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Supervisory Reporting requirements of branches in host countries

What supervisory reporting requirements apply for branches of credit institutions authorised in another member state or a third country in their host country? (for example a branch of a German bank in Austria).

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)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: 2013_484
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Other
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 27/06/2014

Methods for prudential consolidation

What is the meaning of the last sentence of Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)? Does it mean that the method of prudential consolidation (paragraphs 3 to 6 and 9) is not available for institutions that have to apply Part Six on the basis of their consolidated situation?When do institutions have to apply Part Six on the basis of their consolidated situation – is this only according to Article 11 of CRR or also in case of application for a liquidity sub-group according to Article 8 CRR?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_483
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 04/04/2014

Under the large exposure regime Article 390 (6)(e) of CRR provides an exemption for deduction of items according to article 36, 56 and 66. These deducted items must not be considered in the large exposure regime.

Is it correct that deducted equity exposures do not need to be reported in the solvency regime as well (=same procedure as in Large Exposure regime) or do they have to be reported in asset class “equity exposures” with a risk weight of 0%?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_482
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/09/2014

Cash Inflows from major index equity instruments

Article 425(2)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) states "Monies due from positions in major index equity instruments provided there is no double counting with liquid assets". Which cash flows are included in this definition? Is it referred to monies due from expected dividends?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_481
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:

Cash outflows on other liabilities

What are the general mandatory requirements for clearing, custody and cash management deposits for the beneficial run-off factors of 5%(with deposit insurance scheme) and 25%(without deposit insurance) respectively? How can it be proved that a client is compromised in its operational functioning upon withdrawal of funds within the 30 day horizon? Can you give us an example?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_480
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:

Stand By Credit Facilities as Liquid Assets

In Article 416(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 states: “Institutions shall report the following as liquid assets unless excluded by paragraph 2 and only if the liquid assets fulfil the conditions in paragraph 3: … e) standby credit facilities granted by central banks within the scope of monetary policy to the extent that these facilities are not collateralised by liquid assets and excluding emergency liquidity assistance;” Which real world examples exist for standby credit facilities, which are not collateralized by liquid assets, but at the same time fulfil the prerequisite of paragraph 3? Would the unused amount for potential ECB tender transactions which are not collateralised by liquid assets, as defined in the CRR, qualify for a standby credit facility?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_476
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:

Determination of clearing threshold of non-financial counterparties

Who decides if a non-financial counterparty exceeds a clearing threshold and therefore has to be included in the CVA calculation? Is this the responsibility of the counterparty? Is this only relevant for counterparties in third countries or also for counterparties in member states?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_472
  • Topic: Market risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/04/2014

Calculation of own funds requirements for CVA risk on a consolidated basis

How shall the own funds requirement for CVA risk be calculated for consolidated group of institutions?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_471
  • Topic: Market risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/02/2014

Equivalence of third country supervisory and regulatory arrangements to those applied in the Union

Who decides which third countries apply supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union? Unlike other articles in CRR (such as e.g. Article 114(7)), Article 212 does not explicitly empower the Commission to adopt, by way of implementing acts, and subject to the examination procedure referred to in Article 464.2, a decision as to whether a third country applies supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_470
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 10/02/2017

Equivalence of third country supervisory and regulatory arrangements to those applied in the Union

Who decides (after the transitional period, if applicable) which third countries apply supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union in case the Commission does not make use of its power to adopt, by way of implementing acts, and subject to the examination procedure referred to in Article 464(2), a decision as to whether a third country applies supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union?The same question occurs with regard to Articles 107(4), 115(4), 116(5), 132(3) and 142(2) CRR.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_469
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 10/02/2017

Reporting of derivatives

In the Asset Encumbrance template derivatives with a negative market value should be reported. Have the value of the derivatives be reported after netting?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2013_468
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Asset Encumbrance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014

0% Risk Weight Exposure Public Sector Entities

In reference to the requirement under ID 3.3.4 transferable securities with a 0% risk weight... representing claims on or claims guaranteed by non-central government public sector entities (Annex XII – Liquidity ration template). Under Chapter 2, Title II of Part Three, Exposures to public sector entities shall be assigned a risk weight as per Art. 116 or as per Art. 116(2) shall treat in accordance with Art. 120. In any case, none of this guidance indicates a 0% Risk Weigh for public sector entities.

  • 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: 2013_466
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014

Standardised Method

If the derivative exposure is guaranteed, can the weight be determined based on guarantor’s rating instead of counterparty’s rating, i.e. do we use the counterparty’s credit rating or the guarantor’s rating?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_464
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 16/05/2014

Non material losses

The definition of what is a non-material loss is not defined within Article 472 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR); is it possible to clarify what ‘material’ / 'non-material' is? Can you advise how- if applicable- such non-material losses are treated?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_448
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Original Exposure pre-conversion Factors

The draft ITS on Supervisory reporting state that the Exposure value (for on-balance sheet exposures) equals to the exposure value without taking into account value adjustments and provisions, conversion factors and the effect of credit risk mitigation techniques. However, article 111(1) states that "The exposure value of an asset item shall be its accounting value remaining after specific credit risk adjustments". Additionally, the accounting value of an exposure is net of certain value adjustments e.g. non-recoverable income, etc. If for example, we have a customer loan with the following data: A. Balance: 100 B. Non-recoverable income -10 (usually from non-accrual status) C. Gross Accounting value (A+B) 90 D. Provisions -20 E. Net Exposure (C+D) 70 What is the Original Exposure pre-conversion Factors, A or C?

  • 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: 2013_446
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014

Contradiction between CRR and Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Off-balance items

Following the CRR annex I we should report off-balance: (b) credit derivatives;(c) acceptances;(d) endorsements on bills not bearing the name of another institution;(e) transactions with recourse (e.g. factoring, invoice discount facilities);(g) assets purchased under outright forward purchase agreements;(j) asset sale and repurchase agreements as referred to in Article 12(3) and (5) of Directive 86/635/EEC; Following the Draft ITS on Supervisory Reportingparagraph 60 these items should never be reported off-balance

  • 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: 2013_442
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014

Reporting LE in accordance with Art 392, 20 largest exposures according to last sentence of Art 394(1), 10 largest exposures to institutions and 10 largest to UFE according to Art 394(2)

Do we have to report 4 separate lists? i.e. List 1: LE1, LE2 and LE3 for large exposures defined in accordance with Art 392 (ref. Art 394(1)), including LE exempted from the application of Art 395(1) List 2: LE1, LE2 and LE3 for 20 largest exposures according to the last senctence of Art 394(1), excluding those exempted from the application of Art 395(1) List 3: LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4 and LE5 for 10 largest exposures to institutions according to Art 394(2), including LE exempted from the application of Art 395(1) List 4: LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4 and LE5 for 10 largest exposures to unregulated financial entities according to Art 394(2), including LE exempted from Art 395(1) In which case a particular group of connected clients may show up in several lists (e.g. group XXX shows up in list 1 and in list 2) OR do we have to provide one instance of LE1, LE2, L3, LE4, LE5 such that a particular group of connected clients shows up only once in LE1, LE2 etc.?

  • 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: 2013_441
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Large Exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014

Reporting of liquid assets as per annex III CRR

In the C51.00 liquid assets template, should columns 030 and 040 be greyed out for rows 340 to 360 and columns 010 and 020 be greyed out for rows 370 to 390?

  • 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: 2013_439
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2014