The EBA issues revised list of ITS validation rules and announces new website location

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules under its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. This update highlights rules that have been deactivated due to inaccuracies or IT-related issues. Competent Authorities across the EU are reminded that data submitted according to these ITS should not be formally validated against the deactivated rules.

Additionally, the EBA has released a small validation package, which includes:

• a micro taxonomy package
• Data Point Model validation rules (DPM VR) deactivation updates scripts

These components are required from release 4.0 for each deactivation exercise to ensure consistent deactivation of rules in both the taxonomy and the DPM.

A hotfix for reporting framework 4.2 will be issued in January 2026. Any necessary review of the validation rules for this framework will be incorporated in that hotfix. Therefore, no changes affecting release 4.2 are part of the current publication.

New website location for validation rules

The EBA has consolidated the validation rules and related technical documents (including the micro taxonomy package and DPM VR deactivation scripts) into a single dedicated section on its website. This change simplifies access and improves usability by bringing all relevant documents together.

All stakeholders are encouraged to update their bookmarks and refer to the new location for the latest information on validation rules.