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Definition of 'explicit guarantee arrangements' for the purpose of classification of non-commercial undertakings as public sector entities

What conditions should be met by a given agreement in order to qualify as an 'explicit guarantee arrangement'?Shall the ‘explicit guarantee arrangements’ for the purpose of definition of public sector entities also be ‘guarantees’ eligible as unfunded credit protection or not?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3694
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Validation rule v_1044_m (FINREP template 16.3 IFRS9)

The validation rule v1044_m requires that for template F 16.03 the following condition is fulfilled: {r090} = sum(r010-080).However, in taxonomy v2.7 template F 16.03 has been amended: row 015 (of which: Economic hedges with use of the fair value option) has been added. Is the validation rule v1044_m still valid?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3692
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Reporting reference dates for template C 33.00

Could you please confirm what the first reporting reference date for the sovereign exposures template (C 33.00) for institutionsi. who report on a calendar year basis (i.e. accounting reference date 31 Dec)ii. whose accounting reference date deviates from the calendar year (say 31 March) and are permitted to apply Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) No 680/2014is?

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)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: 2018_3691
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

ALMM - C 70.00 : Reporting on holidays and weekends of internationally active credit institutions with subsidiaries in different countries in ‘Roll-over of funding' template

How should (banking) holidays and weekends be reflected in C 70.00 (zeros, empty lines or constant volumes)? How should an internationally active credit institution with subsidiaries in different countries reflect holidays in different countries and working days in the weekend? Is there a different approach to be taken for non-maturity funding versus term funding in light of weekends and (banking) holidays?

  • 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: 2018_3689
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 13/12/2019

Annexes I & II, C 18.00, validation rules v4850_m and v4851_m.

Is there an error in the validation rules v4850_m and v4851_m applicable to template C 18.00? 

  • 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: 2018_3682
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/05/2018

Committed liquidity facilities to a special purpose vehicle (SPV)

Figure 4.1.2 of ANNEX XIII clearly refers to Article 31 or Regulation (EU) 2015/61, which is the regulatory basis of the LCR. According to Article 31 committed liquidity facilities to SPVs which have a maturity date above 30 days are not considered within the Outflows. Therefore we would not consider these cash flows in row 1130. Row 1090 has no reference to Art. 31 of the LCR and it states the requirement '[...] the maximum amount that can be drawn in a given time period'. Is it correct to show above mentioned cash flows only in row 1090?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3681
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 13/12/2019

Validation rule v5053_m in DPM 2.7.0.1

For all rows in template F12.01a the validation v5053_m states: {c100} = sum(c010-090). Is it correct that including row 350 (of which: non-performing) is an error in validation v5053_m?

  • 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: 2018_3680
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Impact of a profit and loss transfer agreement under German company law on the eligibility of CET1 instruments for subsidiaries having full discretion on contributing common equity tier 1 capital as defined in Article 26 of the CRR

According to Q&A 408, an agreement an institution has entered into with its 100% parent entity, pursuant to which the institution must transfer its profit for the period to the parent entity (and the parent entity must cover any losses) constitutes an obligation to distribute (mandatory distribution), which is not permitted under Article 28(1)(h)(v) of the CRR. Is the case different where the institution is free to decide to set aside reserves from profits generated, according to its own commercial judgement or discretion, hence avoiding a profit transfer?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3675
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:

Taxonomy 2.7.0.1 Validation Rules on FINREP 12.01

According to rule v5054_m, the total of the stage one allowance is limited to the provision for expected losses on household exposures only. Should this rule be superseded by v5554_h? Using the former rule will understate the true amount of the allowance.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 - RTS for Own Funds requirements for institutions
  • ID: 2018_3673
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Template CRGB sheet 01 and 02

In Regulation (EU) 2017/2114 amending Regulation (EU) No 680/2014, in Annex II paragraph 3.4, no sheet ‘Total’ is described for CRGB1 and CRGB 2. Only in paragraph 3.4.4.1 a sheet Total is described for CRGB 04.But a release note on taxonomy 2.7 seems to say that a total sheet is now mandatory for CRGB1 and 2. Is it true?There are 63 validation rules between templates C 09.01 and C 07.00 which have an expression similar to this ‘sum({C 09.01.a, r010, c010, (sNNN)}) = {C 07.00.a,  r010,  c010,  s002}’.Additionally, there are 76 new validation rules of type eQuivalence which have an expression similar to this ‘{C 09.01.a,  r010,  c010,  [CEG=eba_GA:x1]} = {C 07.00.a,  r010,  c010,  s002}’.There are also 39 validation rules between templates C 09.02 and C 08.01 which have an expression similar to this ‘sum({C 09.02, r130, c010, (sNNN)}) = {C 08.01.a, r010, c020, s017}’.Which of these rules and how shall these rules be applied successfully?

  • 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: 2018_3672
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Discrepancies between annotated table layout and EBA validation rules (e.g. v5351_m)

1) Are the columns 011, 012, 022 and 025 of template F 20.04 in the annotated table layout (FN1) not intended to be subsets of column 010, meaning that a limitation on ‘other than held for sale’ in column 010 would indicate the same limitation for the ’of-which’ columns?2) If there is a limitation on ’other than held for sale’ in template F 20.04, column 010, does this limitation not contradict the above mentioned validation rule v5351_m, if the same limitation is not indicated in template F 06.01? The same problem occurs for validation rules v5350_m, v5353_m, v5725_m, v6054_m, v6055_m, v6056_m, v6057_m, v6058_m and v6059_m (FN2).Foot notes:FN 1: DPM table layout and data point categorisation updated 27 April 2017FN 2: Validation rules updated 08 December 2017 

  • 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: 2018_3670
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/10/2018

Inconsistency between CRR article 379 and validation rule V4894 (C 07.00)

Where should the free delivery exposures meeting the eligibility as per Article 379 CRR, table 2, column 4 (i.e. getting a 1250% risk weight) be reported in template C 07.00? 

  • 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: 2018_3669
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Large exposures - treatment of connected clients principle on exposures to other group entities outside prudential scope of consolidation

What treatment is envisaged in the context of connected clients for multiple exposures to multiple entities that are part of the same economic group, but are not included in the scope of prudential consolidation? Are these considered to be an exposure to the same (connected) client?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3665
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/12/2018

IFRS 9 transitional provisions – Calculation of the increased amount of risk-weighted assets (RWA) in the standardised approach

Should the RWA correction (also with regard to the presentation in the Corep template 5.1) according the details in the background be calculated as follows: total amount of provisions multiplied by the scaling factor and then finally weighted by the risk weightings for each of the exposures for which these provisions were calculated? ***Muß nun die RWA-Korrektur (auch in Hinblick auf die Darstellung im Corep Template 5.1.) wie folgt berechnet werden: Gesamtbetrag der Risikovorsorgen multipliziert um den Faktor und schlussendlich versehen mit den jeweiligen finalen Risikogewichten jener Exposures, für die diese Risikovorsorgen gebildet wurden?  

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3664
  • Topic: Accounting and auditing
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 25/05/2018

CRR's definition of an investment firm

Article 4(1)(2)(c) CRR contains three conditions for an investment firm, as defined by MiFiD I, to be excluded from the CRR definition of an investment firm. What is the difference between the first and the third condition set in this article?Under what circumstances can you have an investment firm that is permitted to hold money or securities belonging to its clients that has not been authorised to provide safekeeping and administration of financial instruments for the account of its clients?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3663
  • Topic: Other topics
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 13/12/2019

Classification of direct reductions in the accounting value as credit risk adjustments

For the calculation of the exposure value in accordance to Article 166(1) CRR, shall the accounting value of credit exposures on the banking book (measured at FVTPL in accordance with IFRS 9) be increased by the amount of fair value adjustments?For the purposes of the treatment of expected loss amounts in accordance to Article 159 CRR, shall the credit risk related adjustments embedded in the fair value of the banking book exposures be considered as credit risk adjustments or other own funds reductions related to these exposures? How does this interact with the calculation of exposure value in accordance with Article 166(1) CRR?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 183/2014 - RTS for the calculation of specific and general credit risk adjustments
  • ID: 2018_3662
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Validointisääntö v4821_m, C 08.02 (Validation rule v4821_m, C 08.02)

Original questionMistä sääntelystä tai asetuksesta nousee ylärajoite LGD-osuudelle (omia LGD-estimaatteja käytettäessä)? Mitä arvoja sarakkeessa 230 tulisi raportoida lomakkeella C 08.02 tilanteessa, jossa vastapuoliluokan painotettu keskimääräinen LGD > 100 %?Translated questionWhat rules or regulations raise the upper limits of the LGD amount (when using own LGD estimates)? What values in column 230 should be reported in template C 08.02, when the weighted average LGD of the obligor grade is > 100%?

  • 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: 2018_3661
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/04/2018

Highly reliable prearranged funding arrangements

Problem Article 59 (4) EBA-RTS and Article 38 (6) (b) EBA RTS do not specify if these arrangements require committed agreements in place, or if uncommitted facilities such as Global Master Repurchase Agreements (GMRAs) or access to CCP repo trading are sufficient. According to our knowledge there is also no definition of “prearranged arrangements” in the relevant European Banking legislation (particularly not in the CRD IV/CRR). Furthermore there is ample evidence that repo arrangements against high quality securities have proven highly reliable and liquid throughout the financial crisis. In addition, repo transactions through a centralised order book and CCP cleared (such as for example the Eurex Repo GC Pooling services), have also proven to be a preferred market option in particular in times of market stress.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR) - only RTS 2017/390
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2017/390 - RTS on prudential requirements of CSDs (CSDR-related)
  • ID: 2018_3659
  • Topic: Market infrastructures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Minority Interests and guidance on additional own funds (P2G)

Should the guidance on additional own funds be taken into account in the quantification of the minority interests of a subsidiary that is included in an institution`s consolidated CET1 capital according to Article 84(1) CRR?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2018_3658
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 12/03/2021