Factsheets

EBA Executive Director François-Louis Michaud’s February 2026 public meeting register detailing engagements at the MFSA Joint Banking Supervision and Resolution Conference on supervisory priorities, proportionality, and burden reduction, plus a meeting with Promontory IBM Consulting on financial industry outlook.

EBA guidelines specifying eligible financial instruments for third-country bank branches to meet capital endowment requirements under Directive 2013/36/EU, ensuring assets are available for resolution or winding-up to protect depositors and creditors, effective January 2027.

EBA and ESMA draft joint guidelines on assessing suitability of management body members and key function holders under CRD IV and MiFID II, covering proportionality, diversity, time commitment, skills, integrity, and ongoing monitoring for banks and investment firms.

EBA XBRL Filing Rules version 5.8 – technical guidelines for submitting XBRL reports to the EBA, covering syntax, filing indicators, entity identifiers (LEI), multi-currency reporting, and xBRL-CSV rules, effective February 2026.

EBA submits its Opinion to the European Commission on proposed amendments to Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under CRR Article 124(14), addressing equivalent legal mechanisms for residential property completion, including prudential safeguards like risk weight thresholds and legal enforceability requirements.