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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
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Treatment of derivatives not recognized on-balance under national GAAP
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Number of Collateral obtained by taking possession, F 25.02.b - Collateral obtained by taking possession other than collateral classified as Property Plant and Equipment (PP&E)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Reporting of positions in a securitisation that has not achieved SRT in C14.01.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
FinRep Table 26: Loans and advances to which forbearance measures were granted in addition to already existing forbearance measures
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Validation rule eba_v6295_m
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Clarification of F 24.01, row 0310
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
References for row 096 “Deferred Tax Assets subject to a risk weight of 250 %” of table c04.00 in Reg. 680/2014
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
IFRS 9, validation rules v6012_m, v6013_m and v6014_m
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
F 04.04.1, v5662_s.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Validation rules v5267_m up to v5279_m
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Template FinRep F01.03 Balance sheet Statement - Equity
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Scope of the Covered Bond Exemption as set out in Article 30 of the Margin Rules.
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR) · Art. 11
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Validation rule (taxonomy 2.6) e4902_n about the risk weighted exposure for Equity in CR SA
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
FORBERANCE CLASSIFICATION
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Sign Convention
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-19
Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) - Waivers
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 45f
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Grandfathering according to Articles 494a and 494b of the CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 494a, 494b
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Amended ranking requirement in point (d) of Article 63 of the CRR
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 63
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) - Calibration
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 45c
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) – Transitional periods
Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 45m
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Type of accounts accessible through common and secure communication
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4(15)(16), 66, 67 and number 7 and 8 of the Annex
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
LGD adjustment for massive disposals.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 500
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Adjustment for massive disposals
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 500
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Treatment of electronic bookings similar to Mail Order and Telephone Orders (MO-TO) transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Consumer mandate under Merchant Initiated Transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Merchant Initiated Transactions exemption for hotel transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Processing payments for hotel reservations
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Keyed Mail Order or Telephone Order (MO-TO) transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Calculation of own funds required for payment institution in the Article 9 of Directive EU 2015/36 (PSD2) when "input funds" are credit transfers and "output funds" are direct debit
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 9
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Calculation of own funds required for payment institution in Article 9 of Directive EU 2015/36 (PSD2) when the payment institution offers acquiring services
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 9
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Payment accounts and reference accounts
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 2
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Ability of a payment account operated by a payment institution to hold a credit balance in readiness for future payment transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 18
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Credit value date for payment transactions with currency conversion
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 87
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Sanctions list screening in the context of TPPs' services - risk management policy
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
On the application of SCA when cancelling a payment transaction
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
On the use and storage of Personalised Security Credentials (PSC)
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Minority Interests and guidance on additional own funds (P2G)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 84
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-12
Obstacles to the payment initiation service
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Account Data required by a ASPSP to execute a payment order via a PISP
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Compliance of (1) card data (2) SMS OTP and (3) EMV 3DS behaviour-based inherence as an authentication information with the requirements of PSD2 and RTS on SCA
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
TPP access only with PSU involvement
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Reporting of forward starting transactions
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 422 e 425
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Covered Bond issuance on template F35 Asset Encumbrance
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 100
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Nominal value of collateral received - not available for encumbrance
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 100
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Reporting of credit quality step where no rating is present
Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. ALMM reporting Annex XXI
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
New, Matured, Roll Over classification
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 415
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Definition of the elements to be included in each type of Assets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Treatment of collateral swaps with underlying collateral pools/ baskets
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 415
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
Domestic - non-domestic distinction in Corep and Finrep
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 99
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
What considutes a fair value of encumberred and non-encumberred asset for morgages on immovable property?
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 100
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2021-03-05
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