CCF applicable to ABCP liquidity facilities for Leverage ratio purposes

Liquidity facilities belong to the off-balance sheet items listed in point (a) of paragraph 1 of Annex I of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) and are therefore covered by point (d) of Article 429f 429(10) which applies a conversion factor of 100%. According to Article 242 of the CRR, liquidity facilities have the form of contractual agreements to provide funding to ensure timeliness of cash flows to investors. This is effectively guaranteeing the cash flows from the securitised exposures, including advances on these cash flows. Consequently, this is already a guarantee and not solely an undrawn agreement to provide guarantees. Guarantees for the good payment of credit facilities are explicitly mentioned in point (a) of paragraph 1 of Annex I as an example of guarantees having the character of credit substitutes.