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​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Annual Report that sets out the activities and achievements in 2022 and provides an overview of the key priorities for 2023. 

The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today the list of other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) in the EU, which, together with global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs), are identified as systemically important by the relevant authorities according to harmonised criteria laid down in the EBA Guidelines. This list is based on year-end-2022 data and includes the overall score calculated according to the EBA Guidelines and the capital buffer rate that the relevant authorities have set for the identified O-SIIs. The list is available also in a user-friendly visualisation tool.

The Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), in the appeal brought by Euroins Insurance Group AD against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), unanimously decided, on 8 June 2023, to dismiss the applications for suspension. The Board of Appeal concluded that the applications for interim measures of suspension must be dismissed as Euroins Insurance Group had failed to establish that the conditions, as per Article 10(1) and 10(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Appeal had been met. These conditions relate to urgency and impending serious and irreparable harm caused by the EIOPA Report published on 28 March 2023 and titled “EIOPA’s assessment of the valuation of technical provisions gross and net of reinsurance for the motor third party liability portfolio of Euroins Romania Asigurare-Reasigurare”.

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion following notification by the Estonian macroprudential authority, Eesti Pank, of its intention to extend for a second two-year period a measure originally introduced in 2019. The measure introduces a minimum risk weight for retail exposures secured by immovable property to obligors residing in Estonia and is aimed at safeguarding the resilience of banks against the systemic risks stemming from lending to residential real estate. Based on the evidence submitted, the EBA does not object to the two-year extension of the proposed measure.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the 2023 update of the list of closely correlated currencies, originally published in December 2013. The list is part of the implementing technical standards (ITS) that were drafted for calculating the capital requirements for foreign-exchange risk according to the standardised rules. The list was updated according to the procedure and methodology laid down in the ITS and submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.