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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 127 of 141
Issues with Template row headers
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Tracking of Past-due amounts
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Start of Probation Period
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
International organisations regarding z-axis "Country of residence of the counterparty"
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Templates 17.1, 17.2 and 17.3 - Reconciliation between Accounting and CRR scope of consolidation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
FINREP Table 31 - Related parties - derecognition of non-financial assets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
FINREP Templates 8.1 and 8.2
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Treatment of Exposures to ‘Civil-law associations’
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 394
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Transitional adjustments in regards to Goodwill in CA5.1
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 36 (1) b., 37, 469, 478 CRR
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Additional Reporting templates for FINREP (large exposures)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. CRR Art 392-395
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Reporting of two groups of connected clients when one client is considered as the most significant entity within both groups
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 394 & 4(1)point(39)
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Classification of in default exposures that are at the same time is an Item Associated with Particular High Risk
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 128
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Specific credit risk adjustments on exposures in default
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 159
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-16
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-09
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-09
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-09
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-09
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-09
Capital requirements for a subgroup integrated by a parent holding company in a Member State and its institutions and subsidiary financial institutions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 11, 18
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2015-01-09
Financial derivative instruments - KIID
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2015-01-05
Treatment of Hedges for Equity-Linked Employee Compensation Schemes and Impact on FSE Capital Deductions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 45, 59, 69
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Treatment of contracts for difference under Article 327(1) or Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 327
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Internal model for correlation trading
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 374, 377
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Inclusion of partial write-offs in credit risk adjustments
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 158, 159
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Definitions of reportable items
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 89
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Country of transaction, scope of disclosures and intragroup transactions
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 89
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Location of disclosures and audit consequences
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 89
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Residence of the counterparty - short positions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Article 89 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) – risk weighting and prohibition of qualifying holdings outside the financial sector
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 89
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Treatment of unrealised gains under the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) - unintended consequences due to a double deduction.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 35; 468
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-19
Recognition of contractual netting agreements by the competent authority
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 296
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-12
Excess General Credit Risk Adjustments - Standardised Approach (SA)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 62, 110
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-12
Reglamento 575/2013 exposiciones garantizadas hipotecas sobre bienes inmuebles/ Exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 124
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-12-12
Calculation of volatility adjustments where liquidation period not given in CRR tables
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 224
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-28
Financial Difficulties
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-28
Additional outflow due to a material deterioration in the credit quality of the institution
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 423
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-28
Deviations between the definition of SA exposure value for securitisation exposures and for other exposure classes
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 246
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-28
Use of an insitution's own estimates of conversion factors
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-21
Recognition of real estate as commercial property
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 124, 126
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-21
What is meant with 'mainly' in the definition of 'financial holding company'?
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-21
Maturity (M) for short-term credit line contracts which are continuously rolled over.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 162
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-21
Maturity under Article 162 of Regularion (EU) No 575/2013
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 162
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-21
Non-performing exposures - Cash balances at central banks, Non-current assets held for sale
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-14
Requisito minimo Basilea 1 / Basel 1 minimum requirement
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 500
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-14
Definition of unregulated financial sector entities
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 153
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-14
Management of EuSEF and EuVECA by AIFMs
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulation (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2014-11-11
Management of EuSEF and EuVECA by AIFMs
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulation (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2014-11-11
Management of EuSEF and EuVECA by AIFMs
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulation (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2014-11-11
LE2: Credit insurance allowed as CRM technique?
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-07
reporting of defaulted and past due items in maturity buckets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 394
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2014-11-07
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