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All regulations Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Directive 2011/61/EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) - Regulation 2016/1011 Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR Credit Rating Agencies Regulation (CRAR) Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 Directive 2002/87/EC (FiCOD) Directive 2009/110/EC (EMD) Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) Directive 2014/17/EU (MCD) Directive 2014/49/EU (DGSD) Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) Directive 2014/65/EU - Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) Directive 2014/92/EU (PAD) Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) Directive 2022/2556/EU (DORA Dir) Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD) Directive (EU) 2019/2034 (IFD) EIOPA-BoS/18-114 - Information request towards NCAs regarding provision of occupational pensions information EIOPA-BoS-23-030 - Regular information requests regarding provision of occupational pensions information EMIR ESGR - Regulation (EU) 2024/3005 (EU) 2016/2341 - IORP II Directive (EU) 2016/2341 - IORP II Directive, (EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive (EU) 2016/2341 - IORP II Directive, Other (EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document (EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document, (EU) No 1286/2014 - PRIIPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 - Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) (EU) 2019/1238 - Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP), (EU) 2022/2454 - ITS with regard to supervisory reporting of risk concentrations and intra-group transactions (FICOD, (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision, EIOPA-BoS-23-030 - Regular information requests regarding provision of occupational pensions information (EU) 2019/2088 - SFDR (EU) 2020/852 - Taxonomy Regulation (EU) 2022/2454 - ITS with regard to supervisory reporting of risk concentrations and intra-group transactions (FICOD (EU) 2022/2454 - ITS with regard to supervisory reporting of risk concentrations and intra-group transactions (FICOD, (EU) 2023/894 - 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 124 of 141
Transferred financial assets, Template 15, validation rules for column 10
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Template 43 Provisions, columns 040 and 060
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Exit Criteria NPE
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Performing FBE
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Eligibility of pooled assets for liquidity purposes
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 416
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Inclusion of insurance undertakings in prudential consolidation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4, 18
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Definition of threshold
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 411
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-10-02
Number of distinct calculations required to assess materiality of changes to internal IRC models
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 363
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
Market making in several AT1 or T2 instruments
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 78
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
Recognition of contractual netting of legal entities of a group
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 295
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
QRRE loss rate
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 154
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
Calculation of exposure values of trade exposures with QCCP in accordance with Article 306(1)(a) of the CRR.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 306
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
Asset Encumbrance & Covered Bonds
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 100
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
Clarification of the treatment of positions in commodities for the purposes of calculating net and gross position according to Article 360(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 360
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-25
PD substitution and eligibility of guarantors
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 202
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-09-04
Is operational leasing included in annex 1 to Directive 2013/36/EU and shall it be included in a consolidated situation?
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. Annex 1 to Directive 2013/36/EU
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-08-28
Initial margin for the purpose of hypothetical capital calculation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 520
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-08-21
Validation Rules v0677_m, v0678_m and v0726_m for Leverage Ratio
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 429, 429a, 429b
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-08-14
Related party balances
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-31
LCR inflows/outflows for collateralised stock borrow/lend transactions within 30 day window
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 423
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-31
Reporting of Additions (c010) and Reversals (c020) in Table 16.7
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-31
Intra-Group Financial Support to subsidiaries in third countries
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 19
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Usage of Multiple Point of Entry (MPE) and Single Point of Entry (SPE) in resolution plans (scenarios)
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 10, 12
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Powers of the temporary administrator
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 29
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Institution or entity in Article 19 (3) (a)
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 19
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Joint control (by more than one Union parent undertaking) over a subsidiary
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 7
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Contents of group resolution plans
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 12
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Authorisation to breach large exposures requirements in the context of IGFS
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 23
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Group recovery plans with regard to non-EU subsidiaries
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 7
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Provision of IGFS under Article 23
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 23
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Meaning of “where relevant” in Article 4
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Interpretation of “group headed by the Union parent undertaking” in Article 7 (1)
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 7
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Assessment of group recovery plans
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 6
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Definition of branches of institutions that are established outside the Union
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 1
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Third country resolution proceedings
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 2
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
EBA Guidelines to assess the impact of an institution's failure on financial markets, on other institutions and on funding conditions (Article 4 (5))
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Designation of several authorities as resolution authority
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 3
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Cooperation, collaboration and assistance of the competent authority to the resolution authority
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 3
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Entity that formally is not a part of public administration as resolution authority
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 3
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Clarification to Recital 41
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. Recital 41
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Interpretation of the requirement of structural separation of the competent (supervisory) and resolution functions
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 3
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Basis for ex-ante contributions to resolution financing arrangements
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Annual Contribution of institutions - determination of the risk weight / use of indicators
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Annual Contribution of institutions - determination of the basis for annual contributions and the risk weight / use of CRDIV/CRR terminology
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Exclusion of Intragroup Liabilities - General Rule
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 103
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
Client money
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 44
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-24
De Minimis and weighting for foreign exchange risk
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 351, 352
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-17
Risk-weighting of Pension Assets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4, 36, 41
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-17
Calculation of exposure values of trade exposures with QCCP in accordance with article 306(1)(a).
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 306
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-10
Counterparty credit risk add-on for repurchase transactions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 429e
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-07-10
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