{"id":192331,"date":"2026-05-14T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icapcrif.com\/?p=192331"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:55:52","slug":"icap-crif-ratings-public-consultation-on-the-revision-of-the-methodology-for-assigning-credit-ratings-to-corporates-engaged-in-special-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icapcrif.com\/en\/icap-crif-ratings-public-consultation-on-the-revision-of-the-methodology-for-assigning-credit-ratings-to-corporates-engaged-in-special-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAP CRIF RATINGS: Public Consultation on the revision of the methodology for assigning Credit Ratings to corporates engaged in Special Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Athens, May 14th 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ICAP CRIF RATINGS: Public Consultation on the revision of the methodology for assigning Credit Ratings to corporates engaged in Special Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pursuant to its institutional role as a Credit Rating Agency, supervised by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), ICAP CRIF RATINGS assigns Credit Ratings issued through an established and well-defined ranking\u00a0 system of\u00a0 rating categories, which may be used for regulatory purposes, i.e., for specific purposes of compliance with EU law or with EU law as applied by the national legislation of the Member States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In this context, ICAP CRIF RATINGS announces the revision of its methodology titled \u201c<strong>Project Finance Methodology<\/strong>\u201d, which will replace the current \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dir.icapcrif.com\/mailimages\/icapcrif.com\/Ratings_Analytics\/ICAP%20CRIF%20S.A._Methodology-for-the-Assignment-of-Credit-Ratings-to-Companies-Operating-in-Special-Activities_December2021.pdf?_gl=1*1wrbya1*_ga*MTE5NDIyMjU5Mi4xNzI1NDUzMzIy*_ga_CTWZ4L0KQW*czE3Nzg2NzQxMzUkbzI4OSRnMSR0MTc3ODY3NDE5NCRqMSRsMCRoMA..*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3Nzg2NTY4NDYuRUFJYUlRb2JDaE1Jek9feGh0MjFsQU1WWlpDREJ4MFMxZzBSRUFBWUFTQUFFZ0p3MWZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MTkzNzI2OTQ0OS4xNzc3ODczOTUx\">Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Companies Operating in Special Activities<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1060\/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Credit Rating Agencies, as amended and currently in force, which governs the operation of ICAP CRIF RATINGS, the revised methodology is hereby submitted for a one (1) month public consultation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In this context, ICAP CRIF RATINGS invites all interested parties to submit their views and comments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Detailed information with respect to the public consultation is available at the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/icapcrif.com\/en\/cra-ratings-scores\/\">https:\/\/icapcrif.com\/en\/cra-ratings-scores\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pursuant to its institutional role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icapcrif-services-en","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.3 - 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