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Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 3118
Financial Services And Markets
The Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013cross-notes
Made
9th December 2013
Laid before Parliament
10th December 2013
Coming into force
1st January 2014
The Treasury are designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to financial services.
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
1.β(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st January 2014.
(2) In these Regulationsβ
βthe 2000 Actβ means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(3);
βaccepted accounting standardsβ means βinternational accounting standardsβ as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards(4) or βgenerally accepted accounting practiceβ as defined in section 1127 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010(5);
βbranchβ has the same meaning as in Article 4(1)(17) of the capital requirements regulation;
βcorporation taxβ means the tax charged on profits by section 2(1) of the Corporation Tax Act 2009(6) and any similar tax charged on profits in any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom;
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[F2βthe capital requirements regulationβ means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012;F2]
[F3βFCA investment firmβ has the same meaning as in Part 9C of the 2000 Act;F3]
[F3βfinancial institutionβ has the meaning given in Article 4(1)(26) of the capital requirements regulation;F3]
F4...
βglobal systemically important institutionβ means a group identified as a global systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board in Annex 1 to the β2013 update of group of global systemically important banksβ published by the Financial Stability Board on 11 November 2013;
βinstitutionβ means an institution as defined in Article 4(1)(3) of the capital requirements regulation;
βperiod of accountβ has the same meaning as in section 1119 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010;
[F5βRegulated Activities Orderβ means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544);F5]
[F5βrelevant FCA investment firmβ has the meaning given in paragraph (2A);F5]
[F5βsmall and non-interconnected firmβ has the meaning given in rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority for the purposes of Part 9C of the 2000 Act;F5]
βsubsidiaryβ has the same meaning as in Article 4(1)(16) of the capital requirements regulation.
[F6(2A)For the purposes of these Regulations, an FCA investment firm is βrelevantβ ifβ
(a)it has a branch or subsidiary in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom that is a financial institution, and
(b)it is not a small and non-interconnected firm,
subject to paragraphs (2B) and (2C).
(2B)Where an FCA investment firm which has not been a small and non-interconnected firm for a period becomes a small and non-interconnected firm, it only ceases to be a relevant FCA investment firm onceβ
(a)it has been a small and non-interconnected firm for a continuous period of six months, and
(b)it has notified the Financial Conduct Authority.
(2C)Where an FCA investment firm which has been a small and non-interconnected firm for a period determines that it is no longer a small and non-interconnected firmβ
(a)it must notify the Financial Conduct Authority, and
(b)it does not become a relevant FCA investment firm untilβ
(i)the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which it made the determination, or
(ii)if the notification specifies an earlier date, that date.F6]
[F7(3)Any reference in these Regulations to [F8any EU regulation other than the capital requirements regulation or to anyF8] EU decision or EU tertiary legislation (within the meaning of section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be treated as a reference to that EU regulation, EU decision or EU tertiary legislation as it [F9forms part of [F10assimilatedF10] lawF9].F7]
Ongoing reporting obligationI2
2.β(1)Institutions[F11and relevant FCA investment firmsF11] shall publish information in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7) on or before 31st December 2015 and on or before 31st December each year thereafter.
(2) The information shall be published in accordance with accepted accounting standards on a consolidated basis for each country in which the institution[F12or relevant FCA investment firmF12] has a subsidiary or branch, or both.
(3) The information shall relate to the [F13period of account for the institution or relevant FCA investment firmF13] ending immediately prior to the date of publication.
(4) The information in relation to the institution[F14or relevant FCA investment firmF14] isβ
(a)the name, nature of activities and geographical location of the institution[F15or relevant FCA investment firmF15] and any subsidiaries and branches;
(b)turnover;
(c)the average number of employees on a full time equivalent basis;
(d)profit or loss before tax;
(e)corporation tax paid; and
(f)public subsidies received.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c) the average number is determined by dividing the relevant annual number by the number of months in the period of account.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5) the relevant annual number is determined by ascertaining for each month in the period of account the number of persons employed on a full time equivalent basis in that month (whether throughout the month or not) and adding together all the monthly totals.
(7) The information shall be audited in accordance with the [F16International Standards on Auditing (United Kingdom and Ireland) issued by the Financial Reporting Council Limited or a predecessor bodyF16] .
(8) An institution[F17or relevant FCA investment firmF17] shall publish in its annual report how it has complied, or how it will comply, with this regulation.
Interim reporting obligationI3
3.β(1)Institutions[F18and relevant FCA investment firmsF18] shall publish information in accordance with regulation 2(2) to (6) on or before 1st July 2014 with the exception of the information in regulation 2(4)(d) to (f).
F19(2)Global systemically important institutions incorporated in the United Kingdom shall submit the information specified in regulation 2(4)(d) to (f) ... to Her Majestyβs Revenue and Customs on or before 1st July 2014.
(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2) shall be submitted in accordance with accepted accounting standards on a consolidated basis for each country in which the global systemically important institution has a subsidiary or branch or both and shall relate to that institutionβs period of account ending immediately prior to the date the information is submitted.
Group disclosureI4
4.β(1) Where an institution[F20or relevant FCA investment firmF20] is a member of a group whose members include undertakings which are not subject to the obligations in regulations 2(1) or 3(1) it shall be treated as having met those obligations if the parent undertaking has published the information required by regulations 2(1) or 3(1) in accordance with accepted accounting standards on a consolidated basis for each country in which an undertaking which is a member of the group is situated, in respect of all the undertakings which are members of the group.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation βgroupβ, in relation to an institution[F21or relevant FCA investment firmF21] , has the same meaning as βimmediate groupβ in section 421ZA of the 2000 Act and βparent undertakingβ has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of that section.
Prior disclosure: prevention of duplicationI5
F225.β(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F22(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Where the information referred to in regulation 2(4) relating to an institution[F23or relevant FCA investment firmF23] has already been published in the United Kingdom in accordance with regulation 2(2), (3) and (5) to (7) the institution[F24or firmF24] shall be treated as having met the obligation in regulation 2(1) provided the institution[F24or firmF24] publishes where that information can be obtained.
(4) Where the information referred to in regulation 2(4)(a) to (c) relating to an institution[F25or relevant FCA investment firmF25] has already been published in the United Kingdom in accordance with regulation 2(2), (3), (5) and (6) the institution[F26or firmF26] shall be treated as having met the obligation in regulation 3(1) provided the institution[F26or firmF26] publishes where that information can be obtained.
EnforcementI6
6.β(1) Any obligation imposed under these regulations is to be treated as a relevant requirement under Part 14 of the 2000 Act (disciplinary measures).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the appropriate regulator for the purposes of Part 14 of the 2000 Act isβ
(a)F27the Prudential Regulation Authority in relation to an institution ...;
(b)The Financial Conduct Authority in relation to [F28a relevant FCA investment firmF28] .
David Evennett
Mark Lancaster
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestyβs Treasury
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).
OJ no L243, 11/9/2002, p.1.