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ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision (EU) 2022/2554 - Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision, (EU) 2023/895 - ITS for the disclosure of solvency and financial condition report (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision, (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision, Other (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision, Revised Guidelines on Contract Boundaries, Guidelines on contract boundaries (EU) 2023/895 - ITS for the disclosure of solvency and financial condition report EU Green Bond Regulation (EU) 2023/2361 (EU) No 1286/2014 - PRIIPs Regulation (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/2011 - lists of regional governments & local authorities, exposures to be treated as to central government (EU) No 2015/2013 - standard deviations in relation to health risk equalisation systems (EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities (EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities, Guidelines on reporting and public disclosure (EU) No 2015/2451 - templates and structure of the disclosure of specific information by supervisory authorities (EU) No 2015/2451 - templates and structure of the disclosure of specific information by supervisory authorities, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/2452 - procedures, formats and templates of the solvency and financial condition report (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2015/2011 - lists of regional governments & local authorities, exposures to be treated as to central government (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on application of outwards reinsurance (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on contract boundaries (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on group solvency (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on implementation of the long-term guarantee measures (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on look-through approach (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on methodology for equivalence assessments by national supervisory authorities under Solvency II (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on recognition and valuation of assets and liabilities other than technical provisions (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Other (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), Risk-Free Interest Rate - General questions (EU) No 2016/1800 - allocation of Credit Assessments of external CA institutions to objective scale of credit quality steps (EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive (EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) (EU) No 2017/1469 - standardised presentation format for the insurance product information document (EU) No 2017/1469 - standardised presentation format for the insurance product information document, Guidelines on classification of own funds (EU) No 2017/2358 - product oversight and governance requirements for insurance (EU) No 2017/2358 - product oversight and governance requirements for insurance, (EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive (EU) No 2017/2358 - product oversight and governance requirements for insurance, Preparatory Guidelines on product oversight & governance arrangements by insurance undertakings & insurance distributors, (EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive (EU) No 2017/2359 - info requirements and conduct of business rules applicable European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation (ELTIF) Regulation (EU) 2015/760 European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012- MDP European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012- PTR- Derivatives European Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulation (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 European Venture Capital Regulation (EuVECA) Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 Guidelines on application of life underwriting risk module Guidelines on application of outwards reinsurance Guidelines on basis risk Guidelines on classification of own funds Guidelines on classification of own funds, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) Guidelines on contract boundaries Guidelines on financial stability reporting Guidelines on financial stability reporting, Guidelines on reporting for financial stability purposes Guidelines on group solvency Guidelines on health catastrophe risk sub-module Guidelines on look-through approach Guidelines on loss-absorbing capacity of technical provisions and deferred taxes Guidelines on own risk and solvency assessment Guidelines on recognition and valuation of assets and liabilities other than technical provisions Guidelines on reporting and public disclosure Guidelines on reporting for financial stability purposes Guidelines on ring-fenced funds Guidelines on submission of information to NCAs (Preparatory phase) Guidelines on supervision of branches of third-country insurance undertakings Guidelines on supervisory review process Guidelines on system of governance Guidelines on the Forward looking assessment of own risks Guidelines on treatment of related undertakings, including participations Guidelines on use of internal models Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Market Intergrity Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Investor Protection and Intermediaries Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- MDP Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 - Investor Protection and Intermediaries Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- MDP Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets MiCA Other Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation (PRIIPS) Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 PRIIPs Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129 Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR) Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (WTR) (recast) Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 - Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Regulation (EU) 2022/858 - DLT Pilot Regime Regulation (DLTR) Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (WTR II) Regulation (EU) 2024/886 (IPR) Regulation (EU) No 2017/2402 (SecReg) Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) Regulation (EU) No 2023/1114 (MiCAR) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR) - only RTS 2017/390 Revised Guidelines on Contract Boundaries Revised Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions Revised Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions, (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) Revised Guidelines on valuation of technical provisions, (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) Risk-Free Interest Rate - Credit and currency adjustments Risk-Free Interest Rate - Deep, Liquid and Transparent maturities Risk-Free Interest Rate - Extrapolation Risk-Free Interest Rate - Extrapolation, Risk-Free Interest Rate - Financial market data Risk-Free Interest Rate - Extrapolation, Risk-Free Interest Rate - General questions, Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA calculations Risk-Free Interest Rate - Financial market data Risk-Free Interest Rate - General questions Risk-Free Interest Rate - Matching adjustment Risk-Free Interest Rate - Matching adjustment, (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA calculations Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA calculations, Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA representative portfolios Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA representative portfolios Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) Regulation (EU) 2015/2365- MDP Securitisation Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 SFDR Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 Symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge Transparency Directive (TD) Directive 2004/109/EC Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
7,005 Q&As · page 121 of 141
Reporting currency as closely correlated currency
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 354
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-06-03
Determination of the exposure at defaul in case of unfunded credit protection
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-06-03
Use of EuSEF and EuVECA designations
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulation (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2016-05-31
Inclusion of loans that have been pre-positioned with central banks but are not encumbered in the numerator of the LCR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 416
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-27
Cap on inflows
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 460
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-27
Liquidity – treatment of payment commitments according to Article 2 (13) DGSD
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 422
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-27
Level 1 assets and Large Exposures exemptions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 400
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-27
Consideration of securitisation positions and securitised exposures, for the purpose of significant risk transfer.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4, 244, 245
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-20
Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 189
EIOPA
Answered 2016-05-19
Providing IGFS pursuant to Article 19(3)
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 19
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
Certificate of Deposits (CDs)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 420, 421, 422, 423, 460
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
Treatment of Eligible CRM CDS for Leverage Ratio
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 429c
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
Exclusion of Intragroup Liabilities -Treatment of cases when one institution pays annual contribution according to Article 10 of DA (lump sum) and the other according to standard risk-weight reflecting approach
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
Annual contribution of institutions newly supervised, institutions non existent in the reference year for contribution calculation, and institutions that ceased to be supervised
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
CVA for Exposures in structures with underlying assets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 382
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-05-13
Exclusion of positions from the calculation of net open currency positions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 351, 352
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-28
Reporting of retail deposits to internet banks that are also partly used as collateral for various broker services such as forex and other OTC derivatives.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 412(1), 460
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-28
Minority interests
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 31a, 81
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-28
Large exposure reporting – Criteria for reducing the value of an exposure secured by commercial immovable property
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 402, 194, 399
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-22
Reporting of initial margin posted in the context of derivative transactions and contribution to default funds to CCPs
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 428
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
C 60.00 and C 61.00 – clarification on the amount extremely high liquidity and credit quality, on the amount high liquidity and credit quality and amount other assets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 427, 428
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Rows 660 – 770 of the template C 60.00 of Annex XII of the ITS on supervisory reporting do not seem to be feasible for the reporting of equities if these are considered as liquid assets. After the application of the LCR Delegated act some equities are considered as level 2B liquid assets. Therefore a solution is needed on where to report these assets in this template.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 428
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Amounts to be reported under derivatives receivables in C 60.00 (row 1290) and under liabilities from derivatives payables contracts in C 61.00 (row 240) of the - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 427 and 428
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
C 60.00 Items requiring stable funding – amounts to be reported under rows r040 – 070 and 152 – 153
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 428
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
FINREP – Non-performing exposures during performing probation period
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
FINREP Counterparty Breakdown (ESA 2010)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
CR IP Losses
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 101
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Group Solvency template (C06.00) – information on capital buffers (columns 410 to 480)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Validation Rule v3684_s,v3693_s,v3695_s
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 467-478; 481
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Datos C.15.00 / data C 15.00
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 101
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Annexe XV and Template F 03.00: data point in r030-c010 doesn't sum up the data point in r090-c010.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 81
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-15
Reporting of significant currencies (> 5%) according to Art. 415 (2) lit. a CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 415
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-08
Master-feeder structures
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2016-04-01
Clarification on Add on measure of Securities Financing Transactions (SFT) from the delegated act of the regulation 575/2013 on leverage ratio.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 429b, 429e
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Capital buffer for other systemically important institutions
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 131
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Capital requirements deduction for credit risk on exposures to SMEs
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 501
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Will the application of the cap on inflows be applicable at the single material currency level
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 425
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Hierarchy of Permissions between Article 8 and Article 9 of the CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 8, 9
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Calculation of unsecured and secured parts of past due items – Standardised approach
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 127
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Own funds - underwriting of own funds instruments
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 63
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-04-01
Klärung: Emissionsvolumen bei Covered Bonds € 500 Mio. (oder den Gegenwert in Landeswährung) / EN TRANSLATION: Clarification: 'the issue size of the covered bonds is EUR 500 million (or the equivalent amount in domestic currency)'
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 412, 460
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-18
Risk weight in CCP-related exposures, rules on 2% AND 4% risk weight
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 305
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-18
Classification of Churches and Religious Communities
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 115
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-11
Definition of large financial sector entity
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 142
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-11
Article 116 Colleges of Supervisors
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 116
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-04
Tier 2 instruments issued by a consolidated subsidiary non recognised by a third Authority
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 87
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-03-04
Definition of Active Contractual Relationship
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 411
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-02-26
Scope of uniform reporting requirements, Integrated Reporting Framework
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-02-26
Unfunded credit protection; adjusting PD or LGD; coefficient of correlation large financial sector entities or unregulated entities
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 161
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-02-26
Amendments to Article 19
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 19
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2016-02-05
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