35. Assets assigned to other own and third-party obligations
In addition to those assets mentioned in other Notes in these annual financial statements (see Notes 13 and 26) as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the assets of consolidated entities that guaranteed their own obligations amounted to €125,174 million, €101,108 million and €81,631 million, respectively. These amounts mainly correspond to loans linked to the issue of long-term covered bonds (see Note 23.3) which, pursuant to the Mortgage Market Act, are admitted as collateral for the issue of covered bonds (€64,386 million as of December 31, 2012) and to assets allocated as collateral for certain lines of short-term finance assigned to the BBVA Group by central banks (€54,013 million as of December 31, 2012).
As of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no other BBVA Group assets linked to any third-party obligations.