#32026Y03215ESRB Recommendation on Reciprocity for Austria’s Real Estate Systemic Risk Buffer
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This recommendation updates the EU framework for voluntary reciprocity so other countries can mirror Austria’s higher capital buffer for bank exposures to Austrian construction and real estate companies. Austria is raising the sectoral systemic risk buffer for these exposures to 2% from 1 July 2026, then to 3.5% from 1 July 2027, excluding limited-profit housing associations. The practical effect is on banks and prudential supervisors, especially groups outside Austria that have relevant Austrian real estate and construction exposures. They may need to apply the same buffer at consolidated, sub-consolidated, and individual levels, which can increase capital requirements for those exposures.
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Key Changes
- Adds Austria’s updated sectoral systemic risk buffer to the ESRB voluntary reciprocity framework
- Sets a 2% buffer for relevant Austrian construction and real estate exposures from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027
- Raises the buffer to 3.5% from 1 July 2027 and asks other authorities to mirror it where relevant
Obligations
What this law requires
Relevant prudential authorities should reciprocate Austria’s sectoral systemic risk buffer for exposures to non-financial corporations in the construction and real estate sector located in Austria, applying a 2% buffer from 1 July 2026.
Relevant prudential authorities should reciprocate Austria’s increased sectoral systemic risk buffer for the same Austrian construction and real estate exposures by applying a 3.5% buffer from 1 July 2027.
Credit institutions with relevant exposures to Austrian construction and real estate non-financial corporations may need to hold additional capital corresponding to the reciprocated sectoral systemic risk buffer at consolidated, sub-consolidated, and individual levels.
Limited-profit housing associations should be excluded from the Austrian construction and real estate exposures covered by the reciprocated sectoral systemic risk buffer.