Press releases

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a Joint Opinion on the jurisdictional scope of the obligations of the non-EU parties to securitisations under the Securitisation Regulation (SECR).

Isabelle Vaillant, Director of the Prudential Regulation and Supervisory Policy department at the EBA, provided a regulatory perspective on the reforms that are required to complete the banking union at a webinar on “Completing the Banking Union: next steps and challenges ahead”, organised by the Institute for International and European Affairs. In her speech, Isabelle Vaillant, highlighted the importance of the reforms carried out in the period of the Global Financial Crisis and how a decade of work and strengthening of the framework has contributed to a more stable EU banking system.

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) published this month three regulatory instruments to address de-risking practices based on evidence gathered in its call for input. The instruments clarify that compliance with anti-money and countering terrorist financing (AML/CTF) obligations in EU law does not require financial institutions to refuse, or terminate, business relationships with entire categories of customers that they consider to present a higher ML/TF risk. In these documents the EBA also set out steps that financial institutions and competent authorities should take to manage risks associated with individual business relationships in an effective manner.

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today three Joint Questions and Answers (Q&A) on RTS 2016/2251 on bilateral margin requirements under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) acknowledged today the adoption by the European Commission of the Implementing Act laying down implementing technical standards (ITS) on institutions Pillar 3 disclosures. The Implementing Act, which is based on the final draft ITS on institutions’ public disclosures submitted by the EBA in June 2020, was adopted by the Commission on 15 March 2021 but its publication in the EU Official Journal is still pending. The disclosure ITS will apply from 30 June 2021.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the phase 2 of its reporting framework v3.0. The technical package supports the implementation of the reporting framework by providing standard specifications and includes the validation rules, the Data Point Model (DPM) and the XBRL taxonomies for v3.0.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on its revised Guidelines on recovery plan indicators. While maintaining overall stability to the current recovery plan indicators framework, the revised Guidelines provide additional guidance on indicators’ calibration, monitoring and breaches notifications. The amendments aim at strengthening the quality of recovery indicators framework and contributing to effective crisis preparedness of institutions. 

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation on Guidelines for institutions and resolution authorities on improving resolvability. These Guidelines represent a significant step in complementing the EU legal framework in the field of resolution. They aggregate existing international standards, leverage on existing EU best practices and implement them into an EU-wide legal document. The consultation runs until 17 June 2021.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on changes to its Guidelines on Risk-Based Supervision of credit and financial institutions’ compliance with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations. The proposed changes address the key obstacles to effective AML/CFT supervision that the EBA has identified during its review of the existing Guidelines, including the effective use of different supervisory tools to meet the supervisory objectives. The Guidelines are central to the EBA’s mandate to lead, coordinate and monitor the EU financial sector’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The consultation runs until 17 June 2021. 

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have today issued a Consultation Paper seeking input on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures of financial products investing in economic activities that contribute to an environmental investment objective. These economic activities are defined by the EU Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (Taxonomy Regulation).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a call for research papers in view of its 2021 Policy Research Workshop taking place on 16-17 November 2021 on the topic "The New Normal in the Banking Sector – Reshaping the Insights". The submission deadline is 9 July 2021.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a decision, which will change the Basel III monitoring exercise from its current voluntary nature to a mandatory exercise from December 2021. This change stems from the need to expand the sample to more jurisdictions and credit institutions, making it more representative, as well as to reach a stable sample over time by providing authorities with a sound legal basis that frames institutions’ participation. This decision will assist the EBA to represent, effectively, the interests of EU institutions in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and to provide informed opinions and technical advice to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council regarding the implementation of the BCBS standards into the Union law.

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its second Report on the monitoring of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) implementation in the EU. This Report, which complements the one published on 12 July 2019, highlights areas in which further guidance is deemed useful for banks and supervisors in order to foster a common understanding and harmonisation of the application of the liquidity standard across the EU, as well as to reduce some level playing field issues. The EBA will continue regularly monitoring the implementation of the LCR for EU banks and will update these reports on an ongoing basis to set out its observations and provide further guidance, where necessary.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today two Reports on the consistency of risk weighted assets (RWAs) across all EU institutions authorised to use internal approaches for the calculation of capital requirements for 2020. The Reports cover credit risk for high and low default portfolios (LDPs and HDPs), as well as market risk. The results confirm that the majority of risk-weights (RWs) variability can be explained by fundamentals. These benchmarking exercises are a fundamental supervisory and convergence tool to address unwarranted inconsistencies and restoring trust in internal models.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today two public consultations on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on gross jump-to-default (JTD) amounts and its draft RTS on residual risk add-on (RRAO). These draft RTS specify i) how gross JTD amounts are to be determined for the purposes of calculating the default risk charge for non-securitisation instruments, and ii) how to identify instruments exposed to residual risks for the purposes of the residual risk add on (RRAO) - under the alternative standardised approach for market risk. These draft RTS are part of the phase 3 deliverables of the EBA roadmap for the new market and counterparty credit risk approaches. Both consultations run until 12 June 2021.