On July 25, 2025, we placed our ratings on Civitas SPV's series 2017-1?s class A1, A2, and B notes under criteria observation (UCO) following the publication of our revised counterparty criteria. The maximum potential rating for Italian RMBS transactions under our sovereign risk criteria is 'AA+' following the sovereign upgrade of our unsolicited long-term sovereign rating on Italy to 'BBB+' from 'BBB' on April 11, 2025. Following our review and based on the sovereign upgrade, we have raised our ratings on all classes of notes and resolved the UCO placements, concluding a counterparty risk cap no longer applies. Civitas SPV's series 2017-1 securitizes a pool of Italian residential mortgages that Banca di Cividale S.p.A. granted to individuals, small entrepreneurs, and