2019-01-31

Regulation on Credit Risk Management for Non-Bank Financial Institutions

The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo mandates non-bank financial institutions engaged in lending or leasing to implement comprehensive credit risk management systems, including defined strategies, organizational structures, and reporting protocols. The regulation establishes a five-tier credit classification framework ranging from standard to loss, alongside mandatory loan loss provisioning rates of 20 percent for substandard, 50 percent for doubtful, and 100 percent for loss exposures. Institutions must rigorously document rescheduling decisions, apply split classification rules where collateral protects portions of exposures, and submit periodic risk reports to their boards while remaining subject to CBK supervisory reviews and punitive measures for noncompliance.

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1 prej 15 Pursuant to Article 35, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.1, of the Law No. 03/L-209 on Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (Official Gazette of the Republic of Kosovo, No.77 / 16 August 2010), Article 49, paragraph 3 and and Article 114 of the Law No. 04/L-093 on Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (Official Gazette of the Republic of Kosovo, No.11 / 11 May 2012, the Board of the Central Bank of Republic of Kosovo, at the meeting held on January 31, 2019, approved the following: REGULATION ON CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT FOR NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISION Article 1 Purpose and scope

  1. The purpose of this regulation is the establishment and mandatory enforcement of the minimum requirements and standards of credit risk management in non-bank financial institutions, with financial leasing and/or lending activity (hereinafter NBFI), including the establishment of minimum standards of credit risk assessment and a classification system for all credit exposures and the minimum provisioning requirements.
  2. This Regulation applies to all NBFIs that are registered by the CBK to exercise lending and/or leasing activities in the Republic of Kosovo.

Article 2 Definitions

  1. All terms used in this Regulation have the same meaning with the following definitions for the purposes of this Regulation: 1.1 Past due loans - are defined as the loans classified in the categories of credit classification such as: watch, substandard, doubtful and loss. 1.2 Classified loans - are defined as the loans classified in the categories of credit classification as: substandard, doubtful and loss.

2 prej 15 1.3 Non-performing loans - defined as the loans classified in the categories of credit classification as: doubtful and loss. 1.4 Rescheduled loans - are defined as loans that have been restructured and re-negotiated between NBFI and borrowers because of a deterioration in the financial position of the borrower or of the borrowers inability to meet the original repayment schedule. 1.5 Delinquent interest - is defined as interest which is not paid before the loan is being rescheduled, which includes regular interest and late payment. 1.6 Fair market value - is the price at which an asset would sell for in the open, free market, with the free willingness of the buyer and seller, and no pressure is applied to either of them. 1.7 Sustained performance - is defined as at least four contractual payments of principal and interest, according to the repayment schedule. 1.8 Split Classifications - means that a portion of the client’s exposure is adequately protected or better protected than other parts of the exposure. 1.9 Director - means any person appointed by the shareholders/founders to serve as a member of a NBFI’s Board of Directors and approved by the CBK. 1.10 Senior Manager - means the chief executive officer, deputy chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief risk officer and any person, other than a director, who (i) reports directly to the Board or participates or has authority to participate in major policymaking functions of the NBFI, whether or not such person has an official title or receives compensation for such actions, and (ii) is designated as a senior manager by the CBK. In the case of a foreign NBFI registered to operate one or more branches in Kosovo, the manager of the principal branch in Kosovo will be deemed to be a member of senior management. 1.11 NBFI Related Person - means any person that maintains with the NBFI at least one of the following relationships: 1.11.1 any Senior Manager or Director of the NBFI and any principal shareholder or founder of the NBFI; 1.11.2 any person who is related to a Senior Manager or Director or principal shareholder or founder of the NBFI by marriage or consanguinity to the second degree; 1.11.3 any legal entity in which a Senior Manager or Director or principal shareholder or founder of the NBFI is also a principal shareholder or founder; 1.11.4 any person that has a significant interest in a legal entity in which the NBFI has a significant interest;

3 prej 15 CHAPTER II GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ON CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Article 3 Credit Risk Management System

  1. NBFIs should have in place a system for credit risk management, adequate to the nature, volume and complexity of their activities.
  2. Credit risk management system at NBFI shall consist of the strategy, policies, procedures, rules and structures used to manage the credit risk.
  3. Credit risk management system should provide the on-going assessment of credits and other assets’ quality on a timely basis, including determining the adequacy of reserves to cover risk related losses. Article 4 Strategy and Policies
  4. NBFIs should develop the strategy and policy to manage their credit risk. The credit risk strategy and policies should be effectively communicated throughout the institution. All relevant personnel should clearly understand the institution’s approach to granting and managing credit and should be held accountable for complying with established policies and procedures.
  5. The very basic purpose of a credit risk strategy is to determine the risk level that NBFIs consider appropriate and to which they may be exposed. Once it is determined, NBFIs should develop a plan to optimize return while keeping credit risk within predetermined limits. Credit risk strategy shall minimally consist of: 2.1 Statement of the NBFI’s willingness to grant credit based on various client segments and products, exposure type (trade, production, consumer, real estate, etc.), economic sector, geographic location, currency, maturity and anticipated profitability; 2.2 Identification of target markets and the overall characteristics that the NBFIs would want to achieve with its loan portfolio, including levels of diversification and concentration tolerance; 2.3 Recognition to the goals of credit quality, earnings and growth; 2.4 Provision of continuity with the approach that needs to take into account the cyclical aspects of the economy and the resulting shifts in the composition and quality of the overall loan portfolio.
  6. The credit risk strategy shall be reviewed on a regular basis, at least annually.

4 prej 15 4. Policies on credit risk management shall be reviewed on a regular basis, at least annually, and they shall minimally include: 4.1 Mission statement; 4.2 Definition of acceptable and unacceptable types of credit exposures; 4.3 Desired portfolio mixture; 4.4 Desired portfolio maturity distribution; 4.5 Market segment defined; 4.6 Lending terms: pricing, maturity and down payment/capital requirements; 4.7 Financial information required; 4.8 Definition of a qualified borrower; 4.9 Acceptable collateral and margins; 4.10 Lending authorities and approval process; 4.11 Lending limits for loan officers regarding their loan portfolio; 4.12 Exposures of related persons; 4.13 Procedural and accounting guidelines for non-performing credits, credits in process of collection, write-offs and recoveries; 4.14 Guidelines for restructuring credit; 4.15 Internal reports related to credit risk management; 4.16 Organization of the credit function.

Article 5 Organizational Structure for Credit Risk Management

  1. NBFIs shall establish an adequate organizational structure for the management of credit risk, by clearly defining the authorities of Board of Directors and responsibilities of the management.
  2. NBFIs shall ensure that the loan sales function be clearly separated from organizational and operational functions, as well as from the supporting operational and control functions of credit risk, including protections from any potential influence from the senior levels of management.
  3. NBFIs shall ensure the appropriate structures for assessing, measuring and controlling credit risk concentration by sectors, by geography/locations, by currency and by credit type, etc.
  4. The Board of Directors of the NBFIs, is responsible to: 4.1 approve credit risk strategy;

5 prej 15 4.2 approve credit risk management policy and monitor its implementation; 4.3 review the appropriateness of the approved policy and procedures at least on an annual basis; 4.4 review the credit risk reports: 4.4.1 At least every six months, the Board of Directors should be briefed on the overall credit risk exposure of NBFI and should review, at the very minimum, the following; 4.4.1.1 The amount of exposure undertaken in credit activities, broken down by categories (type of exposures, products and level of credit grades); 4.4.1.2 Large concentrations of credit; 4.4.1.3 Past due loan list which identifies problems and NBFI’s potential loss on each significant past due loan; 4.4.1.4 Status of significant rescheduled loans; 4.4.1.5 Credit areas with high rapid growth; 4.4.2 On an annual basis, to the Board of Directors should be given a report containing a list of all existing credit products. The report should contain, at minimum, the target markets of the credit products, their performance and their credit quality. 4.5 define possible exceptions from the defined limits and assign responsibility for deciding on the application of such exceptions; 4.6 monitor the efficiency of internal controls, as an integral part of the credit risk management system. 5. The Risk Management Committee shall: 5.1 monitor the credit risk management policy and give proposals for its continual review and revision; 5.2 assess the credit risk management system; 5.3 analyse the reports of the NBFI’s credit risk exposure and monitor the management of this risk; 5.4 determine and regularly revise the internal credit indicators and credit risk exposure limits; 5.5 establish clear delineation of lines of authority and responsibility for managing credit risk. 6. The NBFI’s Management shall: 6.1 approve and monitor implementation of credit risk management procedures;

6 prej 15 6.2 create an environment for following the credit risk management policy; 6.3 establish an adequate system of reporting to the Board of Directors and the Risk Management Committee on any noncompliance with the credit risk exposure limits; 6.4 establish proper channels of communication to ensure that the credit risk management policy and credit risk tolerances are clearly communicated to and adhered by all appropriate levels of the institution; 6.5 ensure that adequate and effective operational procedures, internal controls and systems for identifying, measuring, monitoring and controlling credit risks are in place, to implement the credit risk management policies approved by the Board of Directors; 6.6 establish a comprehensive credit risk reporting process; 6.7 establish an effective management information system to ensure timely, accurate and informative reporting of credit risk exposures; 6.8 ensure that sufficient resources and competent personnel are allocated to manage and control the daily operations and credit risk management functions effectively; 6.9 perform periodically an independent assessment of the NBFI’s credit granting function. CHAPTER III ASSESSMENT OF CREDITS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOAN LOSS PROVISION AND CLASSIFICATION Article 6 Credit Classification

  1. The Board of Directors is responsible to approve detailed policy on the classification of impaired loans and provisioning.
  2. NBFIs shall classify and report the loans on a monthly basis. Loan exposures that are individually assessed in amounts of over 20,000 euro are required to be reviewed at least in quarterly basis (reporting period). Loan exposures in amounts under EUR 20,000 are required to be reviewed at least annually. The review should include at least: state in Credit Registry of Kosovo (CRK), days in arrears and other factors that may affect the financial performance of the borrower. Loan exposures that are assessed individually, in amounts of over 20,000 euro are required to be monitored at least in semi-annual basis (reporting period).
  3. The following guidance is provided concerning classifications of credit exposures:

7 prej 15 3.1. Standard Loans includes all credit risk exposures that carry normal credit risk. Available information concerning the credit exposure, the performance of the customer’s account, and the financial data do all indicate that the settlement of the exposure is reasonably certain without difficulties, (or the obligation is fully secured by eligible collateral, defined in Article 17, paragraph 2, of this Regulation). The loan is current, or delinquency is less than 30 days from the date of due payment or maturity. 3.2. Special Attention (or Watch) Loans. This classification should be used to identify and monitor exposures, which contain weaknesses or potential weaknesses that, at the time of review, do not jeopardize the repayment of the credit or reflect a potential for loss, but which, if not addressed or corrected, could result in the deterioration of the credit to a substandard or more severe classification. Absent any documented evidence to the contrary, NBFIs must classify as “special attention” those exposures that are overdue from 31 -60 days. This category of classification is intended for NBFI to identify and address potentially weak relationships at an early stage. This classification may also be used for credits or groups of credits that are poorly structured as a result of insufficient analysis or technical knowledge by the lending officer(s). This category should not be used for exposures that have documentation weaknesses that do not affect adversely the repayment potential of the exposure. 3.3. Substandard Loans includes exposures which, based upon a review of all factors attendant to the credit, have well defined credit weaknesses that jeopardize repayment of the credit in the normal course. A substandard credit is one which, by an analysis of financial data and other factors, is not currently protected by the sound worth and paying capacity of the borrower or guarantors or the value of the collateral, if any. Recourse to a responsible and able guarantor for repayment that would involve prolonged negotiations before liquidation of the credit would invoke a substandard classification. The need for recourse to the collateral as the means of satisfying the obligation also would be the basis for a substandard classification. Absent any documented evidence to the contrary, an exposure must be classified at least substandard if any of the following criteria apply: 3.3.1. The customer is overdue in repaying contractual instalments (including interest) for 61- 90 days. 3.3.2. The maturity/expiration date of the loan or other loan exposures is 61-90 days past due without repayment. 3.4. Doubtful Loans includes exposures which, based upon a review of all factors attendant to the credit, contain all the weaknesses that are inherent in a substandard credit, but which are so pronounced that there is a strong probability that a significant portion of the principal amount will not be paid. There is a likelihood of loss, but the exact amount cannot be clearly defined at the time of review or is dependent upon the occurrence of a future act or event. Although the possibility of loss is thus extremely

8 prej 15 high, because of significant pending factors, reasonably specific, which could be expected to work to the advantage and strengthening of the asset, its classification as an estimated loss is deferred until more exact status may be determined. Examples of such pending factors include but are not limited to mergers, acquisitions, capital restructuring, furnishing of new collateral or realistic refinancing plans. Uncooperative guarantors or those who are in weak financial condition should not be considered as being able to provide strength to the credit. Recourse to any available collateral that would not be sufficient to cover the amount owing may also justify a doubtful classification. Absent any documented evidence to the contrary, an exposure must be classified at least doubtful if any of the following criteria apply: 3.4.1. The customer is overdue in repaying any contractual installment (including interest) for 91-180 days. 3.4.2. There are deficiencies in the customer’s financial condition that have caused losses. 3.4.3. The maturity/expiration date of the loan or other loan exposures is 91-180 days past due without repayment. 3.5. Loss Loans includes exposures which, based upon a review of all factors attendant to the credit, are of such little value or will require such an extended period to realize any value. An exposure must be classified as bad (loss) if any of the following criteria apply: 3.5.1. The customer fails to repay a contractual instalment (including interest) for over 180 days. 3.5.2. The maturity/expiration date of the loan or other loan exposures are over 180 days past due without repayment. Article 7 Rescheduling of Loan Exposures

  1. NBFIs should reschedule loan exposures only on the basis of improved credit factors. The NBFIs should not reschedule delinquent exposures solely to avoid classification and provisioning requirements.
  2. NBFI’s management must document in the credit files of each person having an exposure to the NBFI the bases for rescheduling any credit exposure and should prepare a list of rescheduled exposures for periodic review by the Board of Directors or Risk Management Committee. CBK examiners also will review these lists and related file during onsite examinations of NBFIs to validate the NBFIs' rescheduling policy and practices.

9 prej 15 3. NBFIs are prohibited from capitalizing delinquent interest into the principal amount of any credit exposure or from creating an additional exposure to the person or a related interest of that person in order to pay the delinquent interest. Therefore, in case of rescheduling the loan exposure, the NBFI is allowed to treat the delinquent interest through preparing a payment plan without interest which includes a reasonable period. 4. Rescheduled exposure must be (done) written with payment plan, including principal and interest. The payment plan must fit the nature of the borrower’s business. 5. Rescheduled loan exposures must be classified at the minimum substandard category or worse and will continue to be classified at the same category until sustained performance is observed. After the completion of each period of sustained performance, the NBFI can classify rescheduled loan exposures for one category better. Article 8 Treatment of Multiple Loans to a Single Borrower or Group of Related Borrowers

  1. Each separate extension of credit to a borrower or group should be evaluated and classified based upon its own merits and the factors pertinent to the particular exposure. All that loan exposures to a single borrower should be classified in the same category, except for the credit exposure that meets the “split classification” requirements. It is also requested that NBFIs know the full extent of their borrowers’ business relationships and have adequate management information systems with which to monitor aggregate exposures.
  2. In situations when a single borrower, or a group of related borrowers, have loan exposures towards different financial institutions, and have different classifications, the loan exposures should not be classified better than one category from the worst classification, except for the loan exposures that meet the “split” classification criteria. This applies only for loans that are individually assessed by the NBFI. The materiality criterion which must be applied in cases of classification of the borrower’s loan exposure only in a financial institution is the amount over EUR 5,000.
  3. In cases when loan exposure is classified to a better category must be taken into consideration the sustained performance of the borrower, while in case of classification of loan exposure of the borrower in another category must be taken into consideration the weaker classification in another financial institution. NBFIs should fully document and analyse all relationships within their portfolios and will abstain from “nominee” lending to circumvent the lending limit imposed by regulations and other CBK requirements, or to disguise ultimate beneficiaries of proceeds. Failure to properly document relationships is considered an unsound practice. NBFI’ shareholders, directors and officers who knowingly conceal or fail to disclose such relationships will be subject to punitive measures by CBK, including liability to reimburse any losses suffered by the NBFIs on any such credit exposures.

10 prej 15 Article 9 Split Classifications The CBK recognizes that the factors surrounding a particular exposure (value and liquidity of collateral security, partial guarantees, different sources of repayment, etc.) can result in situations where a portion of the exposure is adequately protected or better protected than other portions. In such situations, where the credit factors are documented and assured, NBFIs are permitted to split the classifications, and the corresponding provisioning requirements, in order to portray more appropriately the actual credit risk. Article 10 Classification of Assets Where the NBFIs have taken Title/Ownership

  1. From time to time, an NBFI may take possession or acquire ownership of assets in satisfaction of outstanding debts owed to it. These assets should be recorded at the fair value of the acquired asset’s market, but not more than the outstanding debt, by deducting the estimated costs associated with the sale of the asset and the related loan should be removed from the books.
  2. NBFIs must sell these assets as soon as possible, but in no case may these assets be held beyond five years in the case of real property or one year from the date of acquisition in the case of movable property as specified under the CBK Regulation on Limits to Holdings of Real Estate and Movable Property of Banks, which will also apply to NBFIs.
  3. Such assets, by their nature, should be classified no better than substandard at the time of acquisition, if the possibility of sale at the appraised value becomes protracted.
  4. Provisions of this Article shall not apply to financial leasing activities of NBFIs.

Article 11 Classification of Other Assets

  1. Suspense or holdover accounts should be reconciled and cleared on a regular basis.
  2. NBFIs must write off items that cannot be collected.
  3. In any event, all such items should be written off no later than ninety (90) days after the date such items had to be collected.

11 prej 15 Article 12 Rates for Loan Loss Provisioning

  1. Specific Provisions 1.1 Minimum provisions shall be allocated according to the classifications referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 6 of this Regulation. 1.2 NBFIs should provision at higher levels than the regulatory minimum if the analysis of the credit risk in any specific exposure indicates such a need. 1.3 Provisions should be made against the net value of the exposure after deducting eligible collateral. 1.4 Regulatory minimum provisions for classified credit assets are as follows: Substandard 20% Doubtful 50% Loss 100% 1.5 In addition to the minimum provisioning against classified assets as shown above, according to the CBK, the lack of adequate financial data is a serious weakness in many portfolios and constitutes more than normal credit risk. Therefore, for each commercial credit exposure of Five hundred thousand (500,000) Euros or higher that is not supported by current audited financial statements, NBFIs must make a specific provision equal to 1 % (one per cent) of the outstanding balance (or total amount of the facility if it is a legally binding commitment). This provision would apply unless the exposure is classified adversely, in which case the provision relevant to the classification would apply.
  2. General Provisions 2.1 In addition to the specific provisions required against classified exposures, NBFIs shall make a general provision against the remaining, non-classified portfolio or segments of the portfolio. This provision can be against gross or “net of eligible collateral” values, but in the case of the latter, documentation of the exposures with such collateral must be kept on file for review by CBK examiners. 2.2 The general provision made should be on the basis of documented historical experience, adjusted for current and prospective market conditions. NBFIs commonly can use one or more of the following methodologies: “roll-rate model”, “average charge-off method”, “vintage analysis”, “regression analysis”, or any other internationally recognized model that shall be previously approved by the CBK.

12 prej 15 2.3 NBFIs methodologies for determining general provisioning shall be reviewed by the CBK during on-site examinations. Any such methodologies and underlying data shall be reviewed and updated at least on annual basis. Article 13 Treatment of Accrued Interest

  1. Accrued interest on balance-sheet items of NBFIs shall be recognized for the relevant period during which the interest is earned, regardless of the time of its actual payment. Whenever a NBFI classifies an exposure as non-performing, i.e., having delinquency or default in excess of 90 days (which usually should result in classification as doubtful or loss), it must stop the accrual into the income statement of the interest on that exposure. All uncollected interest that has been previously accrued and recognized as income must be reversed out of income.
  2. NBFIs shall make these adjustments on a monthly basis. The following rules pertain to treatment of interest/revenues on non-performing exposures: 2.1 NBFIs are prohibited from accruing or capitalizing interest on credit exposures classified as non-performing. Interest received on these exposures may only be recognized as income on a cash basis, i.e., when actually received. The prescribed accounting procedure at the time that an exposure is categorized as nonperforming is that all accrued but unpaid interest on the exposure during the current accounting period should be reversed out of income. NBFIs may account for unpaid interest due on non￾performing exposures in off the balance sheet items. If NBFIs are reviewing and classifying their exposures on an appropriate basis, such amounts should not normally exceed the three months preceding the classification of the exposure in doubtful or loss category. 2.2 CBK examiners will review specifically the accounting and reporting of this item during on-site examinations of banks. Previous failure to comply with the requirements established above in this Article could constitute a significant contingent liability for NBFIs. Therefore the CBK urges that portfolio review, classification and provisioning be accomplished on a timely and accurate basis. Article 14 Write-offs
  3. NBFIs should develop policies that describe the bases on which uncollectible credit exposures are recognized as losses and written off. When a loan is classified as a “Loss”, it shall be charged against the NBFI's provision for loan losses and shall be written off the balance sheet according to the following criteria and terms:

13 prej 15 1.1 Credit exposures not covered by collateral and classified under the “loss” category must be written off from the balance sheet within twelve (12) months after being classified as “loss”. 1.2 Credit exposures not covered by pledge collateral and classified as “loss” must be written off from the balance sheet within twenty-four (24) months after being classified as “loss”. 1.3 Credit exposures covered by collateral in the form of mortgages and classified as “loss” must be written off from the balance sheet within forty-eight (48) months after being classified as “loss”. 1.4 Credit exposures covered by collateral in both pledge and mortgage form shall, in the event where the mortgage covers over fifty per cent (50%) of the exposure at the moment of approval, for the purposes of the write-off, be treated in accordance with paragraph 1.3 of this Article. 1.5 The list of written-off loans shall, under the requirements of this Article, be reported on regular meetings to the NBFI's Board of Directors. While writing-off of exposures to NBFI-related persons shall only be done upon prior approval by NBFI Board of Directors. Article 15 CBK Actions Related to Classification

  1. Internal classifications of credit exposures by NBFIs shall be subject to review and NBFI's obligation for possible re-classification as determined by the CBK during on-site examinations. Differences between a classification determined by the CBK and that of NBFIs shall be discussed during on-site examinations but, after such discussions, the classification determination of the CBK shall be final for all purposes. Therefore the loan exposure that is classified during CBK examination may be classified for to better category from the NBFIs, only in cases when the criteria of sustained performance are fulfilled. While in cases when the borrower is classified to a weaker category from the NBFIs, the sustained performance of the borrower must not be taken into consideration but must be respected requirements from paragraph 2 of Article 8 of this Regulation.
  2. Any change of loan classification to a better category by NBFIs of loans have been subject of the review by the CBK examination, and which occurs during the period between CBK examinations, is required to be reported quarterly to the CBK. Article 16 Rebooking Assets

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  1. NBFIs must have a policy that governs the rebooking of assets previously written-off. In general, NBFIs may reverse a provision and rebook the pertinent asset only when it can satisfactorily demonstrate that the asset’s quality has improved.
  2. Rebooked assets shall be assessed by CBK examiners on a case by case basis and shall: 2.1 Meet the criteria used in granting new loans contained in the NBFI’s lending policies; 2.2 Not be granted on more favourable terms than those prevailing for comparable borrowers in good-credit standing with the financial institutions; and 2.3 Not be subject to classification.
  3. If any of the above conditions are not met, the asset shall not be rebooked. Article 17 Collateral Recognition
  4. Collateral security should be taken into consideration in the classification process. The fair market and liquidation values of the collateral should be documented by a current appraisal made by a competent party. The NBFIs ability to access and liquidate the collateral within a reasonable period also must be considered.
  5. Classification of amounts should always be net of eligible collateral values. Eligible collateral is defined as cash collateral, including bank deposit, which is subject to a validly executed collateral pledge agreement.
  6. Other types of collateral should not be deducted from the amount of the exposure for the purpose of classification. However, that collateral, its condition, accessibility and value, realistically applied, may be a factor in determining the severity of classification of the exposure. CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18 Reporting to CBK NBFIs shall report to the CBK the classification of credits and other assets which produce credit risk, as well as the establishment of reserves for loan loss provisioning, accordingly to the requirements set out in the CBK Regulation on Reporting of Non-Banking Financial Institutions.

15 prej 15 Article 19 Penalties and Remedial Measures Violations to the provisions of this Regulation shall be subject to remedial measures and penalties provided for in the Law on Central Bank and the Law on Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Institutions. Article 20 Abrogation Upon the entry into force of this Regulation, the provision of Article 18, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.3 of the Regulation on the Registration, Supervision and Activities of Non￾Banking Financial Institutions shall be abrogated. Article 21 Entry into Force This Regulation shall enter into force 15 days after its singing. Flamur Mrasori The Chairperson of the Board of Central Bank