Press releases

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) published today the second batch of policy products under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This batch consists of four final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), one set of Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) and 2 guidelines , all of which aim at enhancing the digital operational resilience of the EU’s financial sector.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) welcomes the entry into force of the new European Banking Package, which implements the final Basel III framework into EU regulation. To ensure a smooth operational implementation of the Banking Package, the EBA encourages institutions and competent authorities to engage in an active dialogue.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) will establish the EU systemic cyber incident coordination framework (EU-SCICF), in the context of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), that will facilitate an effective financial sector response to a cyber incident that poses a risk to financial stability, by strengthening the coordination among financial authorities and other relevant bodies in the European Union, as well as with key actors at international level.

The Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) of the European Banking Authority (EBA) today held its first meeting in its new composition. The renewed BSG is the sixth one since the establishment of the EBA in 2011, and was agreed by the EBA Board of Supervisors at its meeting on 25 June 2024. The 30 selected members started their four-year mandate on 1 July 2024. Their role is to facilitate consultation and dialogue with stakeholders in all the areas relevant to the tasks of the EBA.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a report on the application of derogations to the requirements to pay out a part of the variable remuneration for identified staff under deferral arrangements and in instruments that are available to small and non-complex institutions and for identified staff receiving only a relatively small amount of variable remuneration. This report forms part of the EBA’s contribution to the review to be performed by the European Commission.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published the report on the application of gender-neutral remuneration policies by institutions and investment firms. The report is based on the information collected from institutions, investment firms and competent authorities.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a consultation paper amending the Implementing Regulation on the joint decision process for internal model authorisation under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). The revised Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) incorporate changes to the EU legal framework, including the reduced scope of application for internal models under CRR III and the updated framework on the general functioning of supervisory colleges. This draft amending ITS are part of the first phase of the EBA roadmap for implementing the EU Banking Package. This consultation runs until 16 October 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a consultation on draft Guidelines on reporting requirements to assist competent authorities and the EBA in performing their duties under the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR). These Guidelines should ensure that Competent Authorities have sufficient comparable information to supervise compliance of issuers with MiCAR requirements and provide the EBA with the information necessary to conduct the significance assessment under MiCAR. The consultation runs until 15 October 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Report on the stacking orders of capital, leverage and MREL/TLAC requirements and related capital buffers, as well as on reflections about management buffers practices in the European Union (EU). The Report describes the role of regulatory stacks, both going and gone concern, with a focus on micro-prudential elements. It also summarises the differences between the EU, the UK and US frameworks. The Report highlights institutions’ practices on management buffers. Further work of the EBA will include efforts to continue to clarify, where necessary, the interaction between the different stacks.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a consultation paper on Guidelines under Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR), establishing templates for explanations and legal opinions regarding the classification of crypto-assets along with a standardised test to foster a common approach to classification.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today a joint report following their workshop on the use of behavioural insights by supervisory authorities in their day-to-day oversight and policy work.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today the list of other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) in the EU, which, together with global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs), are identified as systemically important by the relevant authorities according to harmonised criteria laid down in the EBA Guidelines. This list is based on year-end-2023 data and includes the overall score calculated according to the EBA Guidelines and the capital buffer rate that the relevant authorities have set for the identified O-SIIs. The list is available also in a user-friendly visualisation tool.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting requirements implementing the changes necessary to keep the supervisory reporting framework relevant and meaningful and aligned with the amending CRR 3, which implements the latest Basel III reforms. These ITS will allow supervisors to have sufficient comparable information to monitor compliance by institutions with CRR 3 requirements, thus further promoting enhanced and consistent supervision.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a technical package for version 3.5 of its reporting framework.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to specify the conditions and the criteria to assess whether the credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk exposures arising from fair-valued securities financing transactions are material, as well as the frequency of that assessment. The concept of materiality set out in the draft RTS will determine whether fair-valued securities financing transactions can be exempted from own funds requirements for CVA risk. The consultation runs until 8 October 2024.