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Recognition criteria for off-balance sheet items for exposure value calculation

If based on the applicable accounting framework (IFRS-EU) it is concluded that there is no contingent liability that should be disclosed for accounting purposes, is it then still possible that an off-balance sheet item exists, which should be recognised for exposure value calculation per Articles 111 CRR or 166 CRR?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4751
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Exposures towards QCCPs under CRR Art. 306 (2) under standardised method (C 07.00) - validation rules v0010_h, v0306_m, v0307_m, v0308_m and v0312_m

"Under Article 306 (2)of the CRR, where assets posted as collateral to a CCP or a clearing member are bankruptcy remote, should have Exposure Value (C 07.00, column {200}, rows {100}, {120}) of zero. Our understanding of the ITS on Supervisory Reporting is that the Original exposure pre conversion factors (C07.00, column {010}, rows {100}, {120}) of the transactions in question should hence also be zeroed out. The institution is currently reporting the Original exposure pre conversion factors as non-zero to avoid the blocking errors mentionned in the background, which is contrary to Article 306 (2) of the CRR. Could you please confirm if our understanding of the ITS is 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)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: 2019_4749
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 17/07/2020

Are Validation rules v6263_m & v6264_m correct?

"In taxonomy 2.8 validation rules v6263_m & v6264_m are introduced for template C03. Validation rule v6263_m expects that the Overall Capital Requirement is equal to the following calculation. The Combined Buffer Requirement of the C 04.00 template divided by the total REA on the C 02.00 template plus the Total SREP capital requirement ratio. Validation rule v6264_m expects that the Overall Capital Requirement: To be made up of CET1 capital, is equal to the following calculation. The Combined Buffer Requirement of the C 04.00 template divided by the total REA on the C 02.00 template plus the Total SREP capital requirement ratio: To be made up of CET1 capital. How can these validation rules apply when the percentage of the calculation can differ from the SREP percentage imposed by the ECB?"

  • 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: 2019_4746
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/09/2020

Criteria for rating transfer

Can “clear policies” referred to in paragraph 62 – such as recognising the relationship between a subsidiary and its consolidating parent or recognising any other form of control as defined in Article 4(1)(37) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 – which lack the features of a material contractual support – be considered as “appropriate guarantee", thereby supporting  the rating transfer?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2017/16 - Guidelines on PD estimation, LGD estimation and the treatment of defaulted exposures
  • ID: 2019_4745
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/12/2020

Validation rules v2815_m to v2823_m between FINREP and AE

Are validation rules v2815_m to v2823_m between FinRep and AssetEncumbrance plausible if an institution has to report significant portfolios as 'held for sale' in accordance with IFRS 5, in particular taking into account the intention of AssetEncumbrance?

  • 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: 2019_4744
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Asset Encumbrance
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 04/12/2020

Compliance with SCA in offline mode on an aircraft without internet connection

How can Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) be applied in an offline environment onboard an airplane when chip and pin cannot be verified with a Point of Sale (POS) device? Specifically, how is dynamic linking achieved in an offline mode for airlines who don't have internet connectivity but instead have a closed wireless network to be able to make purchases onboard an aircraft?

  • 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: 2019_4740
  • Topic: Strong customer authentication and common and secure communication (incl. access)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 06/12/2019

Interim profits attributable to minority shareholders

Is the prior permission of the competent authority needed at individual level of a subsidiary to include in the consolidated CET1 items the interim profits of that subsidiary attributable to minority shareholders?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4734
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/02/2022

Scrip-dividends at investors’ discretion

Can Article 2(10) of the Commission delegated regulation 241/2014 be applied in case the holder of the CET1 instruments has the option to decide whether to receive the dividends in cash or in shares?

  • 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: 2019_4732
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 04/09/2020

Quantification of foreseeable dividends when the dividend policy is set as a fix amount

Which amount should be deducted from interim/year-end profits pursuant to Article 26(2) CRR if a bank has a dividend policy stating that a certain specified amount (i.e. x.xx €) should be paid per share?

  • 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: 2019_4731
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 15/05/2020

Method to calculate RWAs in relation to a securitisation position where the underlying pool comprises specialized lending exposures

Which method according to Article 254 CRR is to be used to calculate RWAs in relation to a securitisation position which is backed by an IRB pool composed by specialized lending exposures?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4730
  • Topic: Securitisation and Covered Bonds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Primary Key combination provided in Annex II guidelines seems incorrect or incomplete for Template Z. 10.02

One CIS (c0010) can be supporting one service (c0040) and two or more critical functions (c0060) assuming entity code (0030) and country (0050) is same for . So in this case there will be more than one row for combination of c0010,c0030,c0040 & c0050 which is mentioned as primary key in Annex II. This will thrown up an error while formation of templates in DPM. Annotated table layout doesn't have c0050 and c0060 as part of primary key. So, Annex II guidelines and Annotated tables are not in sync when we refer primary keys. Even though for a minute, I assume c0040 (critical service identifier) in template 10.02 as unique, then it doesn't link back to Template Z 08.00 c0005 directly as c0005 is not a part of primary key combination in template 8.

  • 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: 2019_4729
  • Topic: BRRD Reporting
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

References for row 096 “Deferred Tax Assets subject to a risk weight of 250 %” of table c04.00 in Reg. 680/2014

Are the references included in the instructions for row 096 “Deferred Tax Assets subject to a risk weight of 250 %” of table c04.00 (Reg. 680/2014, as amended by Reg. 2018/1627) correct/ complete?

  • 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: 2019_4728
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 19/03/2021

Funding plan validation error v6223_m

Can a credit institution submit a funding plan with having an actual reverse repurchase agreement starting position and no projected positions in view of validation error v6223_m (template P01.03)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2014/04 - Guidelines on harmonised definitions and templates for funding plans of credit institutions - repealed by EBA/GL/2019/05
  • ID: 2019_4727
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Funding Plans
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 08/05/2020

Eligibility of mortgage mandates under Belgian law

Are mortgage mandates under Belgian law eligible as immovable property collateral? Is there a difference between the SA and IRB approach?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4721
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 13/11/2020

Partial Waiver of Article 6(1) CRR according to Article 7(3) CRR

Can a bank apply for a partial waiver of Article 6(1)  CRR as described in Article 7(3)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4720
  • Topic: Large exposures
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Moment of deduction for cooperative shares

In the case of a cooperative institution, should deductions from own funds with regard to a permission to reduce CET1 capital in accordance with Article 77(a) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) and Article 32 of the RTS on Own Funds be made right after the permission from the competent authority (CA) is granted (as laid down in Article 28 (2) of the RTW on Own Funds ) or could it be later for instance at the time when the institution receives the notification of the intention to redeem from the shareholder?

  • 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: 2019_4719
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Classification of “Undrawn term loans” under Article 23(1)(b) LCR DA

Where the drawdown of undrawn term loans is gradually disbursed in phases over a certain drawing window and where these drawdowns are contingent to predefined milestones whereby the credit institution has to evaluate whether the milestone is achieved, could these term loans be classified as ‘Undrawn loans and advances to wholesale customers’ according to Article 23(1)(b) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61?

  • 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: 2019_4717
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 01/04/2022

Prudential consolidation: definition of "undertaking" and "dominant influence"

For the purpose of the application of CRR Article 18(1) and CRR Article 18(8) could you clarify whether:- the term “undertaking” means necessarily “entity” having a legal personality;- the term “dominant influence” has to be understood in a broader sense than within the meaning of the Article 1(1) of the Directive 83/349/EEC;

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4716
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

Incorrect validation rules

Following validation rules are incorrect: v4764_m v4765_m v4766_m v4767_m v4768_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: 2019_4714
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 11/02/2022

AISPs and scope of application AML requirements

1. To what extend do AISPs need to comply with the obligations in relation to anti-money laundering and terrorist financing under Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament? 2. Is a requirement for AISPs on the basis of national law and national supervisory practices to submit to the competent supervisor a description of the internal control mechanisms with regard to AML regulations compliant with PSD2 and EBA’s Guidelines on Guidelines on authorisation and registration under PSD2?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2019_4712
  • Topic: Authorisation and registration
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 11/03/2022