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Specific Wrong-Way risk (SWWR) – Identification and treatment with respect to transactions referencing a basket of names or an index

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 291

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-06-22

Validation Rules v6205_m and v6206 in respect of portfolios with only Unfunded Credit Protection

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. Portfolio_ID C102 C103

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-06-22

Reporting of IRB exposures in the form of units or shares in Collective Investment Undertakings (CIUs) treated under the Fall-Back Approach (FBA)

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-06-17

Reduction, distribution and reclassification of share premium accounts related to own funds instruments

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 77

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-06-08

Calculation of the relative threshold in case specific cases.

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 178

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-06-02

ValidationRule v11073_i

Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. v11073_i

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-06-01

Arrears Breakdown and Number Of Days In Arrears fields

Securitisation Regulation (EU) 2017/2402

ESMA Question Published

Submitted 2021-05-28

Exemption from and alternatives to deduction from Common Equity Tier 1 items

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 46, 48

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-05-28

Reduction of own funds according to Article 78(1)(a) CRR

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 78

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-05-28

Treatment of committed facilities with unadvised limits

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-05-02

treatment of uncommitted facilities / limits

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-05-02

Point in time when facility or limit is considered to be a commitment

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-05-02

To overrule the validation error V6205_m in SBP credit risk report

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 78

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-04-19

To overrule the validation error V09341_m in SBP credit risk report

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 78

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-04-19

Validation rule v6210_m, C105.02

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 154

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-04-09

Transitional provisions under the IFR (Regulation 2019/2033)

Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. 57

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-04-09

Scope of applicability of the permission to non-deduct holdings of a financial sector entity under Article 49(1) CRR

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 49

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-04-08

Meaning of ‘pure industrial holding company’ in the definition of financial institution.

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-31

Combined buffer requirement on top of MREL consolidation level

Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 16a

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-24

Supervisory Benchmarking Exercise, Annex VI, C107.01, row 0010, column 0020

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 78

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-23

Elaboration of the template EU LIQ2 using supervisory data EBA/ITS/2020/04 - Annex XIII - Template EU LIQ2: Net Stable Funding Ratio

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 451a(3)

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-17

Homogeneously managed exposures

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 142

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-03

Treatment of guaranteed export financing transactions under Standardised Approach

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 114

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-03-02

Collateralized loans below 35% Risk Weight

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 428af

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-22

Supervisory delta for commodities with negative prices

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 279a

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-18

Calculation of the insufficient coverage for NPEs and capital absorptions related to Pillar 1 requirements on the same exposure

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 47c

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-15

Treatment of expected credit losses (ECL) of financial instruments accounted for under fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 111

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-11

Composition of the first and second lines of defence

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 74

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-09

Electronic Identification Process

Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD) · Art. 13

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2021-02-09

AVC

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Article 153

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-02-04

Secured lending

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 192

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-01-26

Prudential filter on unrealised gains and losses corresponding to exposures to governments, local authorities and public sector entities and its interaction with hedging activities

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 468

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2021-01-12

Application of legislative payment moratoria and definition of forbearance measures.

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 47b

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-12-30

Definition of “prudential regulation in the Union” in Article 142(1)(4)(b)

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 142

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-12-18

Consent solicitation to change the contractual ranking of an instrument to avoid so-called “infection risk“ posed by legacy instruments

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 52 / 63 / 72b

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-12-11

Application of the formula for the determination of the risk weight for a specific vega risk factor k

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 325 ax

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-11-30

Is the activity of pension fund administrators included in the "Portfolio management and advice" and thus, pension fund administrators qualify as financial institutions?

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. Annex I

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-11-19

Article 94 (4) discretion on Remuneration

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 94

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-11-11

Definition of subsidiary for the purposes of the CRR

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2020-10-22

Scope of internal hedges

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 106

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-10-15

Is it correct that, in sheet Z 10.02, the Critical Function ID is not considered as a Key Value?

Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 1

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-10-02

Control of high-quality liquid assets

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 460

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-09-30

Calculation of specific risk own funds requirement for hedges by credit derivatives under Article 346 (4) CRR

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 346

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-09-25

Determination of a default risk-free discount factor

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 132c

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2020-09-24

Benificial Owner in chain of controlle constilations involving nominee shareholders

Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD) · Art. 3

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2020-09-15

Reducing the relevant indicator by using expenditure on the outsourcing of services rendered by third parties which are not subject to rules under, or equivalent to the CRR

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 316

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-09-10

Regarding payments between PSPs

Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (WTR) (recast) · Art. 2

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2020-08-24

Credit faclity level

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 178

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-08-14

Institution responsible for compliance with the requirements on a consolidated basis in a horizontally consolidated group

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 18

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2020-08-13

Resolution planning for an established subsidiary part of a cross-border group with no Resolution College established

Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 88

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2020-08-04

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