Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000842180-25-000010
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 74
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 at least 1% of the amount of covered deposits of all credit institutions within the Banking Union by December 31, 2023. 
Within the resolution scheme, the SRF may be used only to the extent necessary to ensure the effective application of the resolution tools, as last resort, in particular:
•To guarantee the assets or the liabilities of the institution under resolution;
•To make loans to or to purchase assets of the institution under resolution;
•To make contributions to a bridge institution and an asset management vehicle;
•To make a contribution to the institution under resolution in lieu of the write-down or conversion of liabilities of certain creditors under specific conditions;
•To pay compensation to shareholders or creditors who incurred greater losses than under normal insolvency proceedings.
The Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) acknowledges that situations may exist where the means available in the SRF are not sufficient to undertake a particular resolution action, and where the ex-post contributions that should be raised in order to cover the necessary additional amounts are not immediately accessible.
In December 2013, ECOFIN Ministers agreed to put in place a system by which bridge financing would be available as a last resort. The arrangements for the transitional period should be operational by the time the Fund was established.
In this scenario, the Eurogroup decided in 2017 to expand the European Stability Mechanism (“ESM”) role to serve as a backstop for the SRF. While the new features of the expanded role for the ESM were agreed by 2019, it was not until late 2020 that the euro area finance ministers agreed to proceed with the reform of the ESM, and related treaty amendments (the “ESM Treaty amendments”) were later signed by Member States (represented by their ambassadors to the EU) on January 27, 2021. The backstop to the SRF was expected to be operational at the beginning of 2022, but the ratification process was not completed. As of the date of this Annual Report, the ESM Treaty amendments are pending ratification by Italy. On December 21, 2023, the Italian Parliament voted against the ratification of the ESM Treaty amendments.
When the ratification process is completed, the ESM will be able to provide support for up to €68 billion (in the form of credit lines). If this financial assistance is requested, the SRF will pay back the ESM loan with funds obtained from banks’ contributions (in a period of three years, with the possibility to extend it to