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Prudential filter on unrealised gains and losses on governmental exposures and interaction with the IFRS 9 transitional arrangements

What amount of unrealised gains/losses under the “a” of Article 468 needs to be considered to be filtered by factor f for a sovereign exposure measured at FVOCI?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5346
  • Topic: Accounting and auditing
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 07/05/2021

"Unexpected outflow" in the context of applying large exposure exemptions granted in Article 390(6)(c) CRR

Are the exposures created between service providers, which are caused by clients signing up to new products outside of business hours, an “unexpected outflow” in the context of applying the exemptions granted in Article 390(6)(c) of the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/876 (CRR2)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5342
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/06/2023

Interpreting the definitions of "client activity" and "unexpected" in modern financial services market in the context of CRR

Are “top ups” a “client activity” as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (herein ‘CRR')? How “unexpected” should they be interpreted in the modern payments environment?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5341
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 24/09/2021

Validation Rule on C 09.02 Template - V4787

Is validation rule v4787 correct?

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)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: 2020_5338
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/03/2021

PD-/PD+ for RWA-/RWA+

Are PD-/PD+ calculated separately for each of the (sub)portfolios listed in Annex 4, or are the PD-/PD+ values obtained for a client/exposure to be used consistently and unchanged for all (sub)portfolios?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 - ITS on Supervisory Reporting (for benchmarking the internal approaches) (as amended)
  • ID: 2020_5339
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Supervisory Benchmarking
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 27/11/2020

Applicability of the Guidelines of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors on Article 106(2)(c) and (d) of Directive 2006/48/EC (CRD)

Are the implementation guidelines on Article 106(2)(c) and (d) of Directive 2006/48/EC (CRD) of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors applicable for interpreting Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/876?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5340
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 17/12/2021

SME supporting factor for exposures collateralised by residential property

How should the SME supporting factor be calculated for exposures to SME where the total amount owed to the institution is collateralised by residential property?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5337
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 20/06/2022

How to use bank guarantees instead of PII

Is it acceptable to use third party (other than credit institutions) commitments that are covered by a guarantee from a credit institution as a comparable guarantee instead of professional indemnity insurance (PII)?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2017/08 - Guidelines on the criteria on how to stipulate the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance
  • ID: 2020_5335
  • Topic: Monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 09/04/2021

RWA formula for defaulted exposures where institutions use own estimates of LGDs

At which level should the flooring in the RWA formula for defaulted exposures (Articles 153(1)(ii) and 154(1)(i) of CRR2) be applied?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5331
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 30/07/2021

Alternative strong customer authentication for citizens without mobile

Why does the PSD2 allow banks to deny the access to the electronic financial services to customers without a mobile but with a PC?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/389 - RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication
  • ID: 2020_5325
  • Topic: Strong customer authentication and common and secure communication (incl. access)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 17/12/2021

Other retail deposits subject to higher outflow rates: treatment of joint accounts

According to Article 25(2) (a) of Delegated Act 2015/61 “Retail deposits with total deposits balance, including all the client’s deposit accounts at that credit institution or group, exceeding € 500.000” are subject to higher outflows. How should this threshold be tested in case of joint accounts?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 - DR with regard to liquidity coverage requirement
  • ID: 2020_5322
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 30/09/2022

Risk weight for new asset class of non-preferred senior debt

What risk weight should be applied to non-preferred senior (NPS) debt, under the standardised approach for credit risk?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5312
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 29/04/2022

Definition of a financial institution as regards the application of the Delegated Regulation

Is an institution, that is a subsidiary of a holding company which, in turn, owns several financial subsidiaries, not considered as a group for the purposes of the Delegated Regulation, since their parent company does not fall within the definition of a financial entity set out in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD)?

  • Legal act: Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2019/758 – RTS on implementation of group wide AML/CFT policies in third countries
  • ID: 2020_5310
  • Topic: Third country policy
  • Date of submission:

Reporting of International Organizations not treated as sovereign in template C43

Should exposures to International Organizations not treated as sovereign be included in Row 160 of template C43?

  • 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: 2020_5309
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/03/2021

Fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedge of interest rate risk in Prudent Valuation

How should fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedge of interest rate risk be reported in the context of Prudent Valuation in COREP C 32.01?

  • 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: 2020_5303
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/03/2021

Failed XBRL rule v5713_s: [F 46.00 (r100;110;140, c010;020)] {F 46.00} <= 0

Can we keep our reporting for 2019 as it is and will row 130, column 20 be opened for this purpose? We think that this is correct presentation.

  • 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: 2020_5301
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/03/2021

Original maturity for off-balance sheet items

How is the „original maturity” identified for items in CRR Annex 1 (2)(b)(ii)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5297
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/02/2022

Risk weight for the credit risk of third countries with supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union according to Article 114(7) CRR

If an institution has an exposure to a third country which has supervisory and regulatory arrangements at least equivalent to those applied in the Union (such as Turkey) but do not have fully corresponding liabilities denominated in that currency to cover the entire exposure, what risk weight for the credit risk should assigned to the exposure of this country?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2020_5294
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 24/09/2021

Recognition of deducted items in calculation of own funds requirements for market risk

Are positions in own capital instruments - held for market making purposes and which have been deducted from own funds in accordance with Article 78 CRR in conjunction with Article 28(2) of Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 - still to be considered in the calculation of market risk requirements?

  • 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: 2020_5292
  • Topic: Market risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 15/07/2022

Z 08.00 - Critical Services

What is the procedure that should be followed when the type of service is not in the predefined list available for selection, as one cannot add a new type?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/1624 - ITS on the provision of information for resolution plans
  • ID: 2020_5293
  • Topic: BRRD Reporting
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/03/2023