EBA consults on draft technical standards to support the centralised EBA Pillar 3 data hub

• The consultation paper defines the IT solutions and processes that large and other institutions shall follow to publish Pillar 3 information centrally in the EBA data hub.
• The proposed IT solutions leverage the EBA’s past and ongoing work and infrastructures  in the area of disclosures and reporting.
• The Pillar 3 data hub will centralise on the EBA website the Pillar 3 disclosures of all EU institutions, thus allowing users to download data and visualize the Pillar 3 information in a standardised format.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on the Pillar 3 data hub, which will centralise prudential disclosures by institutions through a single electronic access point on the EBA website. This project is part of the Banking Package laid down in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3) and Capital Requirements Directive (CRD6). This consultation runs until 11 November.

The draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) present the IT solutions and processes to be followed by large and other institutions when submitting their respective Pillar 3 disclosures. This includes the IT solutions to be used, the data exchange formats to be considered, the technical validations to be performed by the EBA.

The EBA welcomes feedback both from institutions and users of Pillar 3 information.

The current proposals in the consultation paper consider the feedback received from the industry on the discussion paper published in December 2023. The summary of this feedback and respective EBA analysis is included in the consultation paper.

In parallel, the EBA continues to run a pilot exercise with voluntary institutions to test the process for large and other institutions. Conclusions from the pilot exercise, together with the feedback received during this consultation, will be taken into account when finalising the draft ITS to be submitted to the European Commission for adoption.

Consultation process

Comments to this consultation paper can be sent to the EBA by clicking on the "send your comments" button on the consultation page. Please note that the deadline for the submission of comments is 11 November 2024. All contributions received will be published following the end of the consultation, unless requested otherwise.

A public hearing will be organised in the form of a webinar on 21 October from 15:00 to 16:30 CET. Please register for the hearing here by 17 October 13:00 CET.

Legal basis, backgrounds d next steps

The new Banking Package (CRR3/CRD6), which will implement the latest Basel III reforms in the EU, includes a mandate to the EBA to develop a Pillar 3 data hub. The EBA’s plan on how to implement the mandates included in the banking package is explained in the ‘EBA Roadmap on strengthening the prudential framework’, published in December 2023.

The CRR3 (Articles 434 and 434a) mandates the EBA to publish on its website all the prudential disclosures for all institutions subject to these disclosure requirements, making it readily available in a centralised manner to all the relevant stakeholders through a single electronic access point on its website. To comply with this mandate the EBA is building a data hub putting together all the disclosures required under Part Eight of the CRR.

The CRD6 (Article 106) mandates the EBA to issue guidelines, in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, to specify the requirements set out in paragraph 1 under which Competent Authorities are empowered to require disclosures more frequently than required under CRR3, set deadlines to institutions to submit the information to EBA and require institutions to use specific media and locations for publication, other than the EBA website for centralised disclosures.

The draft ITS for small and non-complex institutions and on the resubmission policy will be consulted separately, at a later stage.