Recital 3

(3)Non-delta risks related to options and warrants can include, but are not limited to, risks arising from changes in the instrument's gamma referred to as ‘gamma risk’ or ‘convexity risk’ as set out in Article 4(1)(a) of this Regulation, risks arising from changes in its vega referred to as ‘vega risk’ or ‘volatility risk’ as set out in Article 4(1)(b) of this Regulation, risks arising from changes in interest rates referred to as ‘interest rate risk’ or ‘rho risk’, nonlinearities which cannot be captured by gamma risk and the risk of implied correlation on basket options or warrants. Of those risks, only the gamma and vega risks are of such materiality that justify the imposition of own funds capital requirements, even for the more complex institutions and, therefore, only those types of risks should be covered in the calculation of own funds requirements. Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 requires institutions to obtain prior permission from their competent authority to use an internal model to calculate delta. However, the use of non-delta risk approaches is to be monitored and assessed under the supervisory review and evaluation process of institutions set out by the provisions of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ² . Furthermore, the greater complexity of the scenario approach necessitates closer monitoring by competent authorities and hence, its use by institutions should be subject to specified conditions of application, both prior to its first use and on an on-going basis.