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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 34 of 141
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 and 202
EIOPA
Answered 2023-03-15
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. Article 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-03-15
Technical Provisions (TPs)
(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) · Art. Delegated Regulation Articles 17, 18, 28; SII Directive 76(4) and 77(2)
EIOPA
Answered 2023-03-14
Partial settlement functionality
Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2023-03-13
Investment in another qualifying venture capital fund/qualifying social entrepreneurship fund
European Venture Capital Regulation (EuVECA) Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 · Art. Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 (“EuSEF Regulation)
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2023-03-10
Notion of ‘substantive direct or indirect holding’ in Article 3(2) of the AIFMD
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Directive 2011/61/EU
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Template 5 - NUTS codes for geographical areas outside EU
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Template 7 Decision tree KPI GAR for Financial Corporation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Template 1- Attribution factor for financed emissions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Template 1- financed emissions to objects (PCAF-Standard) instead of counterparties
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Template 1- Scope 3 financed emissions including scope 1 and 2 of the counterparty
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
ESG P3 - Scope of application of Article 449a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Validation Rule EBA_v10013 breaching
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Template F 11.4
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Reporting of (Internet) Savings deposit in template F08.01
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Template F 22.02: Assets involved in the services provided
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Financial guarantees received reported in F 09.02
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
COREP C 35 - consistency controls among C 35.01, C 35.02 and C 35.03
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Clarification of the definition for "residence"
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
FINREP V5686_s: for the rows (080;150) Col. 050 > 0
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
C 24.00: Capital multipliers due to model limitations
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Template 34.02 - Exposure value post-CRM
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Obligation to report risk-weighted exposures under SEC-ERBA and under SEC-SA as memorandum items in COREP template C 14.01
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
C34.08 report - the collaterals which are related to derivatives, long settlement transactions and SFTs and which are not initial or variation margins should be reported in the Initial margin columns
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
C 34.08 - Collaterals with haircuts
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Application of requirements for NPE prudential backstop in connection with the new COREP templates
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 47a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
Gross carrying amount of held for trading financial assets in disclosure of non-performing and forborne exposures
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 434a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-10
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. 187
EIOPA
Answered 2023-03-09
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. Article 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2023-03-09
General provisions
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2023-03-08
Purchase of credit receivables as a form of 'granting credits'
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-03
Exposures in default secured by mortgages on residential property
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 124, 127
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-03
Scope of Article 21a(6) CRD
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 21a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-03
Underlying exposures of securitisations and calculation of the applicable amount of insufficient coverage for NPE for the purpose of calculating deductions from CET1 items
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 36
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-03-03
F 31.01 in combination with Q&A 915
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-27
Inclusion of certain AVA categories into the Total AVA in C 32.02
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-24
Adding to own funds the unredeemed part of own funds.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 77
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-24
ITS ESG P3 - Template 5 - Physical risk models - Template 1 - Power generation thresholds
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Template 1 - Scope 3 & Sector average emissions intensity
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Template 2 - Column A & Totals in row 5 and 10
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Template 5 - Column B carrying amount
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - EU Taxonomy Consolidation scope
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Annex II, Templates 1, 2, 4, 5
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 434a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Non-financial risks and value chain
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
ITS ESG P3 - Template 4 - Top 20 emitting companies aggregation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
Reporting of physically settled derivatives in C 66.01 Maturity ladder
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
v09808_m - netting set with IMM and SA-CCR positions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
How shall open maturity repos be reported in C 81.00 and with which ASF factor ?
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
Amount of certain CET1 items available for stable funding
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
Inconsistencies between FINREP (F 02.00) and Funding Plans (P 04.01)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2023-02-17
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