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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 28 of 141
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Article 6(1)(h) of Directive 2013/34/EEC
EIOPA
Answered 2023-10-02
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Article 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-10-02
Trusted Beneficiaries
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
Exemption from strong customer authentication
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
App to app redirection with biometrics for PIS
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
Service Downtime
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 96
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
Period to be covered by statistics pursuant to Article 32(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66, 67
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
Evidences / Records to be stored by account servicing payment service providers (ASPSP) for payment initiation service (PIS) and account information service (AIS) requests
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 72
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
Reading of the term "means of payment"
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-29
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. 123
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-28
Disclosure Templates
(EU) 2023/895 - ITS for the disclosure of solvency and financial condition report · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-25
ESG P3- Template 7 - Adapted activities and enabling activities in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-22
C43.00 (LR4) – Reporting of RWA for positions in CIUs
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-22
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-19
Permission to reduce own funds or eligible liabilities and deduction rules in the context of a liability management exercise (exchange offer, tender offer or issuance of a replacement instrument concurrent with a tender offer on the existing instrument)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 77, 78, 78a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-09-15
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-13
Valuation of Assets and Liabilities other than TPs
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-05
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template E.04.01
EIOPA
Answered 2023-09-05
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template: SE.17.01
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-30
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-30
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-30
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template: SE.17.01
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-30
ESG P3 - Template 7 Decision tree KPI GAR for Households
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-25
ESG P3 - Reg 2453/22 - Scope of application
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-25
ESG P3 - Templates 6, 7 and 8 - Scope of application as of 31.12.2023 and institutions’ exemption from EU taxonomy reporting until mandatory CSRD reporting as of 31.12.2024
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-25
v6341_m: Assets and liabilities at FV excluded because of partial impact on CET1 - Hedge accounting
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-25
IFR reporting
Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. 20
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-22
Reporting Templates, Risk concentration
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-22
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-22
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-22
Reporting Templates, Intra-group transaction
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-22
Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
(EU) No 1286/2014 - PRIIPs Regulation · Art. 4
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Risk Free Rate (RFR)
Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA calculations, Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA representative portfolios · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2020/852 - Taxonomy Regulation · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Demands and needs test (Art. 20 para. 1 subpara. 1 IDD)
(EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive · Art. 2; 20(1); 22; 23
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Risk Free Rate (RFR)
Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA calculations, Risk-Free Interest Rate - VA representative portfolios · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template S.26.13
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template S.26.13
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template: S.26.13
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Template S.26.13
EIOPA
Answered 2023-08-21
The risk-weighted exposure amount of the CIU’s exposures in mandate based approach
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 132a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-08-04
Reporting of deposits subject to a notice period for C 69.00 and C 70.00 purpose
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 415
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-07-28
Reporting Templates, Validations
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates, Validations
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-07-25
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