This asset class includes the sub-asset classes collateralised loan obligations, collateralised bond obligations, collateralised synthetic obligations, single-tranche collateralised debt obligations, collateralised fund obligations, collateralised debt obligations of asset-backed securities, and collateralised debt obligations of collateralised debt obligations;

‘The above provisions concerning close links do not apply to: (a) close links between the counterparty and an EEA public sector entity which has the right to levy taxes, or in the case where a debt instrument is guaranteed by an EEA public sector entity which has the right to levy taxes; (b) covered bank bonds issued in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 22(4) of the UCITS Directive; or (c) cases in which debt instruments are protected by specific legal safeguards comparable to those instruments given under (b) such as in the case of (i) non-marketable RMBDs which are not securities; or (ii) residential real estate lo ...[+++]an-backed structured covered bank bonds or commercial mortgage loan-backed structured covered bank bonds, i.e. certain covered bank bonds not declared UCITS compliant by the European Commission, that fulfil all the criteria that apply to asset-backed securities, as set out in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 and the following additional criteria (2):

‘Furthermore, for residential real estate loan-backed structured covered bank bonds or commercial mortgage loan-backed structured covered bank bonds, counterparties have to provide legal confirmation from a reputable law firm confirming the fulfilment of the following conditions:

In the case of residential real estate loan-backed structured covered bank bonds:

establishment and maintenance of (national) PRTR registers covering point sources and diffuse sources coherent and structured, publicly accessible user-friendly computerized database reporting requirements at facility level multimedia pollutant-specific reporting of releases (to air, water and land) reporting of off-site transfers of waste mandatory reporting on a yearly basis quality assessment of registered data voluntary reporting of diffuse sources

Second — and I guess I could phrase it as a prediction — is that banks which go to raise capital through the new covered bond framework with bond pools comprising uninsured mortgages probably will find that their cost of borrowing is on the order of 10 basis points higher than they are presently paying to sell bonds backed by insured mortgages.