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Scope of Article 6 lit. c RTS

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 18

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2026-10-02

Classification of phishing-attacks as a reportable major ICT-related incident

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2026-02-06

Types of "telephone services" included under the definition of "ICT services"

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2026-02-06

Public Authorities Exemption

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. Recital 63

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2026-02-06

Staff costs

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 18(4)

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-11-14

Definition and scope of ICT services

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-11-14

ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW ARRANGEMENTS ON THE USE OF ICT SERVICES

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-08-14

Obligation to maintain a register of information for FEs exempt under article 16

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. Article 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-08-08

How to fill the refPeriod field of the parameters.csv file for the DORA register of information

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-08-08

Identification of ICT Service Providers

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-08-08

The scope of the regulation described in Article 6 mismatches what is presented as an option in the Annex I, Part 2 of the same regulation

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-07-25

Elaboration on the meaning of a separated and dedicated network for ICT asset administration

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 13

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-07-25

Scope of Register of Information for Contractual Arrangements on the use of ICT Services Provided by ICT Third-party Service Providers

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-07-25

Part 2 – Template specific instructions to template B_06.01

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_04.01.0040 (Identification code of the branch)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions - field B_01.02.0060 (LEI of the direct parent undertaking of the financial entity)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – primary keys

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_05.02.0060 (Identification code of the recipient of sub-contracted ICT services)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_05.01.0020 (Type of code to identify the ICT third-party service provider)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_02.02.0160 (Location of management of the data)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_02.02.0130 (Country of the governing law of the contractual arrangement)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_02.02.0130 (Country of the governing law of the contractual arrangement)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Template specific instructions – field B_01.02.0050 (Hierarchy of the financial entity within the group)

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2025-03-28

Exemption for Non-EU ICT Intra-group Service Providers

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 31

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-12-11

Duplicate ICT Incident Reporting

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 19

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-12-11

Critical Services Affected

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 18

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-12-11

Annual Report to the Competent Authorities on new Arrangements for the use of ICT services

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-07-22

ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW ARRANGEMENTS ON THE USE OF ICT SERVICES

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-05-27

Definition and Scope of DORA

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-22

Definition of landline services

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-11

Definition of ICT service

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-11

Dora agreements - ICT service supports a CIF

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-11

Register of ICT Services

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-11

Identificación entidad financiera responsable del reporte DORA - Identification of the financial entity responsible for the DORA reporting

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-08

Instructions for completing the register of information-Functions identification-Licenced activity

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-04-03

Exist a definition of information security standards

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-03-06

Correct classification of services related to the 'reselling' of software provided in SaaS mode

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. Regulation (EU) 2024/2956 - ANNEX III

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-03-05

Definition of financial counterpart

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. Article 18

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-03-04

Register of Information Taxonomy reporting vs ITS on Register of Information

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-02-28

Validation rule v8821_m

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-02-11

Subcontracting

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 30

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-02-07

Regulatory technical standards - subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 30

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2025-01-20

Applicability of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) to ICT services provided by financial entities.

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 30

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-12-19

Financial entities subject to supervisory mechanisms as ICT third-party service providers.

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 30

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-12-13

Application of DORA Regulation to sub-threshold AIFMs which have chosen to opt-in to the application of the AIFMD (Art. 3(4)), if the thresholds regarding AuM referred to under Article 3(2) of AIFMD are not exceeded

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 2

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-11-27

Are trust services under the scope of DORA, whatever the nature of the services

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-09-16

Scope for dependent financial intermediaries

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 2

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-07-08

Lex Specialis NIS2 Directive

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. Recital 16

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-04-19

Services of credit registers under DORA

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 3

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-02-05

Grace period for existing contractual arrangements in the register of information

Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg) · Art. 28

EBA Rejected question

Submitted 2024-01-30

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