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The EBA consults on draft technical standards on market and counterparty credit risk as part of its roadmap for the implementation of the Banking Package in the EU
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched for consultation amendments to its Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB), and to its RTS on the standardised approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR). Both RTS are part of the roadmap on the Banking Package and aim to align the existing RTS with the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3). The consultation runs until 14 March 2024.
The EBA proposes a voluntary EU green loan label to help spur markets
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its response to the European Commission’s call for advice on green loans and mortgages. The EBA proposes the introduction of a voluntary EU label for green loans based on a common EU definition and the integration of the concept of green mortgage and its key sustainability features in the Mortgage Credit Directive.
The EBA publishes guidance to assess the knowledge and experience of the management or administrative organ of a credit servicer
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on the assessment of adequate knowledge and experience of the management or administrative organ of a credit servicer as a whole, under the Non-Performing Loans Directive. The Guidelines aim at ensuring that the organs are suitable to conduct the business of the credit servicer in a competent and responsible manner.
Consultations
Consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards on the standardised approach for counterparty credit risk
Consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards on profit and loss attribution requirements, risk factor modellability assessment, and the treatment of FX and commodity risk in the banking book
Final Q&As
Question ID: 2022_6355
It is not clear from the instructions how to calculate the total exposure measure (and other measures) and their relation to the leverage ratio exposure measure reported in C 47.00.
Question ID: 2022_6565
What is the method to be followed concerning the inclusion of repurchase transactions in financial assets and exposure value/risk-weighted assets in COREP template C 33.00?
Question ID: 2023_6843
In Template 3, different levels of NACE code are indicated (level 1, 2, 3 or 4). What does this mean in practice, should banks report their full exposures falling under each level, or should exposures be reported in one category only? For example, for the fossil fuel sector a level-one NACE code is indicated (NACE code “6”) along with level 2 and 3 NACE codes (NACE code 61, 610…) – should exposures reported under code 610 also be included in exposures reported under 61 and 6?
Please note that some NACE codes are overlapping (e.g. NACE code 8 is proposed for fossil fuel combustion and NACE code 89 is proposed for cement) – should exposures reported under 89 also be included in exposures reported under 8?
Question ID: 2023_6842
In Template 3, should corporate exposures corresponding to general-purpose financing lines be split across different sectors according to “the counterparties’ activity distribution, including by counterparties’ turnover by activity” (and therefore several different NACE codes), or should corporate exposures be fully allocated to one NACE code only corresponding to its main activity (as in template 1)? In the first option, how granular is the activity distribution expected to be reported, is there a minimum threshold of turnover to start reporting an activity? How is the information expected to be collected if not communicated by the corporates, can external data providers be used?
Question ID: 2023_6859
In accordance with COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2453 in template 3, the institution shall disclose:
1/ Alignment metric(s) (column d) applied and the closest year of reference (column e) for the alignment metric(s) for each sector. Regarding the reference date, does it refer to the reporting date? Should it therefore have to change biannually depending on the publication of ESG Pillar 3? Otherwise, how often does it have to be updated?
2/ Institutions’ target for 3 years after the year of reference: If the reference year is different from the year of reporting (see question 1), for instance 2020 as reference date, then the target (column g) will be 2023 but as soon as the institution published the reporting for June 2024, this target won’t be relevant. Should the institution updated it and start again from 2023 as the reference date?
Question ID: 2023_6878
1. Are general-purpose loans to pureplay companies in the scope of Template 10?
2. How sustainability linked loans with multiple sustainable performance targets be treated?