covered bond
- 48(1) (in accordance with Article 22(4) of the UCITS Directive and except for the purposes of the IRB approach or the standardised approach to credit risk) a bond that is issued by a credit institution which has its registered office in an EEA State and is subject by law to special public supervision designed to protect bondholders and in particular protection under which sums deriving from the issue of the bond must be invested in conformity with the law in assets which, during the whole period of validity of the bond, are capable of covering claims attaching to the bond and which, in the event of failure of the issuer, would be used on a priority basis for the reimbursement of the principal and payment of the accrued interest.
- (2) (in accordance with point 68 of Part 1 of Annex VI of the Banking Consolidation Directive (Exposures in the form of covered bonds) and for the purposes of the IRB approach or the standardised approach to credit risk) a covered bond as defined in (1) collateralised in accordance with BIPRU 3.4.107 R (Exposures in the form of covered bonds).