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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
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It should be clarified in Annex I of the Delegated Regulation, where the name of the group should be
included and whether it should be shown in bold.
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Regarding Article 8(3) of the Delegated Regulation:
a) What is meant by "performance scenario calculations"? Is it necessary for the full calculations
underlying each scenario to be published or just
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
For autocallables, for an early call scenario, what time periods should be used when calculating the
performance scenarios and cost figures?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
If the benchmark is changed, how should the chart of past performance be displayed for the period
preceding the change?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
For Category 2 PRIIPs, is it possible to use lower percentiles of the estimated distribution of outcomes
as foreseen in point 24 of the Delegated Regulation?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
When several versions of a benchmark are available which differ in the approach taken to
reinvestment of revenues, which version should be used in the past performance chart?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Point 19 of Annex VIII of the Delegated Regulation states that “In the case of mergers referred to in
Article 2(1)(p)(i) and (iii) of Directive 2009/65/EC, only the past performance of the receiving U
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
If a UCITS, AIF or unit-linked insurance-based investment product does not yet have past performance
data for one complete calendar year (and is not a UCITS or AIF which may provide simulated data for
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
What should be displayed in the bar chart for years when there is no data?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Do the rules concerning the UCITS key investor information document (KIID) still apply?
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Where a UCITS, AIF or unit-linked insurance-based investment product refers to an index in its
investment objectives and policy as a benchmark and will measure the performance against that
index, but
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Does the requirements in Articles 6(1) and 9 of the PRIIPs Regulation mean that past performance
disclosed regarding a benchmark index should be consistent with past performance disclosure in
other in
PRIIPs
Joint Committee Final
Answered 2022-11-14
Maturity floor in Standard Method for CVA
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 384
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Valuation of ASA: financial instruments with a negative fair value
Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. 19
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Preferential risk weight for exposures to central governments and central banks under Article 114(4) of CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 114
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Application of Articles 52 and 54 of Regulation No. 575/2013 (CRR) at consolidated level
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 52
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Definition and scope of Asset Under Management
Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Definition of private equity exposures in articles 155(2) and 155(3)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 155
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Scope of COH definition under IFR
Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 (IFR) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Nature and treatment of off-balance financial leasing exposures (generated by the lag between the order of the asset and the rental starting date)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 166
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Delta calculation internal models
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 329
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Risk weights for exposures towards Member States’ central governments and central banks denominated and funded in the domestic currency of that central government and central bank.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 114
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Treatment of an institution’s investments into EU AIF managed by a non-EU AIFM and into closed-ended CIUs
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 132
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Reduction of own funds according to Article 78(1)(a) CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 78
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Outsourcing
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. EIOPA-BoS-20-002 Guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers
EIOPA
Answered 2022-11-11
Treatment of cash on Nostro accounts – i.e., Bank’s cash held by a third party institution acting as a service provider for payment and settlement purposes
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 134
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Classification of a gurantees for trade finance off-balance sheet items according to annex 1.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Annex 1
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Consideration of Cloud services as outsourcing arrangements
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 74
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-11-11
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. Article 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2022-11-08
Long Term Guarantees (LTGs)
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. Article 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2022-11-08
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. 176
EIOPA
Answered 2022-11-08
Valuation of Assets and Liabilities other than TPs
(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 · Art. Article 176 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35
EIOPA
Answered 2022-11-08
Risk Free Rate (RFR)
Risk-Free Interest Rate - Credit and currency adjustments · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-28
Risk Free Rate (RFR)
Risk-Free Interest Rate - Extrapolation · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-28
C 91.00: Relevant scenario for own funds requirements
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
v7386_m and v7387_m (COREP)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
Inclusion of CCR into C 08.07 and CR6-A
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
C 34.06 - Counterparty with dual Counterparty Type
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
Reporting of gold positions in C 22.00
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 1
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
Classification of derivative exposures in a CIU for standardised approach
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2022-10-28
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-28
Reinsurance
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 211
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-26
Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
(EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-26
Reporting (Art. 40 PEPP)
(EU) 2020/852 - Taxonomy Regulation · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Reporting Templates
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Reinsurance
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. Taxonomy 2.8.0
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Technical Provisions (TPs)
(EU) No 2015/2450 - templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities · Art. 35 of SII Directive
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Technical Provisions (TPs)
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 61
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
Technical Provisions (TPs)
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. Article 28(c) and (e); and 189 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35
EIOPA
Answered 2022-10-21
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