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Basis of reporting value - C 04.00 row 840 - Own funds based on Fixed Overheads

Please clarify the basis for reporting this number should it be on the basis of a risk weighted exposure or an own funds requirement.exposure at 8%

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1574
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 30/04/2021

Interaction of Article 227 of the CRR (0% volatility adjustment under FCCM) and Article 401(3) (stress test of realisable value of collateral)

Our question concerns the application of Article 227 of the CRR (0% volatility adjustment under FCCM) and the interaction with the collateral stress test described in Article 401(3). The latter requires collateral values to be stressed, and the impact on Article 395(1) to be determined. It follows that the own funds requirement for large exposures in the trading book (calculated under Article 397 of the CRR) is adjusted upwards to take account of the stressed collateral values. Where the criteria set out in Article 227 of the CRR are met and 0% volatility adjustment is applied to repo/reverse repo transactions, is this exposure value taken as the base case for comparison with the stressed collateral impact calculated under Article 401(3)? Or are these two articles to be read in the reverse order, such that 0% volatility haircuts per Article 227 are also applied in the collateral stress test (Article 401(3))?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1573
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:

Reporting of template C017.00

According to ITS Annex II, Part 2, paragraph 119. C017.00 The template C017.00 summarises the information by an institution in the last year. According to EBA final Q&A 2013 285: The reporting of C 17.00 (OPR Details) shall be based on the calendar year. The figures reported in June of the respective year are interim figures, the final figures are reported in December. But it is still not clear whether data is expected on the relevant calendar year (as current year) or on the last calendar year (as previous year): 1) data as of June 30, 2015 is about gross losses relevant to last calendar Year 2014 (the whole year) or about gross losses relevant to current calendar Year 2015 (1. half-year)? 2) data as of December 31, 2015 is about gross losses relevant to last calendar Year 2014 or about gross losses relevant to current calendar Year 2015?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1571
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/09/2016

AE: F3201, F3202, F3203 - Discrepancy between taxonomy and ITS

In ITS , some cells are shaded according to whether it’s a consolidated or individual template. Now, in the DPM as in taxonomy, these conso/individual characteristics do not seem to be taken into account. The remark concerns the following columns: F3201 : C020 and C070 F3202 : C020 and C050 F3203 : C020

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1569
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 04/06/2021

Definition of the term „applicable amount“ with regard to the determination of the deductions from common Equity Tier 1 items of holdings by the institution of instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities in Article 36(1)(i)) CRR

What is the relevant definition of the „applicable amount” in Article 36(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with regard to the determination of the deductions of holdings by the institution of the Common Equity Tier 1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities and for those entities the institution used the equity method under Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 on a consolidated basis?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1568
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Risk-weighting of Pension Assets

Article 36 of the CRR requires that defined benefit pension fund surpluses be deducted from CET1 - unless the bank has unrestricted access to the surplus and has obtained permission from the competent authority, as Article 41 sets out further. Any such accessible surplus then needs to be risk-weighted for credit risk in accordance with Part Three of the CRR. However the CRR is silent on the risk weighting assets for total pension assets. Should pension funds in total, or just the accessible surplus, be risk weighted?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1567
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 17/07/2015

Reporting of % values in LE reports

What is the correct reporting value of % in LE templates?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1564
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Large Exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 07/04/2017

Reporting of Counterparties on LE2 and LE3 Templates - connected counterparties

Where there exists a group of connected counterparties (i.e. a Parent company and its subsidiary) and the reporting institution has an exposure to the subsidiary but not the parent, can you please clarify whether the code reported on the LE2 template should be that of the parent company or that of the subsidiary. Additionally, where there exists a group of connected counterparties, but the reporting institution only has exposures to one member of the group, should this exposure be detailed on the LE3 template thereby linking the exposure to the parent entity?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1562
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Large Exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 10/07/2015

Identification of encumbered assets when using collateral pools

Are institutions allowed to report the least liquid assets as encumbered first when a pool of assets of the institution is used as collateral for a liability?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1558
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Asset Encumbrance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 04/06/2021

Activities subject to mutual recognition

What trading activities of credit institutions listed in Annex I of the CRD IV which are subject to mutual recognition, do gold, precious metals and other commodities trading activities of credit institutions, other than trading with derivative instruments on gold, precious metals and other commodities as underlying, belong to?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1552
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Validation error in CA4 (v3688_s)

A validation in CA4 (v3688_s) prevents completion of rows 240, 270 and 291, therefore how should a short synthetic position be reported to offset a direct long position?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1546
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/09/2016

Calculation of volatility adjustments where liquidation period not given in CRR tables

Where there is a situation where a volatility adjustment is required that does not have a liquidation period given in the tables under Article 224 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), how should the volatility adjustment be calculated - by use of the formula per Article 225, using the values from one of the liquidation periods in the tables in Article 224 as a basis to calculate other values? This situation can occur due to the requirements of Article 285 of the CRR.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1545
  • Topic: Market risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 28/11/2014

Calculation and Application of incurred CVA per Article 273(6)

We would like to clarify how the incurred Credit Valuation Adjustments (CVA) per Article 273(6) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) should be applied to the COREP templates. In particular:1. Should the CVA per Article 273 CRR be included in the calculation of Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) Exposures? We believe it should be.2. If the CVA is applied to CCR exposures how should it be applied, before or after any Credit Risk Mitigation (CRM)?3. In the calculation of the CVA charge per Article 381 CRR (Meaning of credit valuation adjustment), which exposure should be used in the formula (Article 383 CRR Advanced Method):(a) E* the fully adjusted exposure value (per Article 220 CRR) including an adjustment due to the incurred CVA; or(b) E* the fully adjusted exposure value, but without the incurred CVA?4. In COREP template C 07.00 where should be apply the CVA per Article 273 CRR, column 010, 030 or somewhere else?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1544
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/12/2016

Number of counterparties in template CVA

The guidance for template C25.00 (CVA) states that "Number of counterparties included in calculation of own funds for CVA risk. Counterparties are a subset of obligors. They only exist in case of derivatives transactions or SFTs where they are simply the other contracting party." This requirement could be interpreted in a number of ways e.g. Option A: using the ultimate parent undertaking Option B: at subsidiary level Option B would report more counterparties than Option A i.e. where there are CVA exposures to two subsidiaries with the same ultimate parent, option A would disclose 1 counterparty; option B would disclose 2 counterparties

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1542
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 10/06/2016

Obligors for total exposures in template CR IRB 1

Should r010, c300 of template C 08.01 be additive for number of obligors e.g. a retail Customer has 3 exposures in different obligor grades, 2 are On Balance sheet and 1 is Off Balance sheet. In template C 08.02 this would be disclosed as 3 obligors given that they are included within 3 different grades. In templates C 08.01 should this customer then be disclosed as 3 obligors in r010, c300 or 1 obligor?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1540
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 03/02/2017

Validation v1740_m

In FINREP template 8.1 "Breakdown of financial liabilities" (EBA/ITS/2014/05 as of 30/07/2014) hedge accounting derivatives are not included in validation v1740_m, although they qualify as financial liabilities in terms of IAS 39.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1539
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/09/2016

Reporting the insurance products under the item 150 of the template F 22.02 - Assets involved in the services provided

What value should be reported for the insurance products under the item 150 of the template F 22.02: the insurance premium, the banking fee or the insured amount?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1537
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 25/06/2021

Reporting the unit – linked insurance products (insurance products with investment component) under the items related to the customer resources distributed but not managed in the template F 22.02 - Assets involved in the services provided

a) Where should be reported the unit – linked insurance products: under the item 140 “Collective investment” or under the item 150 “Insurance products” of the template F 22.02? b) If reported under the item 140 “Collective investment”, should the reported value be the entire amount subscribed by the clients or only the amount further invested in an investment fund (i.e. less the insurance component)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1536
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021

Reporting the customer resources distributed but not managed under the item 130 of the template F 22.02 - Assets involved in the services provided

a) What value should be reported under the item 130 of the template F 22.02: the value of the resources distributed in the reporting period or the balance of such resources at the reporting reference date? b) Should the reported value be the gross amount invested by the clients (including the credit institution distribution fee) or the net amount (less the distribution fee)? c) Should the information related to money transfer services be also reported under the item 130 of the template F 22.02?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1535
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021

Reporting the central administrative services for collective investment under the item 100 of the template F 22.02 - Assets involved in the services provided

Taking into consideration that these services may not always be related to a certain asset (e.g. services of compiling the accounting documents, services of preparing the financial reports), what value should be reported under the item 100 of the template F 22.02?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2014_1533
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021