credit institutions;
5) the relevant resolution group conforms to the requirement
referred to in Section 60.2, Paragraph three of this
Law;
6) there is no current or foreseen material practical or legal
impediment to the prompt transfer of own funds or repayment of
liabilities between the central body and permanently affiliated
credit institutions in the case of resolution.
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Section 63. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission as a resolution authority of the resolution entity
registered in the Republic of Latvia, as a group-level resolution
authority if it is different from the resolution authority of the
resolution entity, and as a resolution authority, if it is
individually responsible for the resolution group's subsidiary
registered in the Republic of Latvia to which the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities laid down in
Section 61 of this Law applies, shall make all efforts in taking
a joint decision as the involved resolution authority in order to
take the joint decision on the following:
1) the amount of the requirement which is applied to each
resolution entity of the group at the consolidated resolution
group level;
2) the amount of the requirement which is applied individually
to each institution of the resolution group and financial company
other than the resolution entity.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission as a
resolution authority shall justify conformity of the joint
decision to Sections 60.2 and 61 of this Law and send
it to the following:
1) a resolution entity registered in the Republic of
Latvia;
2) an institution of the resolution group registered in the
Republic of Latvia or financial company other than the resolution
entity;
3) a European Union parent company of another Member State
within a group if it is not itself a resolution group's
resolution entity registered in the Republic of Latvia.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may, in
accordance with this Section, envisage in the joint decision that
if it conforms to the resolution strategy and if the resolution
entity has not purchased directly or indirectly sufficient
instruments conforming to Section 61, Paragraph six of this Law,
a subsidiary shall partly fulfil the requirements referred to in
Section 60, Paragraph eighteen of this Law in accordance with
Section 61, Paragraph six of this Law by using instruments issued
to the entities which do not belong to the relevant resolution
group and are purchased by such entities.
(4) If more than one global systemically important institution
which belongs to the same global systemically important
institution is a resolution entity, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission as one of the resolution authorities of the
global systemically important institution registered in the
Republic of Latvia that have been referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section shall, after consulting the involved resolution
authorities, agree on application of Article 72e of Regulation No
575/2013 and all adjustments the purpose of which is to reduce or
remove a difference between the amount for individual resolution
entities provided for in Section 60.1, Paragraph four,
Clause 1 of this Law and Article 12 of Regulation No 575/2013 and
the amount provided for in Section 60.1, Paragraph
four, Clause 2 of this Law and Article 12 of Regulation No
575/2013 for a European Union parent company as a resolution
entity of the global systemically important institution.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may apply the
adjustment referred to in Paragraph four of this Section to the
differences in calculation of the total exposure value between
the relevant Member States by adjusting the level of the
requirement.
(6) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall not
apply the adjustment referred to in Paragraph four of this
Section to remove differences arising from exposures between
resolution groups.
(7) In application of the adjustment referred to in Paragraph
four of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall take into account that the amount for individual resolution
entities provided for in Section 60.1, Paragraph four,
Clause 1 of this Law and Article 12 of Regulation No 575/2013 is
not smaller than the amount provided for in Section
60.1, Paragraph four, Clause 2 of this Law and Article
12 of Regulation No 575/2013 for a European Union parent company
as a resolution entity of the global systemically important
institution.
(8) If the joint decision referred to in Paragraphs one and
four of this Section is not taken within four months, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take such decision
in accordance with Sections 63.1, 63.2,
63.3, and 63.4 of this Law.
(9) If the joint decision referred to in Paragraphs one and
four of this Section is not taken within four months in relation
to the disagreement over the level of the requirement for the
consolidated resolution group and the requirement applicable to
the institutions of the resolution group or financial companies
individually, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
take a decision on the following:
1) the level of the requirement for the consolidated
resolution group in accordance with Sections 63.1 and
63.2 of this Law;
2) the level of the requirement applicable to subsidiaries of
the resolution group individually in accordance with Sections
63.3 and 63.4 of this Law.
(10) The joint decision referred to in Paragraphs one and four
of this Section and the decision taken by the resolution
authorities in accordance with Paragraph four of this Section,
Sections 63.1, 63.2, 63.3, and
63.4 shall be binding upon the relevant involved
resolution authorities if the joint decision has not been
taken.
(11) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, at
least once a year, review the joint decision and any decisions
taken if the joint decision has not been taken.
(12) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall verify
how institutions or financial companies fulfil the requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59,
Paragraph one of this Law. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall take all decisions in accordance with this
Section by drawing up and maintaining resolution plans at the
same time.
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Section 63.1 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall lay down the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities on a consolidated basis in respect
of a European Union parent company registered in the Republic of
Latvia in accordance with Paragraphs two, three, and four of this
Section. The Financial and Capital Market Commission, a
group-level resolution authority if it is other than the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, and resolution
authorities of subsidiaries shall take all necessary measures to
take a joint decision on the minimum requirement for own funds
and eligible liabilities at the consolidated resolution group
level.
(2) If such joint decision has not been taken in relation to
the disagreement over the consolidated minimum requirement for
own funds and eligible liabilities of the resolution group laid
down in accordance with Section 60.2 of this Law, the
decision on the respective requirement shall be taken by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission as a resolution authority
of the resolution entity registered in the Republic of Latvia
after it has taken into account the following:
1) the assessment and objections made by the resolution
authorities of institutions of the resolution group or financial
companies other than resolution entities;
2) the opinion and objections of the group-level resolution
authority if it is not the Financial and Capital Market
Commission.
(3) If, at the end of the four-month period, any of the
resolution authorities has referred the matter for examination to
the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of
Regulation No 1093/2010, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as a resolution authority of the resolution entity
shall postpone taking of the decision, wait for a decision of the
European Banking Authority that it may take in accordance with
Article 19(3) of the respective Regulation, and take its own
decision in accordance with the decision of the European Banking
Authority in line with Paragraph two, Clauses 1 and 2 of this
Section. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
consider the four-month period to be the conciliation period
within the meaning of Regulation No 1093/2010.
(4) After the end of the four-month period or after taking of
the joint decision, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may not refer the matter for examination to the European Banking
Authority. If the European Banking Authority has not taken the
decision within one month, the decision shall be taken by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission.
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Provisions]
Section 63.2 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission as a resolution authority of a subsidiary,
other than the resolution entity, registered in the Republic of
Latvia of a European Union parent company of another Member State
shall take all measures within its competence in order to take
the joint decision together with a resolution authority of the
resolution entity or group-level resolution authority on the
level of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities which is laid down in accordance with Section
60.2 of this Law and applied at the consolidated
resolution group level.
(2) If the joint decision referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section has not been taken within four months and the group-level
resolution authority has not taken into account the assessment
and objections made by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as an institution of the resolution group registered
in the Republic of Latvia or resolution authority of a financial
company other than the resolution entity, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled to refer the matter for
examination to the European Banking Authority in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation No 1093/2010.
(3) After the end of the four-month period or after taking of
the joint decision, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may not refer the matter for examination to the European Banking
Authority. If the European Banking Authority has not taken a
decision within one month, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall be bound by the decision of the group-level
resolution authority.
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Provisions]
Section 63.3 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission as a resolution authority of a subsidiary
registered in the Republic of Latvia shall lay down the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities in accordance
with Section 61 of this Law and apply it to the respective
subsidiary individually in accordance with the requirements of
this Section.
(2) If the joint decision is not taken within four months in
relation to the disagreement over the level of the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible requirements laid down in
Section 61 of this Law and applicable individually to any
institution of the resolution group or financial company other
than the resolution entity, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as a resolution authority of a subsidiary registered
in the Republic of Latvia of a European Union parent company of
another Member State shall take a decision on the following:
1) the opinion expressed and objections raised by the
resolution authority of the resolution entity in writing;
2) the opinion expressed and objections raised by the
group-level resolution authority if the group-level resolution
authority is different from the resolution authority of the
resolution entity.
(3) If, at the end of the four-month period, the resolution
authority of the resolution entity or the group-level resolution
authority has referred the matter for examination to the European
Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No
1093/2010, the Financial and Capital Market Commission as a
resolution authority that is individually responsible for a
subsidiary registered in the Republic of Latvia of a European
Union parent company of another Member State shall postpone
taking of the decision, wait for a decision of the European
Banking Authority that it may take in accordance with Article
19(3) of the respective Regulation, and take its own decision in
accordance with the decision of the European Banking Authority in
line with Paragraph two, Clauses 1 and 2 of this Section. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall consider the
four-month period to be the conciliation period within the
meaning of Regulation No 1093/2010.
(4) After the end of the four-month period or after taking of
the joint decision, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
as a resolution authority that is individually responsible for a
subsidiary registered in the Republic of Latvia of a European
Union parent company of another Member State may not refer the
matter for examination to the European Banking Authority. If the
European Banking Authority has not taken the decision within one
month after referral of the matter thereto, the decision shall be
taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
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Section 63.4 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission as a resolution authority of the resolution
entity or the group-level resolution authority shall take all
measures within its competence in order to take the joint
decision together with the resolution authority of the subsidiary
of the group on the level of the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities which is laid down in accordance
with Section 61 of this Law and applied to the subsidiary
individually.
(2) If the relevant resolution authorities do not take the
joint decision referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
within four months and the resolution authority of the subsidiary
of the group has not taken into account the assessment and
objections made by the Financial and Capital Market Commission as
a resolution authority of the resolution entity or group-level
resolution authority in writing, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to refer the matter for examination to the
European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of
Regulation No 1093/2010.
(3) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission as a
resolution authority of a European Union parent company
registered in the Republic of Latvia or group-level resolution
authority does not refer the matter to the European Banking
Authority after the end of the four-month period or after taking
of the joint decision, and also if the level of the minimum
requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities laid down in
respect of the resolution authority of a subsidiary is in the
amount of 2 per cent of the total exposure value that is
calculated in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation No
575/2013 from the requirement referred to in Section
60.2 of this Law and conforms to Section 60,
Paragraphs eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two,
twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, and twenty-six of this
Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall be bound
by the decision taken by the resolution authority of the
subsidiary of the group.
(4) If the European Banking Authority has not taken the
decision within one month after referral of the matter thereto,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure
enforcement of the decision taken by the resolution authority of
the subsidiary.
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Section 64. (1) Institutions or financial companies to
which the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of this Law
applies shall submit to the Financial and Capital Market
Commission statements regarding the following:
1) the amount of own funds under the conditions referred to in
Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 2 of this Law and the amount of
eligible liabilities. The amounts of own funds and eligible
liabilities expressed in accordance with Section 59, Paragraph
two of this Law shall be indicated after deductions in accordance
with Articles 72e, 72f, 72g, 72h, 72i, and 72g of Regulation No
575/2013;
2) the amount of other bail-inable liabilities;
3) the items referred to in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Paragraph
by indicating the following:
a) the composition thereof, including the maturity
profile;
b) the priority thereof in insolvency proceedings;
c) whether they are governed by the laws and regulations of a
third country (if yes, indicate the relevant country) and whether
they contain the contract provisions referred to in Section 76,
Paragraph one of this Law, Article 52(1)(p) and (q) and Article
63(n) and (o) of Regulation No 575/2013.
(2) The obligation to report on amounts of other bail-inable
liabilities which has been referred to in Paragraph one, Clause 2
of this Section shall not be applicable to institutions and
financial companies if the amount of their own funds and eligible
liabilities on the day of reporting the information is at least
150 per cent of the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities referred to in Section 59, Paragraph one of
this Law and it has been calculated in accordance with Paragraph
one, Clause 1 of this Section.
(3) The institutions and financial companies referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section shall provide the following:
1) at least once every six months - the information referred
to in Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Section;
2) at least once a year - the information referred to in
Paragraph one, Clauses 2 and 3 of this Section.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may request
that the institutions and financial companies referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section provide the information specified
in Paragraph one of this Section more frequently.
(5) The institutions and companies referred to in Paragraph
one of this Section shall make the following information public
at least once a year:
1) where applicable - the amount of own funds under the
conditions referred to in Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 2 of
this Law and the amount of eligible liabilities;
2) the composition of the items referred to in Clause 1 of
this Paragraph, including the maturity profile and priority in
insolvency proceedings;
3) the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible
liabilities referred to in Sections 60.2 and 61 of
this Law which has been expressed in accordance with Section 59,
Paragraph two of this Law.
(6) Paragraphs one and five of this Section shall not be
applicable to the institutions and financial companies the
resolution plan of which envisages that the relevant entity will
be wound up in accordance with insolvency proceedings.
(7) In the case of taking the resolution actions or
implementing the write-down or conversion power referred to in
Section 77 of this Law, the requirements for making public the
information referred to in Paragraph five of this Section shall
be applicable from the date which is the time period referred to
in Section 66, Paragraph three and Paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of the
Transitional Provisions of this Law by which the requirements of
Sections 60.2 and 61 of this Law are to be
fulfilled.
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Section 65. (1) All cases where the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible requirements laid down in Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law is not conformed to shall be
addressed by the Financial and Capital Market Commission in at
least one of the following manners:
1) exercising the right to address or remove the impediments
to resolvability in accordance with Sections 20, 21, and 22 of
this Law;
2) exercising the right referred to in Section 18.1
of this Law;
3) implementing the measures referred to in Section
36.3, Paragraph four, Section 101.3,
Paragraphs 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and
Paragraph 4.7, Clause 2 of the Credit Institution
Law;
4) implementing early intervention measures in accordance with
Section 33 of this Law;
5) imposing sanctions in accordance with Section 129,
Paragraph one or administrative measures in accordance with
Section 129, Paragraph two of this Law.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may, in
accordance with Section 39, 39.1, or 40 of this Law,
carry out an assessment as to whether institutions or financial
companies become or are likely to become insolvent.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 66. (1) The requirements referred to in Section
60, Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen of this
Law shall not be applicable for two years from the day when the
Financial and Capital Market Commission has applied the bail-in
tool or the resolution entity has introduced an alternative
private sector measure which has been referred to in Section 39,
Paragraph one, Clause 2 of this Law and by which capital
instruments and other liabilities have been written down or
converted in Common Equity Tier 1 instruments, or when the
write-down or conversion power has been implemented in respect of
the respective resolution entity in accordance with Section 77 of
this Law to recapitalise the resolution entity without applying
resolution instruments.
(2) The requirements referred to Section 59.1,
Paragraphs seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and sixteen, and also
Section 60, Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen
of this Law shall not be applicable for three years after the day
when the resolution entity or group which includes it has been
identified as a global systemically important institution or if
the resolution entity finds itself in the situation referred to
in Section 60, Paragraph fourteen, fifteen, or Paragraphs sixteen
and seventeen of this Law.
(3) By way of derogation from Section 59 of this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall set a transitional
period within which the requirements laid down in Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law or, where applicable, the
requirements arising from Section 59.1, Paragraphs
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, or sixteen of
this Law are fulfilled by the institution or financial company in
respect of which resolution tools have been applied or the
write-down or conversion power referred to in Section 77 of this
Law has been implemented.
(4) In applying the transitional periods specified in
Paragraphs one, two, and three of this Section, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission or financial company shall be informed
of the planned minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities for each 12-month period within the transitional
period in order to facilitate gradual increase of its loss
absorption and recapitalisation capacity. At the end of the
transitional period the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities shall be equal to the amount specified in
accordance with Section 59.1, Paragraphs seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, or sixteen, Section 60,
Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law.
(5) In setting the transitional period referred to in
Paragraphs one, two, and three of this Section, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall take into account the
following:
1) the prevalence of deposits and absence of debt instruments
in the funding model;
2) the access to financial markets for financing eligible
liabilities;
3) the amount in which the resolution entity depends on the
Common Equity Tier 1 to fulfil the requirement referred to in
Section 60.2 of this Law.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 66.1 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall inform the European Banking Authority of
the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
which has been laid down for an institution under supervision
thereof in accordance with Section 60.2 or 61 of this
Law.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 67. (1) In applying the bail-in tool, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, on the basis of a
valuation in accordance with Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this Law,
assess the total amount consisting of the following:
1) the amount by which bail-inable liabilities are to be
written down in order to ensure that the net asset value of the
institution under resolution is equal to zero;
2) the amount by which bail-inable liabilities are to be
converted into shares or other types of capital instruments in
order to restore or ensure the Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio
for the institution under resolution or the bridge
institution.
(2) The assessment referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section shall determine the total amount of bail-inable
liabilities by which such liabilities are to be written down or
converted in order to restore the Common Equity Tier 1 capital
ratio of the institution under resolution or to ensure the Common
Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of the bridge institution taking into
account any capital contribution made by the resolution fund, and
in order to maintain trust of market operators and public in the
institution under resolution or the bridge institution, and also
to ensure its conformity, for at least one year, to the
conditions for obtaining a licence (authorisation) in accordance
with the Credit Institution Law or the Financial Instrument
Market Law and to continue activities for which it has obtained
the licence (authorisation) in accordance with the respective
laws. If the Financial and Capital Market Commission intends to
use the asset separation tool referred to in Section 52 of this
Law, the amount by which bail-inable liabilities are to be
reduced shall take into account accordingly the amount of the
capital necessary for the asset management company which has been
specified on the basis of prudent assumptions.
(3) A consideration may be disbursed to creditors and
afterwards to shareholders or persons who own other instruments
of ownership if the following conditions are complied with:
1) the capital is written down in accordance with Sections 77,
78, 79, and 80 of this Law;
2) the bail-in has been applied in accordance with Section 53,
Paragraph one of this Law;
3) based on the preliminary valuation in accordance with
Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this Law, it is detected that the
scope of write-down is greater than it could be when assessed
against the definitive valuation in accordance with Section 47,
Paragraph two of this Law.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
determine and maintain measures to ensure that the assessment
referred to in this Section is based on information on the assets
and liabilities of the institution under resolution which is as
up to date and comprehensive as possible.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 68. (1) Upon applying the bail-in tool referred
to in Section 53, Paragraph one of this Law or the write-down or
conversion of capital instruments referred to in Section 77 of
this Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take
at least one of the following actions in respect of shareholders
and such persons who own other instruments of ownership:
1) cancel shares or other instruments of ownership owned by
such persons or transfer them to bailed-in creditors;
2) if, according to the valuation carried out in accordance
with Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this Law, the institution under
resolution has a positive net value of assets, the composition of
existing shareholders and such persons who own other instruments
of ownership is diluted as a result of the conversion into shares
or other instruments of ownership:
a) of the relevant capital instruments issued or attracted by
the institution in accordance with the rights referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph two of this Law;
b) of the bail-inable liabilities issued or attracted by the
institution under resolution in accordance with the powers
referred to in Section 85, Paragraph one, Clause 6 of this
Law.
(2) The conversion referred to in Paragraph one, Clause 2 of
this Section shall be conducted at a rate of conversion by the
application of which existing undivided share of the ownership of
the shareholders and holders of other instruments of ownership is
severely reduced.
(3) The actions referred to in Paragraphs one and two of this
Section shall also be taken in respect of shareholders and such
persons who own other instruments of ownership and whose shares
or other instruments of ownership were issued or conferred in the
following circumstances:
1) after conversion of debt instruments to shares or other
instruments of ownership in accordance with the contractual terms
of the original debt instruments upon occurrence of conversion
concurrently with the assessment of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission or prior to such assessment that the
institution or financial company meets the conditions for
resolution;
2) after conversion of the relevant capital instruments to
Common Equity Tier 1 instruments in accordance with Section 78 of
this Law.
(4) In considering which of the actions referred to in
Paragraphs one and two of this Section should be taken, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take into account
the following:
1) the valuations carried out in accordance with Sections 45,
46, and 47 of this Law;
2) the amount by which the Common Equity Tier 1 items must be
reduced in the valuation thereof and the relevant capital
instruments must be written down or converted in accordance with
Section 78, Paragraph one of this Law;
3) the total amount assessed by it in accordance with the
requirements of Section 67 of this Law.
(5) The assessment of a person in respect of acquisition or
increase of a qualifying holding is carried out in a reasonable
time period in order not to delay the application of the bail-in
tool or the conversion of capital instruments or not to cause
obstacles for achieving the relevant objectives of the resolution
action.
(6) If the valuation of a person in respect of acquisition or
increase of a qualifying holding is not completed on the date of
application of the bail-in tool or the conversion of capital
instruments, the conditions referred to in Section 48, Paragraph
five of this Law shall be applied to any acquisition of or
increase in a qualifying holding by an acquirer resulting from
the application of the bail-in tool or the conversion of capital
instruments.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 69. (1) When applying the bail-in tool, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall implement the
write-down and conversion powers, taking into account the
exclusions referred to in Section 54 and Section 55, Paragraph
one of this Law, and also all of the following requirements
consecutively:
1) Common Equity Tier 1 items are written down in accordance
with Section 78, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law;
2) if the total reduction in accordance with Paragraph one,
Clause 1 of this Section is less than the total amount referred
to in Section 68, Paragraph four, Clauses 2 and 3 of this Law,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall write down the
principal amount of Additional Tier 1 instruments to the extent
required and in conformity with the capacity for covering of
losses from these instruments;
3) if the total reduction in accordance with Paragraph one,
Clauses 1 and 2 of this Section is less than the total amount
referred to in Section 68, Paragraph four, Clauses 2 and 3 of
this Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall write
down the principal amount of Tier 2 instruments to the extent
required and in conformity with the capacity for covering of
losses from these instruments;
4) if the total reduction of shares or other instruments of
ownership and relevant capital instruments in accordance with
Paragraph one, Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Section is less than
the total amount referred to in Section 68, Paragraph four,
Clauses 2 and 3 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall write down to the extent required the principal
amount of subordinated liability that is not Additional Tier 1 or
Tier 2 capital according to the hierarchy of claims of creditors
to be applied in the case of insolvency proceedings, having
regard to Paragraph one, Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Section;
5) if the total reduction of shares or other instruments of
ownership, relevant capital instruments and bail-inable
liabilities (including debt instruments) in accordance with
Paragraph one, Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Section is lower
than the total amount referred to in Section 68, Paragraph four,
Clauses 2 and 3 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, to the extent required, write down the
principal amount or outstanding amount of the rest of bail-inable
liabilities (including debt instruments) other than subordinated
liabilities in accordance with the procedures for the
satisfaction of claims of creditors applicable in the case of
insolvency proceedings by taking into account Sections 54, 55,
56, 57, and 58 of this Law and Paragraph one, Clauses 1, 2, 3,
and 4 of this Section.
(2) In implementing the write-down or conversion power, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall allocate the losses
represented by the total amount referred to in Section 68,
Paragraph four, Clauses 2 and 3 of this Law proportionally
between shares or other instruments of ownership and bail-inable
liabilities of the same rank, reducing the principal amount or
outstanding amount of those shares or other instruments of
ownership and bail-inable liabilities accordingly pro rata to
their value, except for the cases referred to in Section 54,
Paragraph four and Section 55, Paragraph one of this Law when a
different allocation of losses amongst liabilities of the same
priority is allowed.
(3) By way of derogation from the requirements of Paragraph
two of this Section, the liabilities excluded from bail-in in
accordance with Section 54 and Section 55, Paragraph one of this
Law, more favourable conditions may be applied than to the
bail-inable liabilities which in the case of insolvency
proceedings are of the same class.
(4) Before applying the write-down or conversion referred to
in Paragraph one, Clause 5 of this Section, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall write down or convert the
principal amount on instruments referred to in Paragraph one,
Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of this Section if those instruments have not
been converted yet and the provisions that provide for the
principal amount of the instrument to be written down or
instruments to be converted into shares or other instruments of
ownership on the occurrence of any event that refers to the
financial situation, solvency, or levels of own funds of the
institution or financial company are binding thereon.
(5) If the principal amount of an instrument has been written
down, but not to zero, in accordance with the provisions referred
to in Paragraph four of this Sections on write-down of the
principal amount of an instrument before the application of the
bail-in tool, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
implement the write-down and conversion powers to the residual
amount of that principal amount.
(6) Upon deciding on whether liabilities are to be written
down or converted into equity, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is not entitled to convert one class of liabilities,
while a class of liabilities that is subordinated to that class
remains substantially unconverted into equity or not written
down, except for the case when it is permitted in accordance with
Section 54 and Section 55, Paragraph one of this Law.
(7) In the case of insolvency proceedings, all claims
regarding elements of own funds of institutions and financial
companies shall have a lower class than the claims not arising
from the own funds item. Insofar as the bail-in tool is only
partly recognised as an own funds item, all tools shall be
considered a claim arising from the own funds item and, in the
case of insolvency proceedings, it shall have a lower class than
any other claim not arising from the own funds item.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 70. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall conform to the requirements of this Section,
upon implementing the write-down or conversion powers in relation
to liabilities arising from derivatives.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
implement the write-down or conversion powers in relation to a
liability arising from a derivative only upon or after
closing-out the derivatives. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to terminate and close out any
derivative contract for the purpose of resolution action. If a
liability arising from derivatives has been excluded from the
application of the bail-in tool in accordance with Section 54,
Paragraph four and Section 55, Paragraph one of this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission does not have an
obligation to terminate or close out the derivative contract
(3) If derivative transactions are subject to a close-out
netting contract, the Financial and Capital Market Commission or
a valuer shall determine the liabilities arising from such
transactions by taking into account the close-out netting
contract which is part of the valuation provided for in Sections
45, 46, and 47 of this Law.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
determine the value of liabilities arising from derivatives
according to the following:
1) appropriate methods for determining the value of classes of
derivatives, including transactions that are subject to close-out
netting contracts;
2) appropriate principles for establishing the relevant point
in time at which the value of a derivative position should be
established;
3) appropriate methods for comparing the destruction in value
that would arise from the close-out and bail-in of derivatives
with the amount of losses that would be borne by derivatives in a
bail-in.
(5) The methods and principles referred to in Paragraph four
of this Section for determining the value of liabilities which
are arising from derivatives shall be determined in accordance
with the directly applicable legal acts of the European
Union.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 71. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission implements the rights referred to in Section 77,
Paragraph three and Section 85, Paragraph one, Clause 6 of this
Law, it may apply different conversion rates to different classes
of capital instruments and liabilities in accordance with one or
several of the principles referred to in Paragraph two or three
of this Section.
(2) The conversion rate shall represent appropriate
compensation to the creditor for any losses incurred by virtue of
the implement of the write-down or conversion powers.
(3) If different conversion rates are applied in accordance
with the requirements of Paragraph one of this Section, the
conversion rate applicable to liabilities that are considered to
be senior in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations
governing insolvency shall be higher than the conversion rate
applicable to subordinated liabilities.
Section 72. If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission applies the bail-in tool to recapitalise an
institution or financial company in accordance with Section 53,
Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this Law, the relevant institution or
an authorised representative appointed by the financial company
or the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall draw up and
implement the reorganisation plan.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 73. (1) The institution or the authorised
representative appointed by the financial company or the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, within one month
after application of the bail-in tool, submit to the Financial
and Capital Market Commission a reorganisation plan which
conforms to the requirements of this Section and, in the case of
application of the State aid, to the legal framework of State aid
in accordance with Section 53, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of this
Law.
(2) If the bail-in tool referred to in Section 53, Paragraph
one, Clause 1 of this Law is applied to two or more group
companies, the reorganisation plan shall be prepared by the
European Union parent company. The abovementioned plan shall
cover all of the institutions in the group in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Sections 7 and 8 of this Law, and the
European Union parent company shall submit it to the group-level
resolution authority. If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is the group-level resolution authority, it shall send
the received reorganisation plan to other resolution authorities
concerned and to the European Banking Authority.
(3) In order to achieve the resolution objectives, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission as the resolution
authority of the institution under resolution or the group-level
resolution authority may extend the time period for the
submission of the reorganisation plan by a maximum of two months
after application of the bail-in tool if the reorganisation plan
does not include State aid. If the reorganisation plan includes
State aid, the time period for the submission of the plan may be
extended to the time period determined in the laws and
regulations regarding State aid but by a maximum of two
months.
(4) A reorganisation plan shall set out measures aiming to
restore the long-term viability of the institution or financial
company or parts of its commercial activity within a reasonable
time period. Those measures shall be based on assumptions as to
the economic and financial market situation under which the
institution or financial company will operate.
(5) The reorganisation plan shall take account of the current
state of the financial markets and future prospects, reflecting
best-case and worst-case assumptions allowing the identification
of the main vulnerabilities of the institution or financial
company. Assumptions shall be compared with other sector-wide
benchmarks.
(6) A reorganisation plan includes at least the following
information:
1) a detailed analysis of the factors and problems that
facilitated financial difficulties of the institution or
financial company, and also analysis on the circumstances that
led to the abovementioned difficulties;
2) a description of the measures aiming to restore the
long-term viability of the institution or financial company which
are intended to be implemented;
3) a timetable for the implementation of the abovementioned
measures.
(7) The measures referred to in Paragraph six of this Section
may include:
1) the reorganisation of the activities of the institution or
financial company;
2) the changes in the operational systems and infrastructure
of the institution or financial company;
3) the withdrawal from loss-making activities;
4) the restructuring of such existing activities which can be
made competitive;
5) the sale of assets or of business lines.
(8) Within one month from the date of submitting the
reorganisation plan to the Financial and Capital Market
Commission, it shall assess the likelihood that the plan, if
implemented, will restore the long-term viability of the
institution or financial company. If the Financial and Capital
Market Commission considers that the plan would achieve the
relevant objective, it shall approve the plan.
(9) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is not
certain that it is possible to restore the long-term viability of
the institution or financial company with the help of the
reorganisation plan, it shall inform the person responsible for
the submission of the plan and request to amend the plan within
two weeks in a way that addresses the problematic issues and to
submit it to the Financial and Capital Market Commission. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess the amended
plan and notify the institution within a week whether the
problematic issues have been solved and whether additional
amendments are required.
(10) The supervisory board or executive board of the
institution or the authorised representative appointed by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall implement the
reorganisation plan approved by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission and submit a report to the Financial and Capital
Market Commission at least once every six months on progress in
implementation of the plan.
(11) The supervisory board or executive board of the
institution or the authorised representative appointed by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall review the
reorganisation plan if the Financial and Capital Market
Commission considers that it is necessary to restore the
long-term viability of the institution under resolution, and
shall submit all amendments to the Financial and Capital Market
Commission for approval.
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 74. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission implements the powers referred to in Section 77,
Paragraph two and Section 85, Paragraph one, Clauses 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9 of this Law, the reduction or conversion of the principal
or outstanding amount due shall enter into effect and shall be
immediately binding on the institution under resolution, its
creditors, shareholders and persons who own other instruments of
ownership.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to require the performance of all the tasks necessary to
implement the powers referred to in Section 77, Paragraph two and
Section 85, Paragraph one, Clauses 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this
Section, including to assign to make all the necessary changes in
the relevant registers, to assign to remove shares, other
instruments of ownership, or debt instruments from trading, to
assign to admit new shares or other instruments of ownership to
trading, and also to assign to relist any debt instruments which
have been written down, without publishing of a prospectus in
accordance with the Financial Instrument Market Law.
(3) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission reduces to
zero the principal amount of, or outstanding amount payable in
respect of, a liability by means of the power specified in
Section 85, Paragraph one, Clause 5 of this Law, any obligations
or claims arising from such liability which are not accrued at
the time when the power is implemented shall be regarded as
invalid.
(4) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission reduces in
part, but not in full, the principal amount of, or outstanding
amount payable in respect of, a liability by means of the power
specified in Section 85, Paragraph one, Clause 5 of this Law, the
liability shall be discharged to the extent of the amount reduced
and the relevant instrument or agreement that created the
original liability shall continue to apply in relation to the
residual principal amount of, or outstanding amount payable in
respect of the liability, and any changes in the amount of
interest payable to reflect the reduction of the principal amount
and any further amendments to the terms which the Financial and
Capital Market Commission might make by means of the power
specified in Section 85, Paragraph one, Clause 10 of this Law
shall apply to it.
Section 75. (1) In addition to Section 85, Paragraph
one, Clause 9 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to determine the requirement for the
institution or financial company to maintain a sufficient amount
of the authorised share capital or of other Common Equity Tier 1
instruments, so that, if the Financial and Capital Market
Commission implements the powers referred to in Section 85,
Paragraph one, Clauses 5 and 6 of this Law in relation to the
institution or financial company or any of its subsidiaries, the
institution or financial company might issue sufficient number of
new shares or other instruments of ownership, thus ensuring that
the conversion of liabilities into shares or other instruments of
ownership could be implemented effectively.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess
whether it is appropriate for the institution or financial
company to impose the requirement of Paragraph one of this
Section in relation to the drawing up and maintenance of the
resolution plan for such institution or financial company or
group, taking into account the resolution actions provided for in
that plan. If the possibility to apply the bail-in tool is
provided for in the resolution plan, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall verify whether the authorised share
capital or other Common Equity Tier 1 instruments are sufficient
to cover the total amount referred to in Section 68, Paragraph
four, Clauses 2 and 3 of this Law.
(3) The requirement laid down in the Commercial Law regarding
the procedures for the increase in share capital and use of
pre-emption rights by shareholders shall not be applicable to
conversion of liabilities to shares or other instruments of
ownership.
Section 76. (1) In taking on liabilities the
institutions and financial companies shall include in the
concluded contracts a provision envisaging that the write-down or
conversion power may be applied to the liabilities if such
liabilities:
1) are not excluded from liabilities in accordance with
Section 54, Paragraphs one, two, and three of this Law;
2) are not the claims of natural persons and micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises above the amount to be disbursed in the
guaranteed compensation;
3) are governed by the legal acts of a foreign country;
4) have arisen after coming into force of this Law.
(2) If the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities of the institution or financial company is equal to
the amount of the losses to be absorbed and liabilities of the
institution or financial company conform to Paragraph one of this
Section but the concluded contracts do not contain a provision
regarding write-down or conversion power and they are not
included in the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may
allow the institution or financial company not to fulfil the
requirement laid down in Paragraph one of this Section.
(3) The institution or financial company shall not be obliged
to ensure fulfilment of the requirements of Paragraph one of this
Section if the Republic of Latvia has concluded a contract with
the relevant foreign country on the write-down or conversion
power of liabilities or such power is arising from the laws and
regulations of the relevant foreign country.
(4) If the institution or financial company establishes that
it is not possible to include a provision in the concluded
contract that write-down or conversion power can be applied to
liabilities, it shall notify the Financial and Capital Market
Commission of this finding. The institution or financial company
shall provide the Financial and Capital Market Commission with
any information requested by it in order for the Financial and
Capital Market Commission to assess how the liabilities indicated
in the notification affect resolvability of the respective
institution or financial company. Starting from the moment of
receipt of the notification, the obligation of the institution or
financial company to fulfil the requirements referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section shall be suspended.
(5) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission concludes
that it is not possible to include a provision in the concluded
contracts that write-down or conversion power can be applied to
liabilities, it shall request the institution or financial
company to include such provision in the contract within a
reasonable time period. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to instruct the institution or financial
company to change its previous practice in respect of
non-inclusion of the provision regarding write-down or conversion
power in the contracts.
(6) The liabilities referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section shall not include Additional Tier 1 instruments, Tier 2
instruments, and the debt instruments referred to in Section 1,
Paragraph one, Clause 43 of this Law if the debt instruments are
unsecured liabilities.
(7) If in carrying out the resolvability assessment of an
institution or financial company in accordance with Sections 17
and 18 of this Law or at any other time, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission detects that in the class of
liabilities which include eligible liabilities the amount of
liabilities not containing a provision that write-down or
conversion power can be applied to liabilities, together with the
liabilities that are excluded from application of the bail-in
tool in accordance with Section 54, Paragraphs one, two, and
three of this Section or that are likely to be excluded in
accordance with Section 54, Paragraph four of this Law, exceeds
10 per cent of the amount of the respective class, it shall
assess, in a timely manner, the impact of such circumstances on
resolvability of the respective institution or financial company,
including in the case where upon implementation of the write-down
or conversion power the protective measures for creditors
specified in Section 95 need not be complied with.
(8) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission concludes,
on the basis of the assessment referred to in Paragraph four of
this Section, that liabilities which do not contain the contract
provision referred to in Paragraph one of this Section creates a
substantive impediment to resolvability, it shall act in
accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 20 of this
Law.
(9) Liabilities in respect of which the institution or
financial company has not included in the provisions of a
contract the provision referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section that write-down or conversion power can be applied to the
liabilities or in respect of which the respective requirement is
not applicable shall not be included in the minimum requirement
for own funds and eligible liabilities.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled
to request the institution or financial company to provide a
substantiated assessment of the possibility to implement the
agreement referred to in Paragraph three of this Section.
(11) In compliance with the conditions provided for in the
guidelines of the European Banking Authority, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission may determine for the institution or
financial company the classes of liabilities from which finding
can be made that it is not possible for legal or any other
reasons to include a contract provision that the write-down or
conversion power can be applied to the liabilities.
(12) If the institution or financial company had an obligation
to ensure the performance of the requirements of Paragraph one of
this Section, however, it has not been done, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled to implement the write-down
or conversion power in respect of these liabilities.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Chapter XII
Write-down and Conversion of Capital Instruments and Eligible
Liabilities
[30 September 2021]
Section 77. (1) The power to write down or convert the
relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities may be used
as follows:
1) independently from performance of a resolution action;
2) in combination with a resolution action if the conditions
for resolution referred to in Sections 39, 39.1, and
40 of this Law are met.
(11) If the resolution entity has purchased the
relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities indirectly
through another entity within the same resolution group, the
power to write down or convert the relevant capital instruments
and eligible liabilities shall be implemented together with the
same power at the level of a parent company of the relevant
entity or at the level of other parent companies other than
resolution entities, so that losses are actually transferred to
the entity under resolution and it recapitalises the relevant
entity. After implementation of the power to write down or
convert the relevant capital instruments and eligible liabilities
independently of the resolution action, the valuation referred to
in Paragraph 96 of this Law shall be performed and Section 97 of
this Law shall be applied.
(12) The power to write down or convert eligible
liabilities independently of the resolution action may only be
used in respect of the eligible liabilities which meet the
conditions referred to in Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 1 of
this Law, except for the condition regarding the residual
maturity of liabilities specified in Article 72c(1) of Regulation
No 575/2013. After implementation of the respective power,
write-down or conversion shall occur in accordance with the
principle referred to in Section 41, Paragraph one, Clause 6 of
this Law.
(13) If the resolution action is taken in respect
of the resolution entity or, in derogation from the resolution
plan in exceptional circumstances, in respect of an entity other
than the resolution entity, the amount which is reduced, written
down, or converted in accordance with Section 78, Paragraph one
of this Law at the level of such entity shall be included in the
threshold which has been specified in Section 81, Paragraph one,
Clause 1 and Section 56, Paragraph one, Clause 1, or Section 57,
Paragraph three, Clause 1 of this Law and is applied to the
relevant entity.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
write down or convert the relevant capital instruments and the
eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraph 1.2 of
this Section into shares or other instruments of ownership of the
institution or financial company.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
immediately implement the write-down or conversion power in
accordance with the requirements of Section 78 of this Law in
respect of the relevant capital instruments and the eligible
liabilities referred to in Paragraph 1.2 of this
Section that have been issued or attracted by the institution or
financial company if one of the following circumstances
arises:
1) it is established prior to taking the resolution action
that it meets the conditions for resolution referred to in
Sections 39, 39.1, and 40 of this Law;
2) it is established that, unless write-down or conversion
power is implemented in respect of the relevant capital
instruments and the eligible liabilities referred to in Paragraph
1.2 of this Section, the institution or financial
company will no longer be able to continue its commercial
activity;
3) in relation to the relevant capital instruments issued or
attracted by the subsidiary if the abovementioned capital
instruments conform for the purposes of meeting own funds
requirements on an individual basis and on a consolidated basis,
it is detected that, unless the write-down or conversion power is
implemented in relation to those instruments, the group will no
longer be capable to continue its commercial activity;
4) in relation to the relevant capital instruments issued or
attracted at the level of the parent company if the
abovementioned capital instruments are conform for the purposes
of meeting own funds requirements on an individual basis in the
parent company or on a consolidated basis, it is detected that,
unless the write-down or conversion power is implemented in
relation to those instruments, the group will no longer be
capable to continue its commercial activity;
5) it is detected that the institution or financial company
requests the State aid, however, has not received it yet, except
for the case when the financial support is provided in accordance
with the provisions of Section 39, Paragraph three, Clause 4,
Sub-clause "c" of this Law.
(4) It is deemed that the institution or financial company or
a group is no longer capable to continue its commercial activity
if both of the following conditions are met:
1) the institution or financial company or the group is or is
likely to be in financial difficulties;
2) taking into account the situation at a specific time and
other relevant circumstances, it is not expected that any action,
including alternative private sector measures or action by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, including early
intervention measures, other than the write-down or conversion of
capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred to in
Paragraph 1.2 of this Section, independently or in
combination with a resolution action, would prevent the
insolvency of the institution or financial company, or the group
within a foreseeable period of time.
(41) It is deemed that the institution or financial
company is or is likely to be in financial difficulties if one or
more of the conditions referred to in Section 39, Paragraph three
of this Law are met.
(5) It is deemed that the group is in financial difficulties
or is likely to be in financial difficulties if it violates or
there are grounds to believe that in a foreseeable time period it
will violate the prudential requirements laid down for it on a
consolidated basis level (losses have arisen or are likely to
arise for the group as a result of which all own funds or
significant part of own funds will be utilised).
(6) The relevant capital instrument issued by a subsidiary
shall not be written down to a greater extent or shall not be
converted on worse terms in accordance with Paragraph three,
Clause 3 of this Section than equally ranked capital instruments
at the level of the parent company which have been written down
or converted.
(7) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission makes the
determination referred to in Paragraph three of this Section, it
shall immediately notify thereof the resolution authority
responsible for the particular institution or financial
company.
(8) Before making the determination referred to Paragraph
three, Clause 3 of this Section in relation to a subsidiary
issuing the relevant capital instruments which conform for the
purposes of meeting the own funds requirements on an individual
basis and on a consolidated basis, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall comply with the notification and
consultation requirements laid down in Section 80 of this
Law.
(9) Prior to implementing the power to write down or convert
capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred to in
Paragraph 1.2 of this Section, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall ensure that a valuation of the
assets and liabilities of the institution or financial company is
carried out in accordance with Sections 45, 46, and 47 of this
Section. The respective valuation shall form the basis of the
calculation of the write-down to be applied to the relevant
capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred to in
Paragraph 1.2 of this Section in order to cover
losses, and to the level of conversion to be applied to the
relevant capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred
to in Paragraph 1.2 of this Section in order to
recapitalise the institution or financial company.
(10) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall be
responsible for the determination referred to in Paragraph three
of this Section in accordance with Section 79 of this Law.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 78. (1) Upon fulfilling the requirements laid
down in Section 77 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall implement the write-down or conversion power
according to the procedures for the satisfaction of claims of
creditors applicable in the case of insolvency proceedings, in a
way that consecutively produces the following results:
1) Common Equity Tier 1 items are written down in proportion
to the losses and to the extent of their capacity to cover such
losses and the Financial and Capital Market Commission takes one
or both of the actions referred to in Section 68, Paragraph one
of this Law in respect of holders of Common Equity Tier 1
instruments;
2) the principal amount of Additional Tier 1 instruments is
written down or converted into Common Equity Tier 1 instruments
or both, to the extent required to achieve the resolution
objectives referred to in Section 38 of this Law or to the extent
of the capacity of the relevant capital instruments to cover the
losses - whichever is lower;
3) the principal amount of Tier 2 instruments is written down
or converted into Common Equity Tier 1 instruments or both, to
the extent required to achieve the resolution objectives referred
to in Section 38 of this Law or to the extent of the capacity of
the relevant capital instruments to cover the losses - whichever
is lower;
4) the principal amount of the eligible liabilities referred
to in Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law is written
down or converted into Common Equity Tier 1 instruments or
written down or converted into Common Equity Tier 1 instruments
to the extent required to achieve the resolution objectives
referred to in Section 38 of this Law or to ensure that the
eligible liabilities can cover losses, depending on whichever
value is lower.
(11) In implementing the write-down or conversion
power in accordance with Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of
this Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
obtain assurance of the resolution strategy of the resolution
group so that carrying out of the activities referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law would not affect
the control of the resolution entity over a subsidiary.
(2) After write-down of the principal amount of the relevant
capital instrument or the eligible liabilities referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law:
1) the reduction of the abovementioned principal amount shall
be permanent, except for any write-up in accordance with the
disbursement of the consideration provided for in Section 67,
Paragraph three of this Law;
2) no liabilities to the holder of the relevant capital
instruments or the eligible liabilities referred to in Section
77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law shall remain in respect
of the amount of such instrument which has been written down,
except for liabilities already accrued (liabilities which may
arise as a result of a partial write-down in respect of interest
payments for debt instruments as of the reporting date on which
the valuation for the period from the last day of interest
payment has been prepared), and liability for coverage of losses
that might arise if illegal implementation of the write-down
power would have been detected by a court judgement;
3) consideration may be disbursed to the holders of the
relevant capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred
to in Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law if the
Common Equity Tier 1 instruments are issued in accordance with
Paragraph four of this Section.
(3) [30 September 2021]
(4) In order to carry out a conversion of the relevant capital
instruments and the eligible liabilities referred to in Section
77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law in accordance with
Paragraph one, Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of this Section, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission is entitled to request the
institution or financial company to issue Common Equity Tier 1
instruments to the holders of the relevant capital instruments
and such eligible liabilities. The relevant capital instruments
and such eligible liabilities may only be converted if the
following conditions are met:
1) the respective Common Equity Tier 1 instruments are issued
by the institution or financial company, or by a parent company
of the institution or financial company with the consent of the
resolution authority of the institution or financial company or
of the resolution authority of the parent company;
2) the abovementioned Common Equity Tier 1 instruments are
issued prior to any issuance of shares or other instruments of
ownership by that institution or financial company in which
investment in own funds is performed in accordance with the legal
framework of State aid;
3) the abovementioned Common Equity Tier 1 instruments are
transferred without delay following the implementation of the
conversion power;
4) the conversion rate that determines the number of the
Common Equity Tier 1 instruments which are provided in respect of
each relevant capital instrument or each of the eligible
liabilities referred to in Section 77, Paragraph 1.2
of this Law conforms to the principles set out in Section 71 of
this Law and the guidelines issued by the European Banking
Authority.
(41) In order to ensure application of the Common
Equity Tier 1 instruments in accordance with Paragraph four of
this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission may
request the institution or financial company to maintain for the
entire period of operation the necessary authorisation to issue a
relevant number of the Common Equity Tier 1 instruments.
(5) If the institution meets the conditions for resolution and
the Financial and Capital Market Commission decides to apply a
resolution tool to that institution, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall ascertain before application of the
resolution tool whether the case referred to in Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law has set in.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 79. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall be responsible for the finding referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph three of this Law in respect of the
institution or financial company if the relevant capital
instruments issued or attracted thereby conform to the fulfilment
of the requirements for own funds individually in accordance with
the requirements of Article 92 of Regulation No 575/2013 or the
requirements of Article 11 of Regulation No 2019/2033 and if the
licence (authorisation) has been issued to such institution or
financial company in accordance with the Credit Institution Law,
the Law on Investment Firms, or the Law on Investment Management
Companies.
(11) The Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall be responsible for the finding referred to in Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law in respect of the institution or
financial company if the relevant capital instruments or the
eligible liabilities referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
1.2 of this Law that have been issued or attracted
thereby conform to the fulfilment of the requirements referred to
in Section 61, Paragraphs one, two, three, four, and five of this
Law and if the authorisation (licence) has been issued to such
institution or financial company in accordance with the Credit
Institution Law or the Law on Investment Firms.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall be
responsible for making the determination referred to in Section
77, Paragraph three, Clause 2 of this Law in respect of the
institution or financial company which is a subsidiary if the
relevant capital instruments issued or attracted thereby are
recognised for the purposes of meeting own funds requirements on
an individual and consolidated basis and if the authorisation
(licence) has been issued to such institution or financial
company in accordance with the Credit Institution Law or the Law
on Investment Firms.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission if it is a
consolidating supervisor shall take all the measures within its
competence in order to make the determination referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph three, Clause 3 of this Law together with
the authority of the Member State which is responsible for the
determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph three of this
Law in the form of the joint decision in conformity with Section
112, Paragraph four of this Law in respect of the institution or
financial company which is a subsidiary of the abovementioned
Member State if the relevant capital instruments issued or
attracted by such institution or financial company conform for
the purposes of meeting own funds requirements on an individual
and consolidated basis and if the authorisation (licence) has
been issued to such institution or financial company in
accordance with the legal acts of the relevant Member State.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
implement all the measures within its competence in order to make
the determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph three,
Clause 3 of this Law together with the authority of the Member
State which in accordance with its legal acts is responsible for
making the determination equivalent to the determination referred
to in Section 77, Paragraph three of this Law in the Member State
in which the consolidating supervisor is located, in the form of
the joint decision in conformity with Section 113 of this Law in
respect of the institution or financial company which is a
subsidiary of the abovementioned Member State if the relevant
capital instruments issued or attracted by such institution or
financial company conform for the purposes of meeting own funds
requirements on an individual and consolidated basis and if the
authorisation (licence) has been issued to such institution or
financial company in accordance with the Credit Institution Law
or the Law on Investment Firms.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission if it is the
consolidating supervisor shall be responsible for making the
determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph three, Clause
4 of this Law.
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 80. (1) Prior to making the finding referred to
in Section 77, Paragraph three, Clause 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this Law
in respect of a subsidiary that issues or attracts the relevant
capital instruments or the eligible liabilities referred to in
Section 77, Paragraph 1.2 of this Law which conform to
the fulfilment of the requirements for own funds individually on
a consolidated basis, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall fulfil the following requirements:
1) if the Financial and Capital Market Commission considers
whether to make the finding referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
three, Clause 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this Law, it shall, after
consulting the resolution authority of the relevant resolution
entity, notify the following within 24 hours:
a) the consolidating supervisor of a Member State and, if it
is not the same, the authority of the respective Member State
which is responsible for making the finding specified in Section
77, Paragraph three of this Law;
b) the resolution authorities of other entities within the
same resolution group which have directly or indirectly purchased
the liabilities referred to in Section 61, Paragraph six of this
Law from the entity to which Section 61, Paragraphs one, two,
three, four, and five of this Law apply;
2) if the Financial and Capital Market Commission considers
whether to make the finding referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
three, Clause 3 of this Law, it shall immediately notify the
supervisor of a Member State thereof which performs supervision
of each such institution or financial company that has issued or
attracted the relevant capital instruments to which the
write-down or conversion power could be applicable, and, if it is
not the same, the authority of the respective Member State which
is responsible for making the finding specified in Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law.
(2) If the determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
three, Clause 3, 4, or 5 of this Law is made in respect of the
institution or group which implements cross-border activity, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take into account
the possible impact of the resolution activity on all Member
States in which the institution or group operates.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall, in
accordance with Paragraph one of this Section, append to a
notification an explanation of the reasons why it is considering
making of the relevant determination.
(4) If a notification has been made in accordance with
Paragraph one of this Section, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, after consulting the responsible authorities
which it has notified accordingly in accordance with Paragraph
one, Clause 1, Sub-clause "a" or Clause 2 of this Section, assess
the following matters:
1) whether an alternative measure to the implementation of the
write-down or conversion power in accordance with the
requirements of Section 77, Paragraph three of this Law is
available;
2) if such an alternative measure is available - whether it
can feasibly be applied;
3) if such an alternative measure could feasibly be applied -
whether there is a realistic prospect that it would address, in
an adequate time period, the circumstances that would otherwise
require the determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
three of this Law to be made.
(5) Within the meaning of Paragraph four of this Section,
alternative measures are the early intervention measures referred
to in Section 33 of this Law, and also the measures referred to
in Section 101.3, Paragraphs 4.4 and
4.7 of the Credit Institution Law and Section 45,
Paragraph one of the Law on Investment Firms or the transfer of
funds or capital to the institution or financial company from the
parent company.
(6) If, in accordance with Paragraph four of this Section, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission assesses, after
consulting the responsible authorities which it has notified
accordingly, that one or more alternative measures are available,
that they can feasibly be applied, and they would deliver the
outcome referred to in Paragraph four, Clause 3 of this Section,
it shall ensure that those measures are applied.
(7) If, in the case referred to in Paragraph one, Clause 1 of
this Section and in accordance with Paragraph four of this
Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission, after
consulting the responsible authorities, concludes that no
alternative measures are available which would deliver the
outcome referred to in Paragraph four, Clause 3 of this Section,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall assess whether
it is necessary to make the determination referred to in Section
77, Paragraph three of this Law.
(8) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission decides to
make the determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph
three, Clause 3 of this Law, it shall immediately notify thereof
the authorities of the Member States responsible for making the
determination referred to in Section 77, Paragraph three of this
Law in which the relevant subsidiaries are located, and the
determination shall be made in the form of the joint decision in
conformity with Section 112, Paragraph four of this Law.
(9) If the authority of another Member State which is
responsible for the determination indicated in Section 77,
Paragraph three of this Law decides to make the determination
referred to in Section 77, Paragraph three, Clause 3 of this Law
and notifies the Financial and Capital Market Commission thereof
because the relevant subsidiary is located in the Republic of
Latvia, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
implement all the measures within its competence in order to make
the determination in the form of the joint decision in conformity
with Section 113 of this Law.
(10) The determination in accordance with Section 77,
Paragraph three, Clause 3 of this Law is not made if the joint
decision referred to in this Section is not taken.
(11) If the subsidiary referred to in Paragraph nine of this
Section is located in the Republic of Latvia, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall immediately execute the decision
taken to write down or convert the relevant capital
instruments.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021; 28 April 2022 /
Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and
13 of Transitional Provisions]
Chapter XIII
Additional Financial Stabilisation Tools
Section 81. (1) In order to achieve the resolution
objectives and to prevent insolvency of the institution or
financial company, the Cabinet is entitled, upon previous
consultation with the Financial and Capital Market Commission, to
decide on the application of additional financial stabilisation
tools, if the following conditions are complied with:
1) shareholders or persons who own other instruments of
ownership, or holders of the relevant capital instruments and
bail-inable liabilities have covered losses as a result of
application of the bail-in tool in the amount of at least 8 per
cent of the total liabilities (including own funds) of the
institution under resolution the amount of which has been
determined during the resolution action in accordance with the
valuation provided for in Chapter VIII of this Law.
2) all the conditions necessary for the performance of the
resolution action laid down in Section 39, Paragraph one of this
Law have been fulfilled, however, application of resolution tools
would not be sufficient in order to prevent significant negative
impact on the financial stability and activity of the institution
or financial company.
(2) When applying additional financial stabilisation tools,
the State aid is provided. Before provision of the State aid, it
is necessary to receive the decision of the European Commission
on compatibility of the State aid with the internal market of the
European Union.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 82. Additional financial stabilisation tools
are as follows:
1) public capital aid tool;
2) temporary public property tool.
Section 83. (1) When applying the public capital aid
tool, the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
implement recapitalisation of the institution or financial
company, ensuring capital for it in exchange for the following
tools:
1) Common Equity Tier 1 instruments;
2) Additional Tier 1 instruments or Tier 2 instruments.
(2) Upon applying the public capital aid tool, the shares
owned by the State in the institution or financial company are
alienated, without exceeding the time period which is specified
in the decision of the European Commission on compatibility of
the State aid with the internal market of the European Union.
Section 84. (1) When applying the temporary public
property tool, the institution or financial company may be
temporarily taken over into ownership by the State by
transferring it under management of the capital company selected
by the Cabinet in which the State has a decisive influence.
(2) The institution or financial company to which the
temporary public property tool has been applied is alienated,
without exceeding the time period specified in the decision of
the European Commission on compatibility of the State aid with
the internal market of the European Union.
Chapter XIV
Resolution Powers
Section 85. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission as the resolution authority has the following
resolution powers, upon applying resolution tools:
1) to request any person related to a resolution action to
provide any information necessary for the Financial and Capital
Market Commission to decide upon and prepare a resolution action,
including updates and supplements of the information provided in
the resolution plans;
2) to take control of an institution under resolution and
implement all the rights granted to the shareholders or persons
who own other instruments of ownership, the supervisory board,
and the executive board;
3) to transfer shares or other instruments of ownership of the
institution under resolution to a purchaser or bridge
institution;
4) to transfer to another commercial company, with the consent
thereof, financial instruments, rights, assets, or liabilities of
the institution under resolution;
5) to reduce or extinguish the principal amount of the
bail-inable liabilities or the outstanding amount resulting from
such liabilities of the institution under resolution;
6) to convert bail-inable liabilities of the institution under
resolution into shares or other instruments of ownership in that
institution, financial company, a relevant parent company, or
bridge institution to which assets, rights, or liabilities of the
institution or financial company are transferred;
7) to cancel debt instruments issued by the institution under
resolution, except for secured liabilities in the cases specified
in this Law;
8) to reduce, including to reduce to zero, the nominal amount
of shares or other instruments of ownership of the institution
under resolution and to cancel such shares or other instruments
of ownership;
9) to request the institution under resolution or the relevant
parent company to increase equity capital, including to issue new
shares or other capital instruments, including preference shares
and contingent convertible instruments;
10) to amend the maturity of bail-inable liabilities of the
institution under resolution, amend the interest rate, amount
payable for such liabilities and the payment procedures. It shall
not apply to secured liabilities;
11) to close out and terminate financial contracts or
derivative contracts;
12) to remove members of the supervisory board and executive
board of the institution under resolution and to appoint new
members.
(2) When applying the resolution tools and implementing the
resolution powers, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
need not comply with the requirements laid down in other laws and
regulations and they are not binding on it in respect of the
procedures for the transfer of financial instruments, rights,
assets, or liabilities, including the necessity to receive
approval of the shareholders or those persons who own other
instruments of ownership, and also that of the creditors or third
parties, and the requirement for prior informing of the third
party. The abovementioned exemption shall not apply to the
requirements which are determined by the legal framework of State
aid.
(3) If the powers referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
are not applicable to the institution or financial company due to
its legal form, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
apply equal powers to such institutions or companies and the
safeguards provided for in this Law - to the shareholders or
those persons who own other instruments of ownership, and also to
creditors and counterparties (transaction partners).
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 86. (1) In addition to the powers specified in
Section 85 of this Law, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the following powers:
1) to determine that the transfer is applicable free from any
liability or encumbrance affecting the financial instruments,
rights, assets, or liabilities transferred;
2) to remove rights to acquire further shares or other
instruments of ownership;
3) to request that securities of the institution are excluded
from a regulated market or trading in such securities is
suspended, as specified in the Financial Instrument Market
Law;
4) to ensure that the recipient of the transferred financial
instruments, rights, assets, or liabilities has the rights and
obligations of the institution under resolution;
5) to request that the institution under resolution and the
recipient of shares or other instruments of ownership, financial
instruments, rights, assets, or liabilities mutually exchange
with information and provide assistance;
6) to cancel or modify the terms of such contract to which the
institution under resolution is a party or to substitute the
recipient of financial instruments, rights, assets, or
liabilities as a party.
(2) Resolution powers shall be implemented by ensuring
continuity of the contracts entered into by the institution under
resolution and the liabilities thereof which are transferred to
the recipient. The abovementioned shall not affect the right of
employees of the institution under resolution to terminate an
employment contract and other rights of the parties arising from
the contracts entered into by the institution under
resolution.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 87. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to assign the institution under
resolution or any group company of the institution under
resolution to provide or ensure services that are necessary to
enable the recipient of rights, assets, or liabilities to use
effectively the rights transferred to it and to manage the
financial instruments, assets, or liabilities. The institution
under resolution shall provide or ensure services in conformity
with contracts which it has entered into before performance of
resolution, or, if there are no contracts or they are not valid
anymore, in conformity with fair transaction practice.
(2) If the resolution authority of another Member State has
exercised the right specified in Paragraph one of this Section in
respect of an institution under resolution registered in another
Member State or the relevant company of the group thereof which
is located in the Republic of Latvia, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission has the right to ensure the enforcement of the
decision taken by the resolution authority of another Member
State.
(3) Paragraph one of this Section shall also be applied in the
insolvency proceedings of the institution under resolution or a
company of the group thereof.
Section 88. (1) If, upon transfer of shares, other
instruments of ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities, also
assets that are located in another Member State or rights or
liabilities to which the legal acts of another Member State are
applicable are transferred, the relevant other Member State shall
be regarded as the country of transfer and the legal acts of that
Member State shall be applied to the transfer.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall provide
assistance to the resolution authority of another Member State in
respect of the transfer of those shares or other instruments of
ownership, assets, rights, or liabilities to which the laws and
regulations of the Republic of Latvia are applicable.
(3) Shareholders or the persons who own other instruments of
ownership, creditors and third parties which are affected by the
transfer of shares or other instruments of ownership, assets,
rights, or liabilities have not right to set aside the
transfer.
(4) If the resolution authority of another Member State
implements the write-down or conversion power to instruments or
liabilities, including liabilities to creditors which are
governed by the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure that the
principal amount of such bail-inable liabilities or instruments
is reduced or liabilities or instruments are converted in
conformity with the write-down or conversion power implemented by
the resolution authority of another Member State.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 89. (1) If the resolution action applied by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission is directed towards
assets or shares, or other instruments of ownership of the
institution under resolution located in a foreign country, the
rights or liabilities to which the laws and regulations of a
foreign country are applicable, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may request that:
1) the person governing assets, shares, other instruments of
ownership, liabilities of the institution under resolution and
exercising the rights takes all the necessary measures to ensure
that the transfer, write-down, conversion, and other resolution
actions are being implemented;
2) the person governing assets, shares, other instruments of
ownership, liabilities of the institution under resolution and
exercising the rights has an obligation to hold the shares, other
instruments of ownership, assets, or liabilities and to exercise
the rights or to undertake responsibility for the liabilities
until transfer, write-down, conversion, or other resolution
action is implemented;
3) the person governing assets, shares, other instruments of
ownership, liabilities of the institution under resolution and
exercising the rights, the justified expenditures thereof for
taking the actions specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Paragraph
are covered in conformity with Section 43, Paragraph five of this
Section.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission evaluates
that, regardless of all the necessary measures taken by the
person, it is not foreseeable that it will be possible to apply
the transfer or conversion in relation to property located in a
foreign country or to certain shares, other instruments of
ownership, rights or liabilities in accordance with the legal
acts of the foreign country, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall not proceed with the transfer, write-down,
conversion, or other resolution actions, including the cases when
the Financial and Capital Market Commission has already taken the
decision on transfer, write-down, conversion, or action of the
relevant shares, other instruments of ownership, rights or
liabilities concerned.
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replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 90. (1) A crisis prevention measure and a
crisis management measure taken in relation to the institution or
financial company in accordance with this Law, and any event
directly related to the application of such measure shall not,
according to a contract concluded by the institution or financial
company, be deemed an enforcement event within the meaning of the
Law on Close-out Netting Applicable to Qualified Financial
Transactions, within the meaning of the laws and regulations
governing financial security or as insolvency proceedings within
the meaning of the laws and regulations governing settlement
finality in payment and securities settlement systems provided
that the substantive obligations according to the contract,
including payment and delivery obligations, are still being
performed, and also collateral is provided. The abovementioned
shall also refer to the contracts entered into by the subsidiary
institution of the institution or financial company or by the
financial company if it is provided for therein that the
liabilities are guaranteed by the parent company or financial
company, or any group institution or financial company, or to the
contracts entered into by other group institutions or financial
companies if provisions regarding the liability of other group
companies are included therein.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission has
recognised foreign resolution procedures, for the purpose of
application of this Section such proceedings shall be considered
a crisis management measure.
(3) A crisis prevention measure, suspension of liabilities in
accordance with Section 40.1 of this Law, or a crisis
management measure, and also any event directly related to the
application of such measure shall not constitute grounds for the
following:
1) to implement any contractual termination, suspension,
amendment, close-out netting, or set-off rights, including in
respect of the contracts concluded by a subsidiary or financial
company and the performance of which is guaranteed or in the
performance which a group company participates financially;
2) to obtain in possession, to take over control of the
property of the institution or financial company involved or its
group company, or to request security for it;
3) to affect the rights arising from the contracts entered
into by the institution or financial company if significant
liabilities arising from the contracts are still being performed,
including payment and payment performance obligations, and also
security is also provided.
(4) The actions referred to in Paragraph three of this Section
may be taken if the justification for their taking arises by
virtue of an event other than the crisis prevention measure, the
crisis management measure, or any event directly linked to the
application of such measures.
(5) Suspension or restriction of the performance of
liabilities shall not be considered non-performance of
contractual obligations for the purposes of application of this
Section and Section 93, Paragraph one of this Law.
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/ Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 91. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to suspend enforcement of any payment
obligations according to any contract to which an institution
under resolution is a party from the day when a notice of the
suspension has been published until midnight of the next working
day. If a payment or delivery obligation would have been due
during the suspension period, the payment or delivery obligation
shall be enforced immediately upon expiry of the suspension
period.
(2) If payment obligations of an institution under resolution
under a contract are suspended, the payment or delivery
obligations of the counterparties of the institution under
resolution under the abovementioned contract shall be suspended
for the same period of time.
(3) The right specified in this Section shall not be
applicable to the following:
1) the systems and system operators;
2) the central counterparties authorised in the European Union
and the third-party central authorised counterparties recognised
by the European Securities and Markets Authority;
3) the central banks.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take
into consideration the potential impact the implementation of
that right might have on the stable functioning of financial
markets.
(5) In determining the scope of exercising the right referred
to in this Section, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall take into account circumstances of each specific case and
assess how reasonable it is to extend suspension in order to
apply it also to eligible deposits. If the power to suspend
payment or delivery obligations is implemented in respect of the
covered deposits, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall ensure that depositors have partial access to a proper
amount of the deposits per day.
[16 February 2017; 28 February 2019; 30 September 2021
/ Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 92. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to restrict enforcement of the right to
use security of secured creditors of an institution under
resolution in relation to any assets of the institution under
resolution from the day of publishing a notice of the suspension
until midnight of the next working day.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is not
entitled to exercise the right referred to in Paragraph one of
this Section in respect of the right of collateral of payment
systems operators, the central counterparties authorised in the
European Union, the third-party central authorised counterparties
recognised by the European Securities and Markets Authority, and
the claims of the central bank of the Member State over assets
pledged or provided by way of financial collateral by the
institution under resolution.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take
into consideration the potential impact the implementation of
that right might have on the stable functioning of financial
markets.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 93. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission has the right to temporarily suspend the termination
rights of a counterparty (transaction partner) which has entered
into a contract of any type with an institution under resolution
from the day of publishing a notice of the suspension until
midnight of the next working day.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right
to temporarily suspend the termination rights of such
counterparty (transaction partner) which has entered into a
contract of any type with a subsidiary of an institution under
resolution if:
1) the institution under resolution has issued a guarantee for
the performance of the liabilities of the subsidiary specified in
the contract;
2) the grounds for termination of the contract are solely the
initiation of a case of insolvency proceedings or the financial
condition of the institution under resolution;
3) the Financial and Capital Market Commission has taken the
decision or may take the decision in respect of the institution
under resolution to transfer its assets and liabilities to an
acquirer, it shall either provide for in the contract the
transfer of all the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary and
the acquirer has accepted them, or ensure adequate protection for
such assets and liabilities in any other way.
(3) The rights specified in Paragraph two of this Section may
be implemented from the day of publishing the notice until
midnight of the next working day.
(4) Temporary suspension in accordance with Paragraphs one and
two of this Section shall not be applied to the payment and
securities systems or system operators, the central
counterparties authorised in the European Union, the third-party
central authorised counterparties recognised by the European
Securities and Markets Authority, and the central banks of the
Member States.
(5) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission notifies
that the rights and liabilities arising from the contract have
not been transferred to an acquirer or they are subject to
write-down or conversion upon the application of the bail-in
tool, the person has the right to implement the termination
rights specified in the contract before the end of the time
period of suspension referred to in this Section.
(6) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission has
suspended the termination rights and has not given the notice
specified in Paragraph five of this Section upon setting in of
the period when suspension expires, the termination rights may be
implemented as follows:
1) if the rights and liabilities arising from the contract
have been transferred to an acquirer, a counterparty (transaction
partner) may use the termination rights according to the
provisions of the relevant contract if the grounds for the
termination of the contract arise from the action of the
acquirer;
2) if the rights and liabilities arising from the contract
remain with the institution under resolution and the Financial
and Capital Market Commission has not applied the bail-in tool to
them, a counterparty (transaction partner) may implement the
termination rights according to the terms of the relevant
contract.
(7) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take
into consideration the potential impact the implementation of
that right might have on the stable functioning of financial
markets.
(8) [30 September 2021]
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regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 93.1 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission is entitled to request the institution or
financial company to maintain detailed records of financial
contracts. The Financial and Capital Market Commission is
entitled to request the Latvian Central Depositary to provide it
with the information necessary for the application of the right
referred to in this Section in accordance with Article 81 of
Regulation No 648/2012.
(2) When concluding new financial contracts or making
substantial amendments to the provisions of the financial
contracts already concluded the legal provisions of which arise
from foreign laws and regulations, the institution or financial
company shall include therein the provisions under which a
contracting party acknowledges that the right of the Financial
and Capital Market Commission to suspend or restrict rights and
obligations in accordance with Sections 40.1, 91, 92,
and 93 of this Law may apply to a financial contract and
acknowledges that the crisis prevention measure and the crisis
management measure taken by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission in accordance with this Law shall be binding upon
it.
(3) When concluding financial contracts in accordance with
Paragraph two of this Section, a European Union parent company
shall ensure that financial contracts of their foreign subsidiary
concluded with counterparties contain a relevant provision in
order to rule out that exercising the right of the Financial and
Capital Market Commission in respect of suspension or restriction
of rights and obligations of the European Union parent company is
deemed an appropriate basis for exercising early termination,
suspension, amendment, netting, or set-off rights or for
exercising security rights in relation to the concluded
contracts.
(4) The requirement laid down in Paragraph three of this
Section shall apply to foreign subsidiaries that are institutions
or financial companies.
(5) If an institution or financial company was obliged to
ensure the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in Paragraph
two of this Section but it has not been done, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled suspend or restrict rights
and obligations of the institution or financial company in
accordance with Sections 40.1, 90, 91, 92, and 93 of
this Law.
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and 13 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 94. In order to carry out a resolution action,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled, by
appointing an authorised person, to take over the institution
under resolution in its control so as to manage the institution
under resolution by all powers of the meeting of shareholders,
supervisor board, and executive board of the institution under
resolution, to perform its activity and provide its services, and
also to manage and act with assets and property of the
institution under resolution. While the authorised person is
appointed, shareholders of the institution under resolution or
those persons who own other instruments of ownership have no
voting rights arising from the shares or other instruments of
ownership of the institution under resolution.
Chapter XV
Safeguards
Section 95. (1) When applying one or more resolution
actions, except for the instrument referred to in Paragraph two
of this Section, shareholders, those persons who own other
instruments of ownership, and those creditors whose claims have
not been transferred, receive in satisfaction of their claims at
least as much as what they would have received if insolvency
would have been applied to the institution under resolution
immediately before transfer.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission applies the
bail-in tool, the application of the bail-in tool shall not incur
greater losses to shareholders, the persons who own other
instruments of ownership, and those creditors whose claims have
been written down or converted into equity than they would have
incurred if insolvency procedure would have been applied to the
institution under resolution immediately before write-down or
conversion.
[16 February 2017]
Section 96. (1) In order to evaluate whether more
favourable conditions would have been applied to shareholders,
the persons who own other instruments of ownership, and creditors
if insolvency was commenced instead of performance of the
resolution action, a valuation shall be carried out by a valuer
immediately after the resolution action in which the following
shall be determined:
1) the conditions that would be appropriate for shareholders,
those persons who own other instruments of ownership, and
creditors if the institution under resolution with respect to
which the resolution action has been performed had commenced
insolvency proceedings at the time when, in accordance with this
Law, the decision to apply the resolution action was taken;
2) the conditions that actually are implemented in respect of
shareholders, those persons who own other instruments of
ownership, and creditors in the resolution of the institution
under resolution;
3) whether there is any difference between the consequences of
application of the conditions referred to in Clauses 1 and 2 of
this Section.
(2) During valuation a valuer shall take into account the
assumption that the institution under resolution would have
commenced insolvency proceedings at the time when, in accordance
with this Law, the decision to apply the resolution action was
taken and that the resolution action had not been performed.
Section 97. If in the evaluation on whether more
favourable conditions would be applied to shareholders, persons
who own other instruments of ownership, and creditors if
insolvency procedure would have been commenced, it is detected
that any shareholder, the person who owns other instruments or
ownership, creditor, or deposit guarantee scheme has incurred
greater losses than it would have incurred in the case of
commencement of insolvency, they have the right to the
disbursement of the consideration from the resolution fund.
Section 98. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission itself or from a bridge institution, or by using a
resolution tool, transfers to another company a part of an asset
management company but not all assets, rights, or liabilities of
an institution under resolution or if the Financial and Capital
Market Commission revokes or amends the provisions of a contract
to which the institution under resolution is a party, or acts on
behalf of it, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
ensure the protection measures specified in this Law and apply
the restrictions of Sections 90, 91, 92, and 93 of this Law to
the following types of arrangements:
1) security under which a counterparty (transaction parter)
has an actual or contingent interest in the assets or rights that
are subject to transfer, irrespective of whether that interest is
secured by specific assets or rights or by way of interest
payments or similar condition;
2) title transfer financial collateral arrangements according
to which collateral to secure or cover the performance of
specified obligations is provided by a transfer of full ownership
of assets from the collateral provider to the collateral taker,
moreover,the collateral taker has an obligation to transfer
assets if the obligations referred to in the arrangement are
performed;
3) set-off contracts;
4) close-out netting contracts;
5) covered bonds;
6) structured finance arrangements which are used for hedging
purposes which form an integral part of the cover pool and which,
in accordance with the laws and regulations on respect of
financial instruments, are secured in a way similar to the
covered bonds. These arrangements shall include that the security
is granted and maintained by a counterparty (transaction party)
or an authorised person.
(2) The protection specified in Paragraph one of this Section
shall be applied irrespective of the number of parties involved
in the arrangements and of whether:
1) agreement is concluded in the form of a contract, trust, or
other legal form, if laws and regulations provide for the
possibility of such agreement;
2) agreement is governed in whole or in part by the laws and
regulations of other Member States or a third country and the
laws and regulations of other Member States or a third country
allow to conclude such agreement.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021; 30 September 2021
/ Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 99. (1) When transferring title transfer
financial collateral arrangements, set-off and close-out netting
contracts, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
ensure that all of the rights and obligations that are protected
under the respective arrangements and contracts concluded between
the institution under resolution and other persons are
transferred, and also amendment or termination of rights and
obligations that are protected under the respective arrangements
and contracts is not performed by exercising the resolution
powers specified in this Law for the Financial and Capital Market
Commission.
(2) The rights and obligations shall be considered as
protected if the counterparties are entitled to perform set-off
or close-out netting of such rights and obligations.
(3) In addition to that specified in Paragraph one of this
Section, where necessary in order to ensure availability of the
covered deposits the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may:
1) transfer the covered deposits which are part of the
subject-matter of the arrangements referred to in Paragraph one
of this Section, without transferring other assets, rights, or
liabilities that are the subject-matter of the same
arrangement;
2) transfer, modify, or sell those assets, rights, or
liabilities, without transferring the covered deposits.
[30 September 2021; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 100. (1) When performing the activities
referred to in Section 98 of this Law, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall not:
1) shall transfer such assets against which liabilities are
secured unless the abovementioned liabilities and benefit of the
security are also transferred;
2) shall not transfer a secured liability unless the benefit
of the security is also transferred;
3) shall not transfer the benefit of the security unless the
secured liability is also transferred;
4) shall not modify or terminate security arrangements, if the
effect of that modification or termination is that the liability
ceases to be secured.
(2) In addition to that specified in Paragraph one of this
Section, where necessary in order to ensure availability of the
covered deposits the Financial and Capital Market Commission
may:
1) transfer the covered deposits which are part of the
subject-matter of the arrangements referred to in Paragraph one
of this Section, without transferring other assets, rights, or
liabilities that are the subject-matter of the same
arrangement;
2) transfer or otherwise alienate those assets, rights, or
liabilities, and also modify rights or liabilities, without
transferring the covered deposits.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 101. (1) When transferring structured finance
arrangements, the Financial and Capital Market Commission:
1) transfer all of the assets, rights, and liabilities which
are part of the subject-matter of the structured finance
arrangement, including the arrangements referred to in Section
98, Paragraph one, Clauses 5 and 6 of this Law, to which the
institution under resolution is a party;
2) shall not terminate or modify the arrangements to which the
institution under resolution is a party.
(2) In exceptional cases, where necessary in order to ensure
availability of the covered deposits the Financial and Capital
Market Commission may:
1) transfer the covered deposits which are part of the
subject-matter of the arrangements referred to in Paragraph one
of this Section, without transferring other assets, rights, or
liabilities that are the subject-matter of the same
arrangement;
2) transfer or otherwise alienate those assets, rights, or
liabilities, and also modify rights or liabilities, without
transferring the covered deposits.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021]
Section 102. (1) The application of a resolution tool
shall not affect the operation of payment and securities
settlement systems if the Financial and Capital Market
Commission:
1) transfers some but not all of the assets, rights, or
liabilities of the institution under resolution to another
commercial company;
2) uses the rights intended for it to cancel or amend the
terms of such contract to which the institution under resolution
is a party or to substitute a recipient as a party.
(2) The actions referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
shall not affect the enforceability of transfer orders and
netting, the use of funds, securities, or credit, and also
protection of security.
(3) Upon applying the requirements of this Section, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure that the
restrictions specified in Section 92 of this Law are determined
for all group companies in respect of which a resolution action
is taken.
Chapter XVI
Information Provision Obligation and Restricted Access
Information
Section 103. (1) The executive board of the institution
or financial company shall inform the Financial and Capital
Market Commission if the former considers that the institution or
the financial company is in financial difficulties or is likely
to be in financial difficulties.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission establishes
that the institution or financial company meets the conditions
referred to in Section 39, Paragraph three of this Law, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall immediately
communicate it to the following:
1) the resolution and supervisory authorities of the
institution or financial company or branches of the institution
or financial company;
2) Latvijas Banka;
3) the group-level resolution authority;
4) the Ministry of Finance;
5) the consolidating supervisor if consolidated supervision is
carried out for the institution or financial company;
6) the European Systemic Risk Board.
Section 104. (1) After the decision to apply a
resolution action has been taken (hereinafter - the resolution
decision), the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall send
a notice of the abovementioned decision to:
1) the supervisory authorities of the institution under
resolution and the branches thereof;
2) Latvijas Banka;
3) the group-level resolution authority;
4) the Ministry of Finance;
5) the consolidating supervisor if consolidated supervision is
carried out for the institution under resolution;
6) the European Systemic Risk Board;
7) the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the
European Securities and Markets Authority, and the European
Banking Authority;
8) the system operators specified in the law On Settlement
Finality in Payment and Financial Instrument Settlement
Systems.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall publish
on its website the information on the resolution decisions taken
and send it to the European Banking Authority for the publication
on the website of the European Banking Authority. The Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall send the abovementioned
information to the official mandatory information storage system
within the meaning of the Financial Instrument Market Law if the
shares, other instruments of ownership, or debt instruments of
the institution under resolution are admitted to trading on a
regulated market, or to the shareholders and known creditors of
the institution under resolution if the shares, instruments of
ownership, or debt instruments are not admitted to trading on a
regulated market.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 105. (1) The information related to the
recovery plans, resolution plans, assessment results, resolution,
resolution actions, including application of resolution
procedures and resolution instruments which is provided or
received by the following shall be considered restricted access
information:
1) the Financial and Capital Market Commission;
2) the Ministry of Finance;
3) special managers or authorised persons appointed in
accordance with the law;
4) recipients or potential recipients of the assets,
liabilities, rights, shares, or other instruments of ownership of
the institution under resolution;
5) sworn auditors, advisors, valuers, and other experts who
directly or indirectly have cooperated with the Financial and
Capital Market Commission;
6) Latvijas Banka;
7) other institutions of direct or indirect administration
involved in the resolution process;
8) a bridge institution or an asset management company;
9) persons who provide or have provided services to the
persons referred to in this Section and also members of the
supervisory board and executive board of legal persons or
employees who have received the information for the performance
of their office or professional duties.
(2) Restricted access information shall not be disclosed to
other persons unless in summary or collective form so that an
individual institution or financial company cannot be identified,
except for the cases when such information may be disclosed in
accordance with the law.
(3) When classifying information as restricted access
information, the consequences that disclosing of such information
might cause to the public interests as regards financial,
monetary, and economic policy and to the interests of commercial
activity of natural and legal persons are valuated, and also the
necessity and purpose of the performance of inspections and
audits, especially the consequences caused by disclosing the
results of recovery plans, resolution plans, and assessment shall
be assessed.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission, the Ministry
of Finance, other institutions of direct and indirect
administration involved in resolution and resolution action,
Latvijas Banka, bridge institution, or asset management company
shall include the prohibition to disclose restricted access
information in internal regulatory enactments and ensure that
only persons who are directly involved in the resolution process
have access to such information. The abovementioned legal
subjects shall also ensure that the relevant persons are informed
of the prohibition to disclose restricted access information.
(5) The persons referred to in Paragraph one of this Section,
in accordance with laws and regulations, shall be punishable for
disclosing the restricted access information (confidential
information) specified in Paragraph one of this Section.
(6) The provisions of Paragraph one of this Section shall not
restrict employees or former employees of the institutions or
legal persons referred to therein from mutually exchanging
information within the scope of these institutions, and also the
Financial and Capital Market Commission, according to its
competence, from exchanging restricted access information with
resolution authorities, competent ministries, central banks,
deposit guarantee schemes of other Member States, State
institutions responsible for insolvency proceedings in the
relevant Member State, the European Banking Authority, or
relevant foreign institutions which are responsible for the
implementation of resolution in the relevant foreign country.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021; 28 April 2022 /
Amendment regarding the replacement of the words "Financial
and Capital Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka"
shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in
the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraphs 4 and
13 of Transitional Provisions]
Chapter XVII
Cross-border Group Resolution
Section 106. Upon making decisions in accordance with
this Law or taking actions and measures which may have an impact
in one or more other Member States, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall comply with the following general
requirements and principles:
1) the efficacy of decision-making and reduction of resolution
costs;
2) action is taken in a timely manner and with due urgency
when required;
3) mutual cooperation to ensure that decisions are taken and
measures are taken in a coordinated and efficient manner;
4) the roles and responsibilities of resolution authorities
within each Member State are defined clearly;
5) due consideration is given to the interests of such Member
States where the parent companies of the Member State and
subsidiaries of the Member State are performing commercial
activity, and in particular the impact of any decision, action,
or inaction on the financial stability, fiscal resources,
resolution fund, deposit guarantee scheme, or investor protection
system of the abovementioned Member States;
6) due consideration is given to the interests of those Member
States where significant branches are performing commercial
activity, in particular the impact of any decision, action, or
inaction on the financial stability of the abovementioned Member
States;
7) due consideration is given to the objectives of balancing
the interests of the various Member States involved and of
avoiding non-conformity with or protection of the interests of
Member States;
8) the obligation, in accordance with this Law, to consult a
resolution or supervisory authority before any decision or
measure is taken or measure is implemented includes at least an
obligation to consult on those elements of the proposed decision
or measure which have or which are likely to have an effect on
the parent company, the subsidiary, or branch of the Member
State, and on those elements of the proposed decision or measure
which have or which are likely to have an impact on the financial
stability of the Member State where the parent company,
subsidiary, or branch of the Member State is performing
commercial activity or is registered;
9) upon taking resolution actions, take into account and
follow the resolution plans, unless, taking into account the
circumstances of the case, it is considered that the resolution
objectives will be achieved more effectively by taking actions
which are not provided for in the resolution plans;
10) assess the possible implication of a proposed decision or
measure on the financial stability, fiscal resources, resolution
fund, deposit guarantee scheme, or investor compensation scheme
of the relevant Member State;
11) understanding that the best reduction of overall costs of
resolution may be achieved upon mutual cooperation and
coordinating an action by the resolution and supervisory
authorities.
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Section 107. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission is a group-level resolution authority, it shall
establish a resolution college which implements the rights
referred to in this Law to determine the minimum requirements for
own funds and eligible liabilities, and also cooperation and
coordination with resolution authorities of foreign countries.
The Financial and Capital Market Commission has no obligation to
establish a resolution college if a group or college which is
performing the same functions, is carrying out the same tasks,
and complies with all the requirements laid down in this Law for
a resolution college has already been established.
(2) A resolution college and, where appropriate, involved
supervisory authorities shall perform the following
functions:
1) exchange information which is related to the drawing-up,
preparation of group resolution plans, the application to groups
of preventative rights, and group resolution;
2) develop a group resolution plan;
3) assess the resolvability of a group;
4) take measures to remove impediments to the resolvability of
a group;
5) decide on the need to establish a group resolution plan and
agree on the application of the abovementioned resolution
plan;
6) coordinate public informing of a group resolution strategy
and plans;
7) coordinate the use of the financing arrangements necessary
for the group resolution;
8) lay down the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities for the group on a consolidated basis at the level of
subsidiaries;
9) discuss other issues in relation to a group resolution.
(3) The composition of the resolution college shall
include:
1) the group-level resolution authority;
2) the resolution authorities in each Member State in which a
subsidiary covered by consolidated supervision is performing
commercial activity;
3) the resolution authorities in Member States where a parent
company of one or more companies of the group which is the
company referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 4 of this
Law are performing commercial activity;
4) the resolution authorities in the territory of the country
of which significant branches are located;
5) the consolidating supervisor and the supervisory
authorities of the Member States where the resolution authority
is a member of the resolution college, and also the central banks
of the Member States - upon invitation of the supervisory
authorities;
6) the competent ministries;
7) the authorities which are responsible for the deposit
guarantee scheme in Member States where the resolution
authorities are members of a resolution college;
8) the European Banking Authority (without voting rights in
decision-making within the scope of activity of a resolution
college);
9) the resolution authorities of such foreign countries where
a parent company or an institution performing commercial activity
in the Member States has a subsidiary or a significant branch if
the group-level resolution authority has recognised that
requirements for non-disclosure of information equivalent to the
requirements of this Law have been laid down for them.
(4) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is the
group-level resolution authority, it shall be the chair of the
resolution college and it has the following rights:
1) to bring forward written provisions and procedures for the
operation of the resolution college after prior consultation with
other resolution authorities;
2) to coordinate all activities of the resolution college;
3) to convene and chair the meetings of the resolution
college, and also inform all members of the resolution college of
the time, place of a meeting and the issues to be discussed;
4) to decide which persons shall be invited to attend a
meeting of the resolution college, taking into account that the
issue to be discussed is significant for the members of this
college and invited persons, in particular its potential impact
on financial stability in the relevant Member States;
5) to inform all of the members of the college of the
decisions and outcomes of the meetings referred to in Clause 3 of
this Paragraph.
(5) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is in the
composition of such resolution college the group-level resolution
authority of which is a resolution authority of another Member
State, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
participate in the work of the resolution college to such extent
that is determined by the group-level resolution authority. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
participate in meetings of a resolution college if the matters to
be discussed in the agenda apply to taking of the joint decision
or a group company located in the Republic of Latvia.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 108. (1) If a foreign institution or foreign
parent company has subsidiaries or significant branches which are
performing their commercial activity in the Republic of Latvia
and in one more or several Member States, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission and resolution authorities of the
involved Member States shall establish a European resolution
college which is chaired by a member of the European resolution
college selected upon agreement.
(2) The European resolution college shall perform the
functions of a resolution college specified in this Law in
respect of the subsidiaries and significant branches insofar as
it is applicable to them. Tasks of the resolution college shall
also include laying down of the minimum requirement for own funds
and eligible liabilities on a consolidated basis at the level of
subsidiaries. In laying down the minimum requirement for own
funds and eligible liabilities, members of the European
resolution college shall take into account the general resolution
strategy approved by the foreign authority. If members of the
European resolution college agree with the general resolution
strategy of the foreign authority in accordance with which
subsidiaries that perform commercial activity in the European
Union or a European Union parent company and subsidiaries thereof
are not resolution entities, the subsidiaries that perform
commercial activity in the European Union or a European Union
parent company shall, in a consolidated manner, ensure that the
conditions referred to in Section 62 of this Law are met by
issuing the instruments referred to in Section 61, Paragraph six,
Clauses 1 and 2 of this Law to its parent company that performs
commercial activity in a foreign country, or subsidiaries of the
respective parent company that perform commercial activity in the
same foreign country, or to other entities in accordance with the
conditions provided for in Section 61, Paragraph six, Clause 1,
Sub-clause "a" and Clause 2, Sub-clause "b" of this Law.
(3) If the subsidiaries or significant branches referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section belong to a European Union parent
company, the European resolution college shall be chaired by the
resolution authority of a Member State in which the European
Union parent company performs its commercial activity. If it is
impossible for the resolution authority of a Member State in
which the European Union parent company performs its commercial
activity to chair the European resolution college, the European
resolution college shall be chaired by a resolution authority of
a European Union parent company or of a European Union subsidiary
with the highest value of the total balance sheet assets
held.
(4) The European resolution college need not be established if
another group or college performing the functions specified in
this Law for a resolution college has been already
established.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 109. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, upon request, provide the information to
resolution authorities and supervisory authorities of other
Member States requested thereby which is necessary for the
performance of a resolution action, and the Financial and Capital
Market Commission has the right to request the information from
resolution authorities and supervisory authorities of other
Member States which is necessary for the performance of a
resolution action.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission is the
group-level resolution authority, it shall send all significant
information to the involved resolution authorities of the Member
State.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to
provide the information provided by a resolution authority of a
foreign country to resolution authorities and supervisory
authorities of other Member States only upon receipt of the
consent of the resolution authority of the foreign country.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall provide
information to the Ministry of Finance in matters regarding which
the Financial and Capital Market Commission has an obligation to
notify, consult with, or receive the consent of the Ministry of
Finance in accordance with this Law or which may have
implications on the State budget funds.
Section 110. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission decides that early intervention measures are
applicable to the institution or financial company registered in
the Republic of Latvia which is a subsidiary in a group, it shall
immediately notify the group-level resolution authority, the
consolidating supervisor, and other members of the resolution
college for the group thereof, and also communicate a resolution
action or inform of the necessity to commence insolvency
proceedings.
(2) The group-level resolution authority, after consulting
other members of the resolution college, shall detect whether the
conformity with the resolution conditions of the company
belonging to the group located in another Member State could be
ensured in conformity with the information received in Paragraph
one of this Section. If such conformity is not established, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission may take a resolution
action or commence insolvency proceedings regarding which it has
notified.
(3) If the group-level resolution authority, after consulting
with other members of the resolution college, establishes that
resolution actions or other measures of which the Financial and
Capital Market Commission has notified would ensure that the
company belonging to the group located in another Member State
conforms to the resolution conditions, the group-level resolution
authority shall, not later than 24 hours after receipt of the
notification of the Financial and Capital Market Commission,
propose a group resolution plan and submit it to the resolution
college. That 24-hour period may be extended if the Financial and
Capital Market Commission agrees to it.
(4) If, within 24 hours or a longer time period on which an
agreement has been reached, after receipt of the notification of
the Financial and Capital Market Commission, the group-level
resolution authority has not made an evaluation, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission may take a resolution action or
other measures of which it has notified.
(5) Upon applying a group resolution plan:
1) the resolution plan drawn up previously shall be taken into
account and implemented, unless resolution authorities, taking
into account the actual circumstances, are of the opinion that
resolution objectives will be achieved more effectively by taking
actions which are not provided for in the resolution plan drawn
up previously;
2) the resolution actions that should be taken by the
resolution authorities in relation to the parent company of the
Member State or individual group companies shall be listed in
order to implement the resolution objectives;
3) it shall be determined how those resolution actions should
be coordinated;
4) a financing plan which takes into account the group
resolution plan and the division of responsibility shall be
included.
(6) The group resolution plan shall adopted by the joint
decision of the group-level resolution authority and such
resolution authorities responsible for the subsidiaries which are
covered by the group resolution plan.
(7) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission disagrees
with the group resolution plan proposed by the group-level
resolution authority or departs from it, or considers that due to
financial stability considerations it is necessary to take
independent resolution actions or measures other than those
specified in the proposed plan in relation to the institution or
financial company registered in the Republic of Latvia, it shall
set out in detail the reasons for the disagreement with the group
resolution plan or the reasons to depart from the group
resolution plan, notify the group-level resolution authority and
the other resolution authorities that are covered by the group
resolution plan of the reasons and inform them of the actions or
measures it will take. In the decision on disagreement to the
group resolution plan the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall assess the resolution plan developed previously, the
potential impact on financial stability in the involved Member
States, and also the potential effect of the actions or measures
on other companies of the group.
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Section 111. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as the group-level resolution authority receives a
notification of the resolution authority of the group
subsidiaries that this company meets the conditions for
resolution, it shall, within 24 hours from the moment of receipt
of the notification, having consulted with other members of the
resolution college, evaluate whether the resolution action
referred to in the notification of the resolution authority of
the group subsidiaries or the recognised necessity to commence
insolvency proceedings promotes conformity of the group company
located in another Member State with the conditions for
resolution, take the group resolution plan, and submit it to the
resolution college. The Financial and Capital Market Commission
may extend the time period for the evaluation upon consent of the
resolution authority which has submitted the notification.
(2) The group resolution plan shall adopted by the joint
decision of the Financial and Capital Market Commission and such
resolution authorities responsible for the subsidiaries which are
covered by the group resolution plan. If any of the resolution
authorities of the group subsidiaries take an individual decision
on the subsidiary located within the territory thereof, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take the joint
decision with such resolution authorities of the group
subsidiaries which agree to the group resolution plan proposed by
the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
Section 112. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission as a group-level resolution authority decides that a
parent company of the Member State for which it is responsible
meets the conditions laid down in this Law for taking a
resolution action, it shall immediately notify the consolidating
supervisor and other members of the resolution college of the
group, and also communicate the resolution action which it
considers to be appropriate, or the necessity to commence
insolvency proceedings.
(2) A resolution action or the necessity to commence
insolvency proceedings may include the implementation of a group
resolution plan if:
1) the resolution actions or other measures at the level of a
parent company notified by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission promote that the resolution conditions are fulfilled
by a group company in another Member State;
2) resolution actions or other measures at the level of a
parent company only are not sufficient to stabilise the financial
situation or they will not provide an optimum outcome;
3) one or more subsidiaries meet the resolution conditions
according to the evaluation of their resolution authorities;
4) resolution actions or other measures at the group level
will benefit the subsidiaries of the group.
(3) If the resolution actions notified by the Financial and
Capital Market Commission do not include the implementation of a
group resolution plan, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall, upon taking its decision after consulting the
members of the resolution college, take into account the group
resolution plan drawn up previously, unless the resolution
authorities assess, taking into account actual circumstances, and
also financial stability of the involved Member States that
resolution objectives will be achieved more effectively by taking
actions which are not provided for in the respective resolution
plan.
(4) If the resolution actions notified by the Financial and
Capital Market Commission include implementation of a group
resolution plan, the decision on the group resolution plan shall
be taken by the joint decision of the Financial and Capital
Market Commission and such resolution authorities responsible for
the subsidiaries which are covered by the group resolution plan.
If any of the resolution authorities of the group subsidiaries
take an individual decision on the subsidiary located within the
territory thereof, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall take the joint decision with such resolution authorities of
the group subsidiaries which agree to the group resolution plan
proposed by the Financial and Capital Market Commission.
[16 February 2017; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 113. (1) If the group-level resolution
authority of a subsidiary registered in the Republic of Latvia
notifies the Financial and Capital Market Commission of the
conformity of the parent company of the Member State with the
conditions for taking the resolution action laid down in this
Law, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
participate in discussing the actions notified by the group-level
resolution authority together with other members of the
resolution college of the group.
(2) If the resolution action notified under Paragraph one of
this Section includes implementation of a group resolution plan,
the decision on the group resolution plan shall be taken by the
joint decision of the group-level resolution authority and such
resolution authorities responsible for the subsidiaries which are
covered by the group resolution plan.
(3) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission disagrees
with or departs from the group resolution plan proposed by the
group-level resolution authority or considers that it needs to
take independent resolution actions or measures other than those
specified in the proposed plan in relation to the institution or
financial company registered in the Republic of Latvia for
reasons of financial stability, it shall set out in detail the
reasons for the disagreement or the reasons to depart from the
group resolution plan, notify the group-level resolution
authority and the other resolution authorities that are covered
by the group resolution plan of the reasons and inform them of
the actions or measures it intends to take. Upon setting out the
reasons for its disagreement, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall assess the resolution plan developed previously,
the potential impact on financial stability in the involved
Member States, and also the potential effect of the intended
actions or measures on other companies of the group.
[16 February 2017]
Section 114. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission may refer to the European Banking Authority with the
request to provide assistance in taking the joint decision on a
group resolution plan referred to in this Law in accordance with
Article 31(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.
(2) If the abovementioned group resolution plan is not
adopted, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
cooperate with the resolution college in order to achieve a
coordinated resolution strategy in respect of all group companies
which become insolvent or are likely to become insolvent.
(3) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall inform
other members of the resolution college of the resolution actions
or measures taken thereby and their on-going progress.
(4) The joint decision referred to in this Law and the
decisions which resolution authorities take in the cases when
they do not agree with the group resolution plan are considered
final and the involved resolution authorities shall apply them in
the relevant Member States.
[16 February 2017]
Chapter XVIII
Relations with Foreign Countries
Section 115. In order to ensure performance of
resolution actions, the resolution authorities shall cooperate on
the basis of the International Agreement on Co-operation of
Resolution Authorities. If the International Agreement on
Co-operation of Resolution Authorities has not come into force,
the Republic of Latvia may enter into bilateral agreements with
foreign countries on cooperation, taking into account the
provisions of this Chapter.
Section 116. (1) This Section shall be applied to
foreign resolution procedure unless the International Agreement
on Co-operation of Resolution Authorities has come into force,
and also following the coming into force of the abovementioned
agreement to the extent that the recognition and enforcement of
foreign resolution procedures is not governed by that
agreement.
(2) A European resolution college shall, after having
discussed, take the joint decision on the recognition of the
foreign resolution in relation to a foreign institution or a
parent company that:
1) has subsidiaries operating in two or more Member States, or
branches regarded as significant in two or more Member
States;
2) has assets, rights, or liabilities which are located in two
or more Member States or which are governed by the legal acts of
those Member States.
(3) If the European resolution college the member of which is
the Financial and Capital Market Commission takes the joint
decision on the recognition of the foreign resolution, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure the
enforcement of the foreign resolution procedures in accordance
with the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
(4) If the joint decision is not taken by the European
resolution college the member of which is the Financial and
Capital Market Commission or if a European resolution college has
not been established, the Financial and Capital Market Commission
shall take its own decision on whether to recognise and enforce
the foreign resolution proceedings relating to a foreign
institution or a parent company. Upon taking the decision, due
consideration to the interests of each individual Member State
where the institution or parent company operates, and in
particular to the potential impact of the recognition and
enforcement of the foreign resolution procedure on the other
companies of the group and the financial stability of the
abovementioned Member States is given.
(5) Recognition of foreign resolution may include the
requirement to:
1) implement the resolution powers in relation to the assets
of a foreign institution or parent company which are located in
the Republic of Latvia or governed by the laws and regulations of
the Republic of Latvia, or the rights or liabilities of a foreign
institution which have been booked by the branch registered in
the Republic of Latvia or governed by the laws and regulations of
the Republic of Latvia, if claims in relation to such rights and
liabilities are enforceable in the Republic of Latvia;
2) transfer, and also to request another person to transfer
shares or other instruments of ownership to a subsidiary which is
performing commercial activity in the Republic of Latvia;
3) implement the rights specified in Section 91, 92, or 93 of
this Law for a party which has entered into a contract with the
company referred to in Paragraph two of this Section, if such
rights are necessary in order to enforce foreign resolution
procedures;
4) render unenforceable the rights specified in the contract
to terminate or accelerate performance of the contracts of the
companies referred to in Paragraph two of this Section or other
companies of the group or the amend the rights specified in the
contract for the relevant companies in the cases where such
rights arise from the resolution action taken in respect of the
foreign institution or the parent company of such companies,
whether by the foreign resolution authority itself or such action
is taken otherwise in accordance with the laws and regulations
governing the foreign resolution procedures, provided that the
substantive obligations provided for in the contract, including
payment and delivery obligations, are still being performed, and
also collateral is provided.
(6) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may take,
where necessary in the public interest, resolution actions and
implement resolution powers with respect to a parent company if
the relevant foreign State authority detects that an institution
registered in such foreign country meets the conditions for
resolution in accordance with the legal acts of that foreign
country.
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Section 117. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission may, after consulting other European resolution
authorities which are part of a college of European resolution
authorities, refuse to recognise or enforce foreign resolution
procedures if it considers that:
1) the foreign resolution procedures would have adverse
effects on financial stability in the Republic of Latvia or in
another Member State;
2) independent resolution in relation to a branch registered
in the Republic of Latvia of an institution registered in foreign
countries is necessary to achieve one or more of the resolution
objectives;
3) depositors and other creditors which are located or which
are due payments in the Republic of Latvia would not receive the
same treatment as creditors of such foreign country with similar
legal rights in accordance with the internal resolution
procedures of the foreign country;
4) recognition or enforcement of the foreign resolution
procedure would have material fiscal implications for the
Republic of Latvia or the consequences of such recognition or
enforcement would be in contradiction with the laws and
regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
Section 118. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to implement the resolution powers in
relation to a branch registered in the Republic of Latvia of an
institution registered in a foreign country which is not subject
to foreign resolution procedures or which is subject to foreign
resolution procedures if the Financial and Capital Market
Commission considers that the performance of the resolution
procedure is necessary in the public interests, any of the
circumstances referred to in Section 117 of this Law has set in,
and one or more of the following conditions is met:
1) the branch no longer meets, or is likely not to meet, the
laws and regulations governing its activity, moreover, it is not
foreseeable that any private sector action, supervisory action,
or resolution action of the relevant foreign country would
restore conformity of the branch with the laws and regulations
governing its activity or prevent insolvency in a reasonable time
period;
2) the Financial and Capital Market Commission is of the
opinion that the foreign institution is unable to pay its
liabilities to creditors, and the Financial and Capital Market
Commission has ascertained that no foreign resolution procedures
or insolvency proceedings have been or will be initiated in
relation to the abovementioned foreign institution in a
reasonable time period;
3) the resolution procedures are applied to the foreign
institution or the foreign resolution authority has notified the
Financial and Capital Market Commission of its intention to
initiate them.
(2) If the Financial and Capital Market Commission implements
the resolution powers in relation to a branch registered in the
Republic of Latvia of an institution registered in a foreign
country, it shall take into consideration the resolution
objectives and take the action in accordance with the
requirements of this Law regarding the application of resolution
tools.
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Section 119. (1) The provisions of this Section shall
be applied in respect of cooperation with a foreign country
unless the International Agreement on Co-operation of Resolution
Authorities has come into force, and also following the coming
into force thereof, insofar the abovementioned agreement does not
govern that laid down in this Section.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission has the right,
according to the framework cooperation arrangements of the
European Banking Authority concluded with foreign authorities, to
enter into cooperation arrangements with the following foreign
authorities responsible for the resolution:
1) with the State authorities responsible for the resolution
in a foreign country where the parent company or the company
referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this
Law is performing commercial activity if European Union
subsidiaries are performing commercial activity in two or more
Member States;
2) if a foreign institution has one or more branches in the
Republic of Latvia and in one or more other Member States, the
authorities responsible for the resolution of such foreign
country where the abovementioned foreign institution is
performing commercial activity;
3) if the parent company or the company which has been
referred to in Section 2, Paragraph two, Clauses 3 and 4 of this
Law and is performing commercial activity in the Republic of
Latvia and which has a subsidiary or a significant branch in
another Member State also has one or more foreign subsidiaries,
the State authorities responsible for the resolution in the
foreign countries where the respective subsidiaries are
performing commercial activity;
4) if an institution which has a subsidiary institution or
significant branch in the Republic of Latvia has one or more
branches in one or more foreign countries, the State authorities
responsible for the resolution in the foreign countries where the
abovementioned branches are performing commercial activity.
(3) Cooperation arrangements concluded between the Financial
and Capital Market Commission and the foreign resolution
authorities may include provisions on the following matters:
1) the exchange of information necessary for the preparation
and maintenance of resolution plans;
2) consultation and cooperation in the drawing up of
resolution plans and exercising of similar powers in accordance
with the legal acts of the relevant foreign countries;
3) the exchange of information necessary for the application
of resolution tools and implementation of resolution powers and
similar powers in accordance with the legal acts of the relevant
foreign countries;
4) cooperation in the matters of application of early
intervention measures or consultation before taking any
significant action in accordance with this Law or the legal acts
of the foreign country affecting the institution or group to
which the arrangement applies;
5) the coordination of public information by taking joint
resolution actions;
6) the procedures and arrangements for the exchange of
information and cooperation, including through the establishment
and operation of crisis management groups.
(4) This Section shall not limit the right of the Financial
and Capital Market Commission from concluding bilateral or
multilateral arrangements with foreign countries in accordance
with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall notify
the European Banking Authority of each cooperation arrangement
that it has entered into in accordance with this Section.
[30 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 120. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission and the Ministry of Finance shall exchange restricted
access information, including recovery plans, with the relevant
State authorities responsible for the resolution in foreign
countries only if the following conditions are met:
1) the national legal acts of the foreign authorities
responsible for the resolution determine non-disclosure
requirements for restricted access information which are equal to
the requirements laid down in this Law for such authorities;
2) processing of personal data included in restricted access
information, including transmission of such data to a foreign
authority, is carried out in accordance with the legal norms
governing personal data processing of the Republic of Latvia;
3) the information is necessary in order to perform the
functions of the foreign authority responsible for the resolution
which are equal to the functions of resolution authorities
provided for in this Law.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may disclose
restricted access information received from other Member States
to the foreign authorities responsible for the resolution only in
the following cases:
1) the authority of such Member State from which the
information has been obtained agrees to that disclosure;
2) the information is disclosed only for the purposes
permitted by the authorities of such Member State from which the
information has been obtained.
Chapter XIX
Resolution Financing Arrangements
Section 121. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall ensure accumulation and management of funds of
the institutions in the national resolution fund. In accordance
with Articles 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, and 74 of Regulation No
806/2014, the Financial and Capital Market Commission shall
ensure transfer of the contributions of credit institutions to
the Single Resolution Fund in accordance with the procedures laid
down in the Agreement on the Transfer and Mutualisation of
Contributions to the Single Resolution Fund approved by the law
On the Agreement on the Transfer and Mutualisation of
Contributions to the Single Resolution Fund. The Financial and
Capital Market Commission shall use the funds of the Single
Resolution Fund in accordance with Article 77 of Regulation No
806/2014.
[28 February 2019]
Section 121.1 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission is entitled to decide on the use of the funds
of investment firms accumulated in the national resolution
fund.
(2) The funds of the national resolution fund shall be used
only to the extent necessary to ensure efficient application of
the resolution tools for the following purposes:
1) to guarantee the assets or liabilities of the investment
firm under resolution, its subsidiaries, a bridge institution, or
an asset management company;
2) to make loans to the investment firm under resolution, its
subsidiaries, a bridge institution, or an asset management
company;
3) to purchase assets of the investment firm under
resolution;
4) to finance operation of a bridge institution and an asset
management company;
5) to disburse compensation to shareholders and such persons
who own other instruments of ownership or creditors in accordance
with the procedures laid down in this Law;
6) to finance the investment firm under resolution if the
Financial and Capital Market Commission has taken the decision,
in accordance with this Law, to exclude or partly exclude certain
liabilities from the scope of application of the write-down or
conversion power;
7) to issue loans to resolution financing arrangements of
other Member States.
(3) The funds of the national resolution fund shall be used
for the objectives referred to in Paragraph two of this Section,
applying also the sale of business tool.
(4) The funds of the national resolution fund shall not be
used to absorb the losses of an investment firm or financial
institution or to recapitalise such an investment firm or
financial institution. If the use of the resolution fund for the
objectives specified in this Section causes losses for an
investment firm or financial institution, the conditions for the
use of the national resolution fund indicated in Sections 56 and
57 of this Law shall be applied.
[28 February 2019]
Section 121.2 (1) The Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall determine the annual payment in the
national resolution fund for each investment firm as 0.01 per
cent of the amount of its liabilities (except for own funds),
taking into account the total liabilities of all investment firms
(except for own funds) and adjusting it in conformity with the
risk profile of the investment firm stipulated by the Financial
and Capital Market Commission. A payment in the national
resolution fund may not be less than EUR 1000 per year. The
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall issue regulatory
provisions in which the procedures for making payments in the
national resolution fund are determined.
(2) The financial resources present in the national resolution
fund may include payment liabilities of investment firms in the
amount of not more than 30 per cent of the total amount of
resources present in such fund.
(3) If the financial resources available in the national
resolution fund are not sufficient in order to cover losses,
costs, or other expenditures thereof incurred by the use of such
fund, investment firms shall make additional payments. Additional
payments for investment firms shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of Paragraph one of this Section. The amount
of additional payments may not exceed three times the amount of
the specified annual payments.
(4) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may allow to
defer, in whole or in part, making of additional payments by an
investment firm in the national resolution fund if it is
necessary to protect the financial position of such investment
firm. Such exemption shall be granted for a period not exceeding
six months, and it may be extended upon request of the investment
firm. The deferred payment shall be made by the investment firm
at a point in time when such payment no longer jeopardises the
liquidity or solvency thereof.
(5) Payments of an investment firm in the national resolution
fund shall be included in its expenditures.
[28 February 2019; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come
into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording
of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 121.3 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission is entitled to use alternative funding sources
and conclude contracts on borrowings or other forms of support
with investment firms, financial institutions, or other third
parties if the funds of the resolution fund are not immediately
accessible or are not sufficient in order to cover the losses,
costs, or other expenditures incurred by the use of such fund, or
additional payments are not immediately accessible or are not
sufficient.
[28 February 2019]
Section 121.4 The Financial and Capital
Market Commission may request a borrowing from resolution
financing arrangements of other Member States if:
1) there are no sufficient funds in the national resolution
fund in order to cover the losses, costs, or other expenditures
incurred by the use of such fund;
2) the additional payments are not immediately accessible;
3) the funds of alternative funding sources are not
accessible.
[28 February 2019]
Section 121.5 (1) If the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is the group-level resolution
authority, it shall, after consulting the resolution authorities
of the investment firms that are part of the group, propose,
before taking any resolution action, a group financing plan as
part of the group resolution plan.
(2) The group financing plan shall include:
1) a valuation in respect of the companies belonging to the
group;
2) the losses to be recognised by each company belonging to
the group at the moment when the resolution tools are
applied;
3) in relation to each company belonging to the group - the
possible losses of each class of shareholders and creditors;
4) the total financing necessary from resolution financing
arrangements of the Member States and the purpose and form of the
financing;
5) the calculation of the amount that each of the resolution
financing arrangements of the Member States where the companies
belonging to the group are located pays in the financing of the
group resolution in order to build up the total necessary
financing referred to in Clause 4 of this Paragraph;
6) the amount that each of the resolution financing
arrangement of such Member States where the companies belonging
to the group are located pays in the financing of the group
resolution and the procedures for the making of such payment;
7) the amount of a borrowing that the resolution financing
arrangements of such Member States where the companies belonging
to the group are located will obtain;
8) the time period for the use of the resolution financing
arrangements of such Member States where the companies belonging
to the group are located, providing for the possibility, where
appropriate, to extend such time period.
(3) Unless specified otherwise in the group financing plan,
upon calculating the contribution of resolution financing
arrangement of each Member State, the Financial and Capital
Market Commission shall take into consideration:
1) the proportion of the risk-weighted assets of the group
held at investment firms and financial institutions registered in
the relevant Member State of the resolution financing
arrangement;
2) the proportion of the assets of the group held at
investment firms and financial institutions registered in the
relevant Member State of the resolution financing
arrangement;
3) the proportion of such losses which have given rise to the
need for group resolution in those group companies which are
under supervision of the authorities responsible for the
resolution financing arrangement;
4) the proportion of such resources of the group financing
which, according to the financing plan, are intended to be used
to provide direct contribution in the group companies which are
registered in the relevant Member State of the resolution
financing arrangement.
(4) In order to ensure group financing, the national
resolution fund may enter into contracts on receipt of borrowings
or other forms of support.
(5) The national resolution fund may guarantee a borrowing
contracted by other group resolution financing arrangements in
accordance with Paragraph four of this Section.
(6) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure
that any revenues that arise from the use of the group financing
arrangements are allocated to resolution financing arrangements
of the Member States in conformity with their payments to the
financing of the resolution.
[28 February 2019]
Section 122. [16 February 2017]
Section 123. [16 February 2017]
Section 124. [16 February 2017]
Section 125. [16 February 2017]
Section 126. [16 February 2017]
Section 127. (1) If the Financial and Capital Market
Commission takes a resolution action, concurrently ensuring that
depositors have free access to their deposits, payments from the
deposit guarantee fund may be made in the following amount:
1) if the bail-in tool is applied - the amount by which
covered deposits would have been written down in order to absorb
the losses, if the covered deposits would have been subject to
the application of bail-in and would have been written down to
the same extent as liabilities with the same level of priority
under insolvency proceedings;
2) if one or more resolution tools other than the bail-in tool
is applied - the amount of losses of such depositors to which the
covered deposits belong, if such depositors would have suffered
losses in proportion to the losses incurred by creditors having
liabilities with the same level of priority under insolvency
proceedings.
(2) The participation of the deposit guarantee fund in funding
of resolution shall not exceed the losses that would have been
incurred for the deposit guarantee fund in case of insolvency of
the institution under resolution.
(3) If the bail-in tool is applied, no payments need to be
made from the deposit guarantee fund in order to cover the costs
of recapitalising the institution or bridge institution.
(4) If it is established that the payment of the deposit
guarantee fund to resolution had exceeded the net losses which
the deposit guarantee fund would have incurred by winding up of
the institution, the deposit guarantee fund has the right to the
disbursement of the consideration from the resolution fund.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall ensure
that the amount of liabilities of the deposit guarantee fund
referred to in Paragraph one of this Section arises from the
valuation prepared in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
VIII of this Law.
(6) The payments which arise from the liabilities referred to
in Paragraph one of this Section shall be made in money and they
may not exceed 0.4 per cent of the covered deposits. After the
payments are made from the funds of the deposit guarantee fund
for covering resolution actions of the institution, the Financial
and Capital Market Commission shall obtain the right of claim
against the institution in the amount of the sum of such
payments. The funds acquired through subrogation shall be
transferred into the deposit guarantee fund.
(7) If eligible deposits of an institution under resolution
are transferred to another company, using the sale of business
tool or the bridge institution tool, the depositors have no right
to claim against the deposit guarantee fund in relation to the
remaining deposits in the institution under resolution which were
not transferred, provided that the amount of the deposits
transferred is at least equal to the total amount of guaranteed
compensation.
[28 February 2019]
Chapter XX
Liability
Section 128. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission or its authorised representative has the right to
request and receive information from the institution and
financial company, to carry out on site inspections, to become
familiar with documentation, and to request explanations that are
necessary for the supervision of conformity with the requirements
of this Law.
Section 129. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission is entitled to impose the following sanctions for the
violation of Sections 5, 7, 12, 18.1, 30, 65, 76, and
103 of this Law:
1) to provide a public statement indicating the responsible
natural person, institution, financial company, European Union
parent company registered in the Republic of Latvia, or another
legal person and the nature of the violation;
2) [23 September 2021];
3) [23 September 2021];
4) to impose a fine on a legal person of up to 10 per cent of
the amount of net income of the preceding financial year which
conforms to the amount which, in accordance with Regulation No
575/2013, is used in order to calculate the own funds
requirements for operational risk according to the basic
indicator approach. If 10 per cent of the amount of net income of
the preceding financial year which has been calculated in
accordance with what is laid down in the first sentence of this
Clause constitutes less than EUR 142 300, the Financial and
Capital Market Commission is entitled to impose a fine of up to
EUR 142 300. If a legal person is a subsidiary of a parent
company, the amount of net income of the preceding financial year
shall conform to the amount which, in accordance with Regulation
No 575/2013, is used in order calculate the own funds
requirements for operational risk according to the basic
indicator approach on the basis of the data presented by the
final parent company in consolidated financial statements of the
preceding financial year;
5) to impose a fine of up to five million EUR on the natural
person responsible for the violation;
6) to impose a fine of up to double the amount of the income
generated a result of the violation or of the prevented possible
losses.
(2) For the violation of the Sections of this Law referred to
in Paragraph one of this Section, the directly applicable legal
acts of the European Union, or regulatory provisions issued or
decisions taken by the Financial and Capital Market Commission,
the Financial and Capital Market Commission is entitled to apply
the following administrative measures:
1) to request the natural or legal person responsible for the
violation to cease such action and refrain from repeating it;
2) to impose a temporary ban to perform the duties on any
member of the supervisory board and executive board of the
institution or financial company or any other natural person who
is considered responsible for the violation.
[23 September 2021; 30 September 2021 / Amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "Financial and Capital
Market Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka", amendment
regarding the replacement of the words "regulatory provisions"
with the word "provisions" shall come into force on 1 January
2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1
January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 130. (1) The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall post on its website the information on the
sanctions and administrative measures imposed for the violation
of this Law and the regulatory provisions issued by the Financial
and Capital Market Commission on the basis thereof by indicating
the data on the person and the violation committed thereby, and
also regarding the appeal of the administrative act issued by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission and the ruling taken
thereby.
(2) The Financial and Capital Market Commission may make
public the information referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section without identifying the person if it establishes after
performance of the prior assessment that the disclosure of
personal data of the natural person is not commensurate or the
disclosure of the data of the natural or legal person may
threaten stability of the financial market or may cause
incommensurate damage to the persons involved, or criminal
proceedings have been initiated.
(3) If it is foreseeable that the circumstances referred to in
Paragraph two of this Section will end within a reasonable time
period, making public of the information referred to in Paragraph
one of this Section may be suspended for this time period.
(4) The information posted on the website of the Financial and
Capital Market Commission in accordance with the procedures laid
down in this Section shall be available for five years from the
date of posting thereof.
(5) The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall inform
the European Banking Authority of the sanctions imposed on and
administrative measures applied to persons.
[23 September 2021 / Amendment to Paragraph one
regarding the replacement of the words "appeal of the
administrative act" with the words "contestation and appeal of
the administrative act" and amendment regarding the replacement
of the words "Financial and Capital Market Commission" with the
words "Latvijas Banka", and also amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "regulatory provisions" with the word
"provisions" shall come into force on 1 January 2023 and shall be
included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023. See
Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions]
Section 131. (1) Contestation and appeal of the
administrative act issued by the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall not suspend the operation thereof. An
administrative act of the Financial and Capital Market Commission
on application of the crisis management measures shall be
enforced without delay.
(2) An administrative act of the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may be appealed to the District Administrative Court.
The District Administrative Court shall examine the case under
emergency procedure.
(3) An applicant shall specify the justification of the
application. Participants to the administrative proceeding shall
be subject to the burden of proof.
(4) A cassation complaint may be submitted in respect of the
ruling of the District Administrative Court. The Supreme Court
shall examine the case under emergency procedure.
(5) Decisions of a court (judge) which are taken upon
performance of procedural actions for the examination of the
submitted application or initiated case shall not be
appealed.
(6) If the law determines the time period for execution of any
procedural action, but, upon execution of the relevant procedural
action within this time period, the conditions of Paragraphs two
and four this Section would not be complied with, the court
(judge) itself shall determine an appropriate time period for the
execution of the relevant procedural action.
(7) The revocation of the administrative act issued by the
Financial and Capital Market Commission on taking the crisis
management measures for the purpose of protecting the interests
of such third parties which have acquired the shares or other
instruments of ownership, assets, rights, and liabilities of the
institution under resolution in good faith shall not affect the
decisions taken and actual actions performed by the Financial and
Capital Market Commission which were directed towards execution
of the revoked decision. The Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall be responsible for the losses caused by the
revoked administrative act.
[23 September 2021 / Amendment regarding the
replacement of the words "Financial and Capital Market
Commission" with the words "Latvijas Banka" shall come into force
on 1 January 2023 and shall be included in the wording of the Law
as of 1 January 2023. See Paragraph 4 of Transitional
Provisions]
Transitional Provisions
[16 February 2017]
1. With the coming into force of this Law, the Law on the
Taking over of Banks (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2008, No. 202)
is repealed.
[16 February 2017]
2. Resolution actions in respect of the subjects referred to
in Article 7(5) of Regulation No 806/2014 which the resolution
institution has commenced until the day of coming into force of
Chapter IV.1 of this Law shall be implemented in
conformity with those legal norms which were in force on the day
of taking the decision on a resolution action.
[16 February 2017]
3. The regulatory provisions issued by the Financial and
Capital Market Commission on the basis of this Law, until the day
of coming into force of the Law on Latvijas Banka, shall be
applied until the day of coming into force of the relevant
regulations of Latvijas Banka, but not longer than until 31
December 2024.
[23 September 2021]
4. Amendments to this Law regarding the replacement of the
words "Financial and Capital Market Commission" with the words
"Latvijas Banka", the replacement of the words "regulatory
provisions" with the words "provisions", the new wording of
Paragraph three of Section 3, amendment regarding the deletion of
Paragraph two of Section 4, and amendment to Section 20,
amendments regarding the deletion of Paragraph two, Clause 2 of
Section 103 and Paragraph one, Clause 2 of Section 104,
amendments to Paragraphs one and four of Section 105, amendment
to Paragraph one of Section 130 regarding the replacement of the
words "appeal of the administrative act" with the words
"contestation and appeal of the administrative act" shall come
into force concurrently with the Law on Latvijas Banka.
[23 September 2021 / The abovementioned amendments
shall be included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January
2023.]
5. Section 58.1 of this Law shall not be applicable
to the liabilities specified in Paragraph one thereof and issued
before 28 December 2020.
[30 September 2021 / Numbering of the Clause is
amended by the Law of 28 April 2022 /
6. By way of derogation from Section 59, Paragraph one of this
Law (in the new wording), the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall set a transitional period but not later than 31
December 2023 by which the institution or financial company
fulfils the requirements laid down in Section 60.2 or
61 of this Law (in the new wording) or, where applicable, the
requirements arising from Section 59.1, Paragraphs
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, or sixteen of
this Law.
[30 September 2021 / Numbering of the Clause is
amended by the Law of 28 April 2022]
7. The Financial and Capital Market Commission shall determine
the interim extent of the requirements laid down in Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law (in the new wording) or, where
applicable, the requirements arising from Section
59.1, Paragraphs seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, or sixteen of this Law which the institution or
financial company fulfils by 31 December 2021 and which ensures a
linear build-up in own funds and eligible liabilities until
fulfilment of the requirement.
[30 September 2021 / Numbering of the Clause is
amended by the Law of 28 April 2022]
8. The Financial and Capital Market Commission may also set a
transitional period after 31 December 2023 if it is justified and
appropriate taking into account Paragraph 11 of these
Transitional Provisions and the following:
1) the evolution of the financial situation of the institution
or financial company;
2) the prospect that the institution or financial company will
ensure, within a reasonable time period, the fulfilment of the
requirements laid down in Section 60.2 or 61 of this
Law (in the new wording) or the requirements arising from Section
59.1, Paragraphs seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, or sixteen of this Law;
3) the fact whether the institution or financial company is
able to replace liabilities that no longer conform to the
eligibility or time criteria laid down in Articles 72b and 72c of
Regulation No 575/2013 or Section 59.1 or Section 61,
Paragraph six of this Law, and, if it is not able, whether this
inability is of specific character or related to market-wide
disturbance.
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022]
9. The resolution entities shall fulfil the requirements laid
down in Section 60, Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen and
seventeen of this Law by 31 December 2021.
[30 September 2021 / Numbering of the Clause is
amended by the Law of 28 April 2022]
10. In applying Paragraphs 6, 7, 8, and 9 of these
Transitional Provisions, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission shall notify the institution or financial company of
the planned minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities for each 12-month period within the transitional
period in order to facilitate gradual increase of its loss
absorption and recapitalisation capacity. At the end of the
transitional period the minimum requirement for own funds and
eligible liabilities shall be equal to the amount specified in
accordance with Section 59.1, Paragraphs seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, or sixteen, Section 60,
Paragraphs fourteen, fifteen or sixteen and seventeen, Section
60.2 or 61 of this Law (in the new wording).
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022]
11. In setting the transitional periods provided for in
Paragraphs 6, 7, 8, and 9 of these Transitional Provisions, the
Financial and Capital Market Commission shall take into account
the following:
1) the prevalence of deposits and absence of debt instruments
in the funding model;
2) the access to financial markets for financing eligible
liabilities;
3) the amount in which the resolution entity depends on the
Common Equity Tier 1 to fulfil the requirement referred to in
Section 60.2 of this Law.
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022]
12. In compliance with Paragraphs 6, 7, and 8 of these
Transitional Provisions, the Financial and Capital Market
Commission may review either the transitional period or any
planned minimum requirement for own funds and eligible
liabilities which has been notified in accordance with Paragraph
10 of these Transitional Provisions.
[30 September 2021; 28 April 2022]
13. Amendments to Section 1, Paragraph one, Clauses 23 and 43,
Section 2, Paragraph one of this Law, Paragraph two, Clause 6 and
the new wording of Paragraph four, amendments to Section 5,
Paragraph one, Section 20, Paragraph eight, Clause
9.1, Section 21, Paragraph 5.1, amendments
to Section 33, Paragraph one, Section 44, Paragraph two, Section
48, Paragraph five, Clause 5, Section 53, Paragraph one, Clause
1, Section 54, Paragraph three, Section 59.1,
Paragraph thirteen and the new wording of Paragraph sixteen,
Clause 2, amendments to Section 60, Paragraph one, Clause 2 and
3, Paragraph two, Clause 2, Paragraph three, Paragraph five,
Clause 1.1 and Paragraph eighteen, Clause
1.1, amendments to Section 67, Paragraph two, the new
wording of Section 79, Paragraph one, amendments to Paragraphs
1.1, two, and four, Section 80, Paragraphs five and
seven, Section 93.1, Paragraph five, and Section 105,
Paragraph one, Clause 3 shall come into force concurrently with
the Law on Investment Firms.
[28 April 2022 / The abovementioned amendments shall
be included in the wording of the Law as of 31 May 2022.]
14. The new wording of Section 3, Paragraph three of this Law
shall come into force on 1 January 2023.
[28 April 2022 / The abovementioned amendment is
included in the wording of the Law as of 1 January 2023]
Informative Reference to European
Union Directives
[28 February 2019; 30 September
2021; 28 April 2022]
This Law contains norms arising from:
1) Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery
and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and
amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC,
2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU,
2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and
(EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council
Text with EEA relevance;
2) Directive (EU) 2017/2399 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Directive 2014/59/EU as
regards the ranking of unsecured debt instruments in insolvency
hierarchy;
3) Directive (EU) 2019/879 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Directive 2014/59/EU as
regards the loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of
credit institutions and investment firms and Directive
98/26/EC;
4) Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 27 November 2019 on the prudential supervision of
investment firms and amending Directives 2002/87/EC, 2009/65/EC,
2011/61/EU, 2013/36/EU, 2014/59/EU and 2014/65/EU.
The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 18 June
2015.
President A. Bērziņš
Rīga, 2 July 2015
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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