Article 2

For the purpose of excluding transactions with a non-financial counterparty established in a third country from the own funds requirements for CVA risk in accordance with point (a) of Article 382(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, institutions shall verify, for each class of OTC derivative contracts referred to in Article 11 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013, that the gross notional value of the OTC derivative contracts of that non-financial counterparty within that class does not exceed the relevant clearing threshold referred to in Article 11 of that Regulation.

Institutions shall carry out the verification referred to in paragraph 1 in one of the following cases:

1. (a)

   at the inception of each new trade with that counterparty;

2. (b)

   on a periodic basis.

For the purpose of point (b) of paragraph 2, the periodic verification shall be performed in accordance with one of the following frequencies:

1. (a)

   on an annual basis;

2. (b)

   on a quarterly basis, where for any of the classes of OTC derivatives the gross notional value of OTC derivatives transactions of the non-financial counterparty established in a third country is greater than 75 % of the clearing threshold value for that class referred to in Article 11 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013.

Institutions shall substantiate their opinion that, for each class of OTC derivatives contracts referred to in Article 11 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013, the gross notional value of the OTC derivative contracts of a non-financial counterparty established in a third country, for that class, does not exceed the corresponding clearing threshold referred to in that Article.