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Article 6 Collateralisation

  1. 11. The type of collateralisation of the derivative contract or a portfolio of derivatives referred to in field 11 in Table 3 of the Annex shall be identified by the reporting counterparty in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 10.

  2. 12. Where no collateral agreement exists between the counterparties or where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the counterparties do not post neither initial margin nor variation margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “uncollateralised”.

  3. 13. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the reporting counterparty only posts regularly variation margins and that the other counterparty does not post any margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “partially collateralised: counterparty 1 only”.

  4. 14. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the other counterparty only posts regularly variation margin and that the reporting counterparty does not post any margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “partially collateralised: counterparty 2 only”.

  5. 15. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that both counterparties only post regularly variation margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “partially collateralised”.

  6. 16. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the reporting counterparty posts the initial margin and regularly posts variation margins and that the other counterparty does not post any margins with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “one-way collateralised: counterparty 1 only”.

  7. 17. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the other counterparty posts the initial margin and regularly posts variation margins and that the reporting counterparty does not post any margins with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “one-way collateralised: counterparty 2 only”.

  8. 18. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the reporting counterparty posts the initial margin and regularly posts variation margin and that the other counterparty regularly posts only variation margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “one-way/partially collateralised: counterparty 1”.

  9. 19. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that the other counterparty posts the initial margin and regularly posts variation margin and that the reporting counterparty regularly posts only variation margin with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “one-way/partially collateralised: counterparty 2”.

  10. 110. Where the collateral agreement between the counterparties stipulates that both counterparties post initial margin and regularly post variation margins with respect to the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives, the type of collateralisation of the derivative or a portfolio of derivatives shall be identified as “fully collateralised”.