Complaints against a national competent Authority

The EBA is entitled to investigate non-application by competent authorities of the acts referred to in Article 1(2) of the EBA Regulation and its amendments.

The EBA carries out investigations according to the Decision of the European Banking Authority adopting Rules of Procedure for Investigation of Breach of Union Law. These rules state the criteria for those cases that should be admitted for investigation. At the same time they define how the requests to launch an investigation should be submitted to the EBA and how the EBA should initiate and conduct those investigations.

Submitting a complaint

In order to check the admissibility of your request, you can send all relevant information to legal@eba.europa.eu or to:

When submitting the complaint against a competent authority, you are kindly requested to provide the complete correspondence with the competent authority, including the original complaint and the final response received, together with any relevant supporting documentation. You should also provide a clear explanation of how you consider that the competent authority may have failed to ensure the correct application of Union law. The EBA may request further information or documentation where necessary whilst analysing the merits of the complaint.

The format of the complaint can be chosen freely.

The EBA will confirm the receipt of your request within 2 weeks.