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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on non-delta risk of options in the standardised market risk approach. The standards will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union (EU).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the definition of materiality thresholds for specific risk in the trading book. The standards will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union (EU).

In the context of its ongoing work on comparability of RWAs, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published today three reports: (i) an interim report on the consistency of RWAs in SMEs and residential mortgages portfolios; (ii) a report on the comparability of supervisory rules and practices; and (iii) a report on variability of RWAs for market risk portfolios. Furthermore, the EBA also released its report on the pro-cyclicality of banks’ capital requirements, which supplements the work on comparability, together with a summary report that compiles all the work on comparability of RWAs for IRB models.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) related to market risk. In particular, the EBA published (i) RTS on the definition of materiality thresholds for specific risk in the trading book; (ii) ITS on closely correlated currencies; (iii) RTS on non-delta risk of options in the standardised market risk approach; and (iv) ITS on appropriately diversified indices. The standards will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union (EU).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Guidelines providing guidance to both originator institutions and competent authorities when assessing significant risk transfer (SRT) for securitisation transactions. These Guidelines will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in the banking sector and will ensure harmonised assessment and treatment of significant risk transfer across all EU Member States. The public consultation runs until 17 March 2014.

The European Banking Authority published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on securitisation retention rules and related requirements, as well as its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the convergence of supervisory practices related to the implementation of additional risk weights in the case of non-compliance with the retention rules.

The European Banking Authority launches today a consultation paper on (i) draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to specify the securitisation retention rules and related requirements and (ii) draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) to clarify the measures to be taken in the case of non-compliance with such obligations. The consultation runs until 22 August 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) disclosed today updated information on 64 European banks from 21 countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). The data covers the first half of 2013 and is based on 730,000 data points including capital, Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs) and sovereign exposures. Through this disclosure exercise, the EBA aims to promote greater understanding of capital positions and exposures of EU banks, thus contributing to market discipline and financial stability in the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) agreed on its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on criteria to identify categories of staff whose professional activities have a material impact on an institution’s risk profile. These identified staff will be subject to provisions related, in particular, to the payment of variable remuneration. The EBA will submit the draft RTS on 16 December 2013 to the European Commission. They are part of the EBA work on the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union (EU).

<p>The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on information exchange between home and host competent authorities regarding branches and service providers. The draft Technical Standards do not introduce any direct reporting requirements, but propose a structured and consistent process in the provision of key supervisory information across the EU.</p>

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on joint decisions on institution-specific prudential requirements. These ITS will ensure uniform conditions of application of the joint decision process - on capital and liquidity - between consolidating supervisors and relevant competent authorities.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on own funds ‘Part three', which set out criteria to deduct indirect and synthetic holdings, to define broad market indices and to calculate minority interest. These final draft RTS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in Europe and namely at strengthening the quality of capital.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on own funds. These final draft RTS and ITS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in Europe and namely at strengthening the quality of capital.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on passport notifications. These RTS and ITS aim to specify the information that needs to be notified to competent authorities, as well as forms, templates and procedures underlying the submission of passport notifications

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on the methodology for identifying Global Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs). The work aims at ensuring a transparent identification process in line with international regulatory work on global systemically important banks. The public consultation runs until 28 February 2014 and covers the draft RTS on the methodology for identifying G-SIIs, and draft ITS and Guidelines on the disclosure of the value of indicators used in the identification process.