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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 7 of 141
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-23
3435
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-20
Sources for external classification that is commonly used in the market for grouping issuers by sector, for the purpose of CRR Article 325ah.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 325ah
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-17
Offerors and CASPs’ responsibilities with regards to white papers for Title II tokens admitted to trading prior to 30 December 2024
MiCA · Art. 143(2)
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-10-14
How to distinguish between different execution services
MiCA · Art. Article 3
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-10-14
3429
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-13
EMIR 3.0 Active Account Requirement and Reporting Obligation
Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-10-13
Reporting of the representativeness obligation
Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-10-13
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Definition of Net defined benefit assets [Carrying amount] in F44.01
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Annex V. Part 2.308
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-10
ESG P3 - Template 1 - Reporting of column k (GHG emissions (column i): gross carrying amount percentage of the portfolio derived from company-specific reporting)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-10
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Treatment of bridge financing in the calculation of the risk weight (RW)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 132c
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-10
Key information document (KID)
(EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document · Art. Annex IV version 01/01/2023, point 20
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Key information document (KID)
(EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document · Art. point 16 of Annex IV of the Delegated Regulation
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Key information document (KID)
(EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document · Art. ANNEX IV PERFORMANCE SCENARIOS
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
(EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
(EU) 2017/653 - PRIIPs Delegated Regulation for key information document
EIOPA
Answered 2025-10-10
Transparency - Single Volume Cap
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets
ESMA Published Answer Updated
Answered 2025-10-10
Compliance with the SI regime and notification to NCAs
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets
ESMA Published Answer Updated
Answered 2025-10-10
Impact for SIs of an instrument changing liquidity status in between the SI determination dates
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565
ESMA Published Answer Updated
Answered 2025-10-10
DVC and corporate actions
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/577- RTS on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards on the volume cap mechanism and the provision of information for the purposes of transparency and other calculations(RTS 3)
ESMA Published Answer Updated
Answered 2025-10-10
Transactions that should be included in the calculations
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets
ESMA Published Answer Updated
Answered 2025-10-10
Notification of Errors and Omissions related to exchange-traded derivatives involving multiple Entities Responsible for Reporting (‘ERRs’) managed by the same Management Company/AIFM
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012- MDP
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-10-08
ASF factors for Additional Tier 1 items as wells as Tier 2 items and other capital instruments maturing between 6 month and 1 year
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 430
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-07
SCA exception for Contactless only terminals (SoftPOS) in case of emergency
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-03
the use of strong and widely recognized encryption techniques
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-03
Authentication process of the PSU with the ASPSP in a combined AIS and PIS journey in a redirection approach
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66, 67
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-03
Minimum monetary amount of professional indemnity insurance in ongoing supervision
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 5
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-10-03
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-26
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-25
Reporting of COREP_OF C10.00 template
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 92
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-09-19
Instructions for Row 0080 COREP template C 07.00
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 111
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-09-19
Audit frequency limitations
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) · Art. 28(6), 30(3)(e)
ESMA Answer Published
Answered 2025-09-18
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-17
Reporting Templates
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
3405
(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
Other
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII)
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
(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. 215
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
(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. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
Internal Models (IMs)
(EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-16
Own Funds (OF)
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 68(1) and 68(2)
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-15
Dora 262 - 3419
(EU) 2022/2554 - Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) · Art. N/A
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-12
DORA 261 - 3416
(EU) 2022/2554 - Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) · Art. 3
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-12
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. 140; 212
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-11
Cross-selling (Art. 24 IDD)
(EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive · Art. Article 24
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-11
Technical Provisions (TPs), Risk Free Rate (RFR), Internal Models (IMs)
(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 22 and 24 of 2015/35 DR; 75 and 121 of SII Directive;
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-09
Own Funds (OF), Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR), Internal Models (IMs)
(EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance) · Art. 121
EIOPA
Answered 2025-09-09
Passporting procedure for non-CI ART issuers
Regulation (EU) No 2023/1114 (MiCAR) · Art. 18, 21, 25, 109
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-09-05
Knowledge element of SCA.
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4 and 98
EBA Final Q&A
Answered 2025-08-29
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