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Gov't passes draft making Central Bank securitisation authority, for entities under its supervision/monitoring

February 22, 2024

  The Government introduced on Thursday, through a draft law, express provisions to ensure that the National Bank of Romania (BNR) assumes the role of competent authority at national level, in the area of securitisation, for entities under its supervision/monitoring, in application of Regulation (EU) 2017/2.402, including taking into account the amendments and additions introduced by Regulation (EU) 2021/557."Thus, the National Bank is the competent authority for a wide range of participants in securitisation operations, such as: institutional investors, sponsors, originators and initial creditors, if they are credit institutions under the supervision of the BNR; originators and initial creditors if they are non-bank financial institutions, Romanian legal entities; third parties, if the initiator or sponsor using the services of a third party is a credit institution under the supervision of the BNR or a non-bank financial institution," the press release reads.However, the draft law provides for a series of sanctions and administrative measures, as well as provisions on the publication on the BNR website of the administrative sanctions adopted.It also provides for the procedures, processes and mechanisms to be developed and applied by the entities for which the BNR is the competent authority, as well as provisions for the issuance of regulations by the BNR for the purpose of uniform application of the legislative framework in the area of securitisation, including the guidelines and recommendations issued by the European Banking Authority.The draft law will be sent to Parliament for debate and adoption.  

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