2024-05-02
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Bank of Portugal amends Instruction No. 3/2015 to align Portuguese regulations with ECB Guidelines amending ECB/2014/60 and ECB/2015/35. The changes update operational timelines for refinancing operations, clarify collateral eligibility criteria including minimum credit claim thresholds (25,000 EUR domestically, 500,000 EUR cross-border), and refine definitions for TARGET accounts and intraday credit. It also introduces new rules for sustainability-linked bonds, ECAF credit assessment disclosures, and the treatment of counterparties failing capital requirements or subject to EU restrictive measures.