external credit assessment institution

Defined in Article 4, Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)

Definitions over time (4)

1. 01/01/2025 – today applies on 11/11/2026 Article 4, Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) Scope: Whole act Also: ECAI

   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

   ‘external credit assessment institution’ or ‘ECAI’ means a credit rating agency that is registered or certified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (^{15}) or a central bank issuing credit ratings which are exempt from the application of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

2. 29/06/2021 – 01/01/2025 Article 4, Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) Scope: Whole act Also: ECAI

   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

   ‘external credit assessment institution’ or ‘ECAI’ means a credit rating agency that is registered or certified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (^{13}) or a central bank issuing credit ratings which are exempt from the application of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

3. 25/12/2019 – 29/06/2021 Article 4, Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) Scope: Whole act Also: ECAI

   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

   ‘external credit assessment institution’ or ‘ECAI’ means a credit rating agency that is registered or certified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (^{11}) or a central bank issuing credit ratings which are exempt from the application of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

4. 28/06/2013 – 19/07/2016 Article 4, Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) Scope: Whole act Also: ECAI

   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

   ‘external credit assessment institution’ or ‘ECAI’ means a credit rating agency that is registered or certified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (^{25}) or a central bank issuing credit ratings which are exempt from the application of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

Used in (141 places in 40 provisions on 11/11/2026)

Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) (141 in 40)

Recital 98³ · Article 4⁴ · Article 108² · Article 113³ · Article 114² · Article 115³ · Article 116² · Article 117² · Article 119² · Article 120⁵ · Article 121 · Article 122² · Article 122a¹⁴ · Article 129³ · Article 131² · Article 135⁴ · Article 136¹⁴ · Article 138¹⁴ · Article 180 · Article 197¹² · Article 201 · Article 227 · Article 249 · Article 265⁵ · Article 266 · Article 270b · Article 270c⁴ · Article 270d⁹ · Article 270e⁴ · Article 280c² · Article 336 · Article 400 · Article 444³ · Article 449² · Article 465³ · Article 493 · Article 495b · Article 495e · Article 501a³ · Article 501c