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The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Guidelines specifying the role and responsibilities of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance officer and of the management body of credit or financial institutions. These Guidelines aim to ensure a common interpretation and adequate implementation of AML/CFT internal governance arrangements across the EU in line with the requirements of the EU Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. 

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules for its reporting standards (ITS, RTS, Guidelines), highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these reporting standards should not be formally validated against the set of deactivated rules.

​​​​​​​The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) today published a final report with draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) proposing to amend the Commission Delegated Regulation on the risk mitigation techniques for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives not cleared by a Central Clearing Counterparty (CCP) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the identification of a group of connected clients (GCC). The draft RTS, in conjunction with the EBA Guidelines on connected clients, provide the complete framework for the identification of the GCC. The consultation runs until 8 September 2022.