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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. Competent 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) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on disclosure for the leverage ratio. These standards will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in the banking sector and aim at harmonising disclosure of the leverage ratio across the EU by providing institutions with uniform templates and instructions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its updated Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on disclosure and supervisory reporting of leverage ratio for EU institutions. The ITS include changes to templates and instructions to update the leverage ratio disclosure and reporting framework following the Commission’s adoption of the Delegated Act on the Leverage Ratio on 10 October 2014. As part of the EU Single Rulebook in the banking sector, these standards aim at harmonising reporting and disclosure of the leverage ratio across the EU by providing institutions with uniform templates and instructions.

These technical standards (ITS and RTS) draw a list of currencies featuring constraints on the availability of liquid assets and specify the derogations that could be applied to such currencies to address the inherent difficulties that institutions would face in meeting their liquidity coverage requirement even in spite of a sound liquidity management.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today an Opinion to the European Commission supporting its proposed amendments to the EBA final draft ITS on currencies featuring constraints on the availability of liquid assets. The EBA agrees with removing from its ITS the Danish Krone (DKK) as a currency for which there are insufficient liquid assets and supports the amendments to the recitals that justify why the Norwegian Krone (NOK) still qualifies as a currency with such constraints.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on creditworthiness assessment, as well as its final Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure. These Guidelines support the national implementation by Member States of the forthcoming Mortgage Credit Directive (‘MCD’). They will ensure that consumers are protected consistently across the European Union when interacting with creditors. The Guidelines apply from 21 March 2016, the transposition date of the MCD. As a further support to the implementation of the MCD, the EBA also published today the Opinion on Good Practices for Mortgage Creditworthiness Assessments and Arrears and Foreclosure, including expected mortgage payment difficulties.