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The EBA's Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) enters its second term of work and holds its first meeting of the BSG in its new composition on 30 October 2013. Of the 30 newly appointed or reappointed members, 10 are delegates from credit and investment institutions, 3 of which represent savings or cooperative banks, 10 are representatives of consumers and users, 6 are academics, 2 represent small and medium-sized enterprises and 2 are employees' representatives.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) have jointly launched a consultation on guidelines for complaints handling in the securities and markets sectors. The proposed Guidelines will build on the existing guidelines on complaints handling by insurance undertakings published by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) in June 2012. The consultation runs until 7 February 2014.

The EBA's Banking Stakeholders Group (BSG) has re-elected Mr David Llewellyn as its Chairperson. The election took place during the first meeting of the newly appointed EBA's Banking Stakeholders Group (BSG) on 30 October 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final implementing technical standards (ITS) on reporting for asset encumbrance. These ITS, which will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in banking, provide reporting templates and instructions with the ultimate aim of ensuring harmonised reporting of asset encumbrance across institutions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of FAQs on the Prudent Valuation Quantitative Impact Study (QIS), amending the version published on 3 October 2013. Changes and/or clarifications to the FAQs are marked in red in the excel file.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a consultation on a Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The document will require all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.

The EBA informs that as of today’s date any final answers to questions submitted under the Single Rulebook Q&A tool will be published on Fridays between 12pm and 1pm GMT. Please note that as the EBA will be closed Friday 1 November (EU public holiday), any publication this week will take place on Thursday 31 October between 12pm and 1pm GMT instead.