1.For the purposes of specifying risk weights for the sensitivities to equity and equity repo rate risk factors in accordance with Article 325ap of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, the following countries shall constitute advanced economies:
(a)Member States of the European Union and countries which are Parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area;
(b)the overseas countries and territories which have special relations with Denmark, France or the Netherlands, including the Faeroe Islands and those listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;