Press releases

The EBA published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on joint decisions related to the approval of internal models. The objective of these standards is to facilitate the interaction and cooperation between competent authorities and to strengthen supervision of cross-border banking groups across the EU. These ITS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector at EU level.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the operational functioning of the resolution colleges that are to be established for those banking groups that operate on a cross-border basis within the European Economic Area (EEA). These standards are based on specific requirements laid down in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), which provides a common resolution regime across the EU aimed at allowing home and host authorities to deal with failing institutions and cooperate in the process of resolution planning. The consultation will run until 18 March 2015.

Following a decision by the EBA's Board of Supervisors on 15 December 2014, the EBA Recommendation from July 2013 on the preservation of Core Tier 1 capital of EU banks during the transition to the Capital Requirements Directive/Capital Requirements Regulation framework (EBA/REC/2013/03) has been repealed and therefore is no longer into force.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. National authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be validated against the set of deactivated rules.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today its final Guidelines defining the criteria that EU competent authorities will use to identify institutions that are systemically important either at Union or Member State level, the so-called ‘other systemically important institutions’ (O-SIIs). These Guidelines aim at setting uniform parameters at EU level while taking into account specificities of Member States’ individual banking sectors, so as to achieve an appropriate degree of convergence in the identification process as well as at ensuring a comparable, clear and transparent assessment of systemically important institutions in the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today two consultations on two draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) amending the Commission’s Implementing Regulation on supervisory reporting with regard to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and the Leverage Ratio (LR). The proposed amendments follow the Commission’ Delegated Acts specifying the LCR and the LR respectively. The consultation on the amendments to the LCR reporting will run until 10 February 2015 and the one on the amendments to the LR reporting will run until 27 January 2015.

The EBA has moved to its new offices in Canary Wharf in London on 15 December 2014.<br /><br />Please click here to find all relevant information on the new EBA premises and relevant changes in the address that you may want to take into consideration for your meetings and correspondence.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on methods for calculating contributions to Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGSs). The Guidelines set principles and specify necessary elements for calculating risk-based contributions to DGSs, with a view to curbing moral hazard while building up the necessary financial resources for DGSs. The Guidelines foster convergence in contributions practices across the EU, promoting level playing field for banks within the Single Market. The consultation runs until 11 February 2015.

The EBA launched today a consultation on Guidelines on payment commitments to deposit guarantee schemes. These Guidelines are part of the EBA's work to promote a consistent and coherent approach to deposit guarantee schemes across the European Union (EU). The consultation runs until 2 January 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) further specifying the criteria to set the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) laid down in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The aim of these standards is to achieve an appropriate degree of convergence in how these criteria are interpreted and applied across the EU to ensure a level playing field. Institutions with similar risk profiles, resolvability and other characteristics in any Member State should have similar levels of MREL. The consultation runs until 27 February 2015.

The EBA published today, in an aggregated format, all the information disclosed by EU Competent Authorities according to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure which was published in the EU Official Journal on 4 June 2014. This information provides an overview on the implementation and transposition of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV) and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) across the EU. It also provides a detailed picture on the use of options and national discretions by each and every EU Member State. Finally, it provides aggregate statistical data on the EU banking sector as at end 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). As foreclosure can have significant consequences for consumers, creditors should implement measures to attempt to resolve with the borrower any payment difficulties before initiating foreclosure proceedings. These draft Guidelines will ensure that such measures are developed and adopted consistently across the European Union. The public consultation will run until 12 February 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines on creditworthiness assessments under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). These draft Guidelines provide details on how creditors across the EU should assess and verify consumers’ creditworthiness before concluding credit agreements for immovable residential properties. The consultation will run until 12 February 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the periodical update to its risk dashboard summarising the main risks and vulnerabilities in the banking sector in the European Union (EU) on the basis of the evolution of Key Risk Indicators (KRI) from 53 banks across the EU in the first and second quarter of 2014. This edition of the risk dashboard is the first to have own funds’ positions and requirements data that is based on the supervisory reporting standards from COREP, the Common Reporting framework for financial institutions across the EU, and includes an annex on aggregate risk parameters that brings enhanced transparency on EU banks' and allows comparison across countries and geographical areas.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final technical advice to the Commission laying out criteria and factors for exercising intervention powers on structured deposits. This final technical advice, which has been developed in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) requiring the EBA to monitor the market for structured deposits, takes into consideration, where appropriate, comments received during a public consultation earlier this year.