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The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to its Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), set out in a Delegated Regulation, on the assignment of risk weights to specialised lending exposures under the Supervisory Slotting Criteria Approach (SSCA). The purpose of the amendments is to update the RTS in light of the changes introduced by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 3) and to enhance the risk sensitivity, clarity and usability of the framework. Overall, the RTS aim to ensure a consistent and robust prudential treatment of specialised lending exposures under the SSCA across the EU, supporting sound risk management and financial stability. The consultation runs until 7 August 2026.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) provided its opinion to the European Commission about the intention by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) to increase the level of an existing sectoral systemic risk buffer to address risks in the Austrian commercial real estate market. This measure would result in the sum of the other systemically important institutions (O-SII) buffer rate and the combined systemic risk buffer rate exceeding 5% for the targeted exposures of a subset of banks. The EBA does not object to it.

The European Commission has launched a call for expression of interest for the appointment of members to the Board of Appeal of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs).