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EBA E-mail alert November 28, 2025

Final Q&As

Question ID: 2025_7512

Topic
Credit risk
Subject matter
Application of the SME definition in specific cases

How shall the SME definition in Article 5(9) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) be applied in the following cases:

1. The entity is considered both in accounts on the consolidated basis of a group and also in accounts on a “sub-consolidated” basis only considering a sub-group of this group.

2. The entity is a single entity that prepares accounts on its individual basis but is not considered in any accounts for a “consolidated situation” of a group.

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