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Partial and full write-off reporting in COREP

From the paragraph 49 of Part 2 of Annex V of the Draft ITS on Supervisory reporting and the answer to the question 2013_202 it is clear, that accumulated written-off amounts shall be reported in F 07.00 until the total extinguishment of all the institution's rights (by expiry of the statute-of-limitations period, forgiveness or other causes) or until recovery. Does the same principle hold for the COREP tables C09.01 (columns 060, 070)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1076
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021

Eligible collateral for the purpose of credit risk mitigation

Are American Depository Receipt (ADR) and Global Depository Receipt (GDR) considered as equity for the purpose of credit risk mitigation?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1073
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 25/07/2014

Treatment as own funds under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)

Confirmation is sought that instruments that initially qualified for transitional treatment in a higher own funds category according to CRR transition rules in Articles 484ff, but for which documentation had to be altered to a lower own funds category as instructed by a court ruling following a litigation, are to be reported as fully compliant with that lower own funds category. More background information on the instruments will be made available directly to EBA.

  • 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: 2014_1071
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/06/2014

Reporting of loans collateralised by real estate

Should the loans reported in C 60.00, rows 1260 and 1270 be reported in full regardless of the value of the real estate collateral, or only up to the value of the collateral?

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)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_1070
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021

Validations

The validation rule v2863_m {F 32.04.a, r140,c010} <= {F 09.02, r080,c010} is incorrect as per the background on this question. Please can the rule be deleted.

  • 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_1066
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Asset Encumbrance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 02/10/2015

FINREP - F 09.02 Loan commitments, financial guarantees and other commitments received

FINREP Template F 09.02 - Financial guarantees received. In the position 'Financial guarantees received' items that meet the definition according to article 58 of Annex V of the ITS on Supervisory reporting should be reported. In this context, in case the bank has a surety contract, which is a legally binding agreement that the signee will accept responsibility for another individual's contractual obligations (usually the payment of the loan contractual obligations if the principal borrower falls behind or defaults), should it be reported in the position 'Financial guarantees received' or in the position 'Other Commitments received'? Also in case of several surety contracts related to one loan obligation that aren't prioritized and have equal legal force which allocation principles should be applied according to article 63 of Annex V of the ITS on Supervisory reporting.

  • 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_1065
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/10/2016

Inclusion of partial write-offs in credit risk adjustments

Are partial write-offs of loans in the banking book, accounted at amortised cost, to be included in the determination of specific and general credit risk adjustments set out in Article 110(4).

  • 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: 2014_1064
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/12/2014

Retail Depoists - EUR1 million limit

With reference to the definition of "Retail Deposits", does the EUR1 million limit apply to 'natural persons'? Or does it solely apply to SMEs and companies eligible for the treatments set out in Article 153(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1062
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 24/10/2014

Concentration risk - type of counterparty

We understand that the purpose of column 70 in table C27 is to identify institutions/unregulated financial sector entities We understand (EBA 2013-395) that if the parent co of a group of connected clients qualifies as institution (or unregulated financial sector entity), all the clients of the family should be reported be institutions or not, be unregulated financial sector entity or not. --> should all the clients of a group of connected being institutions bear the same type of counterparty in C27 column 70? --> should we fill in the type of conterparty only when the group of connected client institutions/unregulated financial institutions is part of the 10 largest exposures on institutions and/or unregulated financial sector entities

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1058
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Large Exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 30/10/2015

Confusion between instruction and validation for Other Demand Deposits Assets in F 01.01

Annex V Part 2 para 1 point 3 states that template F 01.01 (Assets), row 040 shall ‘INCLUDE’ other demand deposits at credit institutions. There is a validation between this cell and template F 05.01 – Breakdown of Loan and advances by product – row 010, column 030 which is ‘On demand [call] and short notice [current account] EXCLUSIVELY at credit Institutions. If the validation is correct, that means row 040 in template F 01.01 must ONLY contain other demand deposits at credit Institutions. If that is the case, where should other demand deposits at counterparties other than credit institutions be shown?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1057
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/09/2020

Definition of independent valuer referred to in Article 229(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)

1. What is a definition of independent valuer referred to in Article 229(1)? 2. Whether the definition of independent valuer referred to in Article 229(1) is specified in Article 208(3)(b)? 3. Whether independent valuer is defined as a person who possesses the necessary qualifications, ability and experience to execute a valuation and who is independent from the credit decision process? 4. Whether the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) imposes additional obligations than those indicated in Article 208(3)(b) on a person who execute valuation as independent valuer? 5. Whether an independent valuer referred to in Article 229(1) may be an employee of the bank? 6. Whether CRR excludes the possibility of valuing the property for the purposes of Article 229(1) by employees of the bank?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1056
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 03/10/2014

Off-Balance Sheet Exposures in Templates 18 and 19 with respect to Q&A 2013_214

What are the reporting requirements for FINREP table 18 column, column 210, rows 330 – 550 and table 19 column 180, row 340?

  • 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_1055
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 25/06/2021

Other Inflows

Can the proceeds from the debt instruments issue completed by the SPV of the bank qualify for reporting as Other inflows (Annex XII, C 53.00, r 980, EBA ITS) 30 days in advance of the issue date, if the Deposit Agreement of transferring the deposit to the ownership of the bank on the issue date is signed earlier?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1051
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

SME supporting factor

Can you please confirm whether the SME supporting factor can be applied to derivative exposure and Repo exposure?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1050
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 02/10/2015

Country of transaction, scope of disclosures and intragroup transactions

It is expected that transactions will be attributed to the country of the unit of the group that is party to the transaction. How should intra-group cross-border transactions and consolidation adjustments be treated? How should the impact of associates and joint ventures on the reported figures be dealt with?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1045
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/12/2014

Location of disclosures and audit consequences

Should or could the country-by-country reporting requirements be included in the notes to the financial statements, which represent an inherent part of these statements, or does the requirement ask to design a new separate annex to the financial statements?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1044
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/12/2014

Definitions of reportable items

The disclosure requirements use terms which need to be defined to ensure consistency of disclosures provided by institutions and audited by their auditors. In this context we seek clarification concerning tax as referred to in Article 89(1)(d) and (e) of Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD). Does it contain only current tax expense or also deferred tax? If deferred tax is included, does it comprise only the profit or loss element, or also changes in deferred tax recognised in other comprehensive income? Alternatively, should it include only the tax cash-flows made in the relevant period?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2014_1043
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/12/2014

Currency in which the information that the institutions report to the competent authorities of the home member State must be submitted, according to art. 415, par.2. (Templates: C.51.00.w, C.51.00.x, C.52.00.w, C.52.00.x, C.52.00.y, C.52.00.z, C.53.00.w, C.53.00.x, C.53.00.y, C.54.00.a, C54.00.w)

In order to ensure uniform reporting among all entities of LCR and NSFR templates, the following question has arisen: which is the currency in which the information dealing with the significant currencies must be reported according to article 415.2?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1042
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/05/2015

Reporting RMBS issued by SSPEs in C51.

Can the EBA confirm that our understanding is that RMBS that according to Basel III are classified as Level 2B assets and are CB eligble should be reported in C51. ID 1.11.1?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 1030/2014 - ITS on disclosure of values used to identify global systemically important institutions (as amended)
  • ID: 2014_1041
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 05/03/2021

Treatment of Cash collateral

How does cash collateral be treated as this creates a financial asset when cash collateral has been given for initial margin or adverse margin. Does this form part of the other assets section of the return, or is it excluded? If it is to be included, should it be unencumbered?

  • 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_1039
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Asset Encumbrance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 16/01/2015