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C 07.00, validation e4894_n (validations for v2.6)

This validation rule indicates that for exposure class ‘Institutions’ rows 140 to 170 and 190 to 280 of C 07.00 for columns 010 to 040 and 150 to 240 should be empty. Where should the following exposures to institutions be reported?According to Article 113 (6) CRR an institution may have exposures which are assigned a RW of 0%, (row 140).According to Articles 306 (1) and 305 (6) CRR, CCPs exposures reported in ‘Institutions’ would take a RW either of 2% or 4% respectively (rows 150 and 160)According to Articles 119 to 121 CRR, an institution may have exposures to an institution which are assigned a RW of 50%, 100% or 150% (rows 200, 230 and 240)

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)

Rollover of Funding (C 70.00): Treatment of maturing deposits being renewed at a different tenor

When the initial tenor of the maturing deposit is different from the rolled over deposit, will the maturing deposit be reported in a different initial tenor section compared to the rolled over deposit?For example, if a deposit is maturing which had an initial tenor of 2 months but when rolled over it has an initial tenor of 9 months, where will the maturing amounts be shown and where the rolled over amount? Do they have to be in the same initial tenor section?

  • 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Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)

Validation Rule v3748_s partly incorrect

According to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1702 of 18 August 2016 column 430 of Template ‘C 13.00 — CREDIT RISK – SECURITISATIONS (CR SEC IRB)’ has to be reported with negative values.Description: ‘ADJUSTMENT TO THE RISK-WEIGHTED EXPOSURE AMOUNT DUE TO MATURITY MISMATCHES: For maturity mismatches in synthetic securitisations RW*-RW(SP), as defined in Article 250 of CRR, shall be included, except in the case of tranches subject to a risk weighting of 1 250 % where the amount to be reported is zero. Note that RW(SP) not only includes the risk weighted exposure amounts reported under column 400 but also the risk weighted exposure amounts corresponding to exposures redistributed via outflows to other templates. Negative values shall be reported in this column.’Therefore column 430 should be excluded from validation Rule v3748_s.

  • 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)

F 05.00, row 010, column 030 - On demand [call] and short notice [current account] for Central Banks

For template F 05.00 relating to the breakdown of loans and advances by product, Annex V, Part 2.41 states that: ‘balances receivable on demand classified as ‘Cash and cash balances at central banks’ shall also be reported in this template ‘. Besides the cash and cash balances there are also compulsory reserves that have to be reported in this template. In which row do they have to be reported?

  • 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)

Annex XI - template C 44.00 (LR5), row 040, column 010

In consolidated reporting, which category should be used to complete template C 44.00, row 040, column 010 if the parent company is a Financial Holding Company or a Mixed financial holding company?

  • 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)

Positions Subject to Capital Charge

COREP template C 18.00, column 050 - Can you please clarify what is expected to be reported in this field?

  • 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)

Reporting of ECB LTRO in table 2A2 (P 02.02) and validation rule v4135_m

Should ECB LTRO transactions be strictly reported in table P 02.02 in row 010 as a repo transaction?

  • 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

‘Exposure weighted average LGD’ computation in CR GB2 report

Own funds instructions states that column ‘090 Exposure weighted average LGD (%)’ in CR GB 2 has the same definition as column 230 of CR IRB template.Column 230 of CR IRB template has the following definition:‘All the impact of CRM techniques on LGD values as specified in Part 3 Title II Chapters 3 and 4 of CRR shall be considered […].Exposure and the respective LGDs for large regulated financial sector entities and unregulated financial entities shall not be included in the calculation of column 230, they shall only be included in the calculation of column 240.’In case, only the exposure to large regulated financial sector entities would be reported in the CR GB2, which value should be reported in the column 090 of CR GB2? ‘Null’ value, zero or the LGD average of exposures to large regulated financial 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)

Group Solvency - Combined Buffer Requirements

Annex II, Part 2, section 2.4, column 410 (combined buffer requirement) refers to CRD article 128.The format of C 06.01 / C 06.02 suggests that column 410 includes column 440 (Conservation Buffer due to Macro-Prudential or Systemic Risk Identified at the Level of a Member State) given that the heading for column 410 embraces column 440.However Article 128 CRD states:'combined buffer requirement' means the total Common Equity Tier 1 capital required to meet the requirement for the capital conservation buffer extended by the following, as applicable:(a) an institution-specific countercyclical capital buffer;(b) a G-SII buffer;(c) an O-SII buffer;(d) a systemic risk buffer;This does not include column 440 of C 06.01 / C 06.02, which is set through Article 458 CRR.Clarification is hence sought as to whether    (A) 410 = 420 + 430 + 450 + 460.or (B) 410 = 420 + 430 + 440 + 450 + 460

  • 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)

Asset Encumbrance - Default Fund pledges

On what line in the AE-SOU are cash pledges related to Exchange Default Fund minimum requirement reported? 

  • 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)

Immediate obligor and ultimate obligor concerning exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property

In ‘Annex II – Reporting on own funds and own funds requirements’ we find the following instructions:‘3.4. Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: Information with geographical breakdown (CR GB)The term ‘residence of the obligor’ refers to the country of incorporation of the obligor. This concept can be applied on an immediate-obligor basis and on an ultimate-risk basis. Hence, CRM techniques can change the allocation of an exposure to a country. (…) Data regarding ‘original exposure pre conversion factors’ shall be reported referring to the country of residence of the immediate obligor. Data regarding ‘exposure value’ and ‘Risk weighted exposure amounts’ shall be reported as of the country of residence of the ultimate obligor.’What does this mean for an exposure secured by mortgage on immovable property where obligor and immovable property are located in different countries?

  • 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)

Securities Lending

In the guidance on asset encumbrance Annex XVII, chapter 2.1.1, paragraph 14 (d) it states that ‘where the securities lent as collateral are received by the reporting institution, their fair value is reported in {AE-COL; *; c010}, {AE-SOU; r150; c030} and {AE-SOU; r150; c040}’.However, {r150; c040} is greyed out in template F 32.04.Please advise whether this data point will be available for input. 

  • 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)

Treatment of interest outflows for retail deposits

Should interest be reported - together with the deposit amount and be subject to the treatment provided by Articles 24/25 or - separately and be subject to the treatment provided by Article 31(10) a(1)  (any other outflows)? 

  • 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

Clarification of the conditions for reduction of own funds due to Article 77 CRR and Article 28 RTS on Own funds.

Should deductions from own funds with regard to a permission to reduce own funds in accordance with Article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) be made right after the permission from the competent authority (CA) is granted or could it be later at the time of the institution’s public announcement in accordance with Article 28 (2) of the RTS on Own Funds? In that context, how should the concept of ‘sufficient certainty’ of Article 28 (2) RTS be applied?

  • 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

Computation of discount for purchased assets

How does the treatment described in the last subparagraph of Article 166(1) CRR interact with that of Article 159 CRR? How does the definition of discount/premium apply in prudential treatment of exposures?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Taps on callable instruments

If a tap of an instrument is priced at a lower credit spread than the initial spread of the original issue, would the reset of the margin at the first call date to the initial spread of the original issue be considered an incentive to redeem as per Article 20 of EBA RTS for Own Funds requirements for institutions?If a tap of an instrument is priced at a lower credit spread than the initial spread of the original issue, would the reset of the margin at the first call date to the initial spread of the original issue be considered an incentive to redeem as per Article 20 of EBA RTS for Own Funds requirements for institutions?

  • 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

Instrumenty w Tier II / Tier 2 instruments and incentives to redeem or repay subordinated bonds prior to their maturity.

Original questionArtykuł 63 lit. h) Rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) nr 575/2013 z dnia 26 czerwca 2013 r., stwierdza, że aby instrumenty kapitałowe i pożyczki podporządkowane mogły zostać zakwalifikowane do kapitału Tier II „przepisy regulujące dane instrumenty lub pożyczki podporządkowane, stosownie do przypadku, nie zawierają żadnej zachęty do wykupu lub spłaty – stosownie do przypadku – kwoty głównej tych instrumentów lub pożyczek przez daną instytucję przed terminem ich zapadalności”. Równocześnie art. 20 Rozporządzenia Delegowanego Komisji (UE) Nr 241/2014 z dnia 7 stycznia 2014 r., określa formę i charakter zachęt do wcześniejszego wykupu do celów art. 63 lit h) Rozporządzenia nr 575/2013. Czy przepisy regulujące pożyczkę podporządkowaną, w których zapisano, że emitent po uzyskaniu zgody Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego, ma prawo, ale nie obowiązek dokonać wcześniejszego wykupu przedmiotowych obligacji, nie wcześniej jednak niż w terminie 5 lat po dacie emisji oraz, iż w okresie ostatnich 5 lat przed terminem wykupu obligacji, będzie sukcesywnie podnosił oprocentowanie wyemitowanych instrumentów, zawierają zachętę do wcześniejszego wykupu lub spłaty? Jeżeli tak, to czy zgodnie z zapisami art. 20 ust. 2 Rozporządzenia Delegowanego Komisji (UE) Nr 241/2014, oznacza to, że w przepisach regulujących wskazaną wyżej pożyczkę podporządkowaną zawarta jest „opcja kupna połączona ze zwiększeniem spreadu kredytowego instrumentu w przypadku nieprzeprowadzenia wezwania do sprzedaży” lub inna forma zachęt określona w Rozporządzeniu Nr 241/2014? Jeżeli tak, to czy formalny brak zgody Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (art. 78 ust. 1 Rozporządzenia nr 575/2013) na wcześniejszy wykup wskazanych wyżej obligacji podporządkowanych jest równoznaczny z anulowaniem zachęty do wcześniejszego wykupu lub spłaty?English translation:The provisions regulating a specific subordinated loan that has been issued in 2012 state that, having received the consent of the Competent Authority, the issuer is entitled to, but not required to, redeem the bonds in question prior to their maturity date, and that, within the final five years prior to the bond redemption date, the issuer shall successively increase the interest rate for the instruments issued.Q1: Are the corresponding provisions deemed to include any incentive to redeem or repay prior to the maturity date despite the need to obtain first the consent from the Competent Authority? Said otherwise, is a formal lack of consent of the relevant Competent Authority (Article 78(1) of the CRR) for redemption of the aforementioned subordinated bonds prior to their maturity equivalent to cancelling an incentive to redeem or repay them prior to their maturity?Q2: What would be the regulatory status of the subordinated bonds in the case where the relevant Competent Authority does not give its consent for the redemption of such instruments prior to their maturity?

  • 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

Minority Interests

How should the calculations, needed for the minority interests’ calculation under Article 81 CRR, be converted into Euros where the local currency of the subsidiary is different from the parent’s currency?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Risk weight of EURATOM debt

Which risk weight shall apply to outstanding/new EURATOM debt instruments?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable