Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on specialised lending exposures. The proposed RTS aim to specify how institutions should take into account several factors when assigning risk weights to specialised lending exposures and how they should treat these factors. The consultation runs until 11 August 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update to the XBRL taxonomy that Competent Authorities shall use for the remittance of data under the EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. The revised taxonomy will be used for reports on funding plans and supervisory benchmarking regarding reference dates of 31 December 2014 onwards.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on triggers for the use of early intervention measures. These Guidelines aim at promoting convergence of supervisory practices in relation to the application of early intervention measures as provided for in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The Guidelines establish a link between the on-going supervision conducted by the Competent Authorities according to the Capital Requirement Directive (CRD) and the early intervention powers set out in the BRRD.

On 9 May, Europe Day is celebrated across the EU. This year it marks the 65th anniversary of the “Schuman Declaration”, the speech delivered in 1950 by French foreign minister Robert Schuman, where a vision was set out for a new form of political cooperation in Europe that would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable. This historical event is considered to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the mapping of External Credit Assessment Institutions’ (ECAIs) credit assessments for securitisation positions. These ITS will be part of the Single Rulebook in banking aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation across the European Union (EU) and will allow the credit ratings of all registered credit rating agencies to be used for the purposes of calculating institutions’ capital requirements. The consultation will run until 7 August 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on indicators for the recovery and resolution plans of credit institutions and investment firms across the EU. These provide the minimum list of qualitative and quantitative indicators that institutions should include in their recovery plans and will function as triggers for the recovery plans, as prescribed by the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD).

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its fifth Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System. Overall, the report found that in the past six months, risks affecting the EU financial system have not changed in substance, but have further intensified.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to update its data template for the identification of global systemically relevant institutions (G-SIIs). The need for this revision was prompted by the new data template and some minor revisions introduced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in January 2015 for the identification of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). The consultation runs until 20 May 2015.

The EBA acknowledges notification from the Bank of Greece with respect to its decision on Resolution of Panellinia Bank S.A.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its annual assessment of EU colleges of Supervisors, responsible for the oversight of cross border banks. The report assesses how colleges have functioned during 2014 and identifies key activities for the effective oversight of EU cross border banking groups in 2015. The report introduces items for supervisory attention in 2015, including conduct risk, Information Technology (IT) risks and the need for effective decisions on recovery plans.

The EBA launched a public consultation on its guidelines proposing criteria to set limits on EU institutions’ exposures to shadow banking entities. The document lays out a qualitative approach for institutions to develop their internal policies for monitoring and setting appropriate limits, both at individual and aggregate levels. These guidelines will also help inform the Commission’s work in relation to its report on the appropriateness and impact of imposing limits on exposures to shadow banking entities under Article 395(2) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). The consultation runs until 19 June 2015.

The EBA published today a revised version of its Work Programme for 2015. This review was carried out following the receipt of some additional mandates and a reduction to the EBA budget, which took place since the adoption of the EBA's 2015 Work Programme in September 2014.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its first annual Report addressed to the EU Parliament and the Council on the convergence of supervisory review practices in the EU banking sector. The Report covers the findings of an assessment carried out over the past 3 years and focuses on Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process and assessment of risks (SREP), supervisory stress testing, ongoing review of internal models, and supervisory measures and powers.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) is organising the third Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day on 3 June 2015 in Frankfurt am Main. The event will bring together, from all over Europe, thought leaders of consumer/investor organisations, national regulators, EU institutions, academics and key market participants to discuss consumer protection-related issues in the financial services area.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a call for research papers in view of its fourth policy research workshop taking place on 18-19 November 2015 in London on the topic ‘Financial regulation and the real economy: a micro-prudential perspective’.