According to the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), the EBA is required to provide opinions on different topics to the Council of the EU, the European Commission and sometimes to Member States. In particular, according to the second subparagraph of Article 458(4) of the CRR, within one month from receiving a notification from a designated or competent authority entrusted with the national application of Article 458 of the CRR, the EBA is required to provide its opinion on the points referred to in Article 458(2) of the CRR to the Council, the European Commission and the Member State concerned. But there are also other EBA opinions on macroprudential topics. For instance, when consulted by the European Commission, the EBA can respond to such calls for advice by issuing opinions in the context of Article 8(1)(a) of the its Founding Regulation.