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Risk weighting attributed to gold in the form of a commodity

Is the definition of 'gold bullion', as recently amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1623, consistent with the previous definition of 'gold' under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), as clarified by EBA Q&A 2016_3011, in the sense that it includes all forms of gold commodities (such as bars, ingots, jewels, manufactured products, and coins) whose value is determined exclusively by gold content—defined by purity and mass—regardless of their form, provided that no numismatic, artistic, branding, or other extrinsic value is attributed?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Multilateral development banks classification for the purpose of article 325ah

Buckets 2 and 11 of Table 4 in Article 325ah refer to the category of multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international organisations (IORGs) referred to in Article 117(2) or Article 118 of CRR. At the same time, paragraph 2 of the same article 325ah, requires the use of a classification that is commonly used in the market for grouping issuers by sector, in order to assign a risk exposure to a sector.  Assuming that such a market wide accepted classification would show a certain counterparty as an MDB, as long as this specific counterparty is not listed in the above listed articles mentioned for buckets 2 and 11 of Table 4 in Article 325ah (as a one to one match) , then this counterparty would need to be assigned to a different bucket, likely 4 or 13.  Can there be a departure from the specific list of MDBs and IORGs, as referred to in Article 117(2) or Article 118 of CRR, for the purpose of Table 4 in Article 325ah of CRR? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Financial Conglomerates: Mismatch between ITS and DPM 3.5 – ID v22748_u - T1 L 06.00, column c0020.

We are seeking clarification about a possible mismatch between ITS and DPM 3.5 (ID v22748_u - T1 L 06.00, column c0020) as part of the compilation of the template FC.06 Template - “Risk Concentration - Exposure by counterparties" within the FiCod. supervisory reporting. The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2454 of 14 December 2022 states that, within the Template FC.06 - “Risk Concentration - Exposure by counterparties", the exposures must be reported for each individual legal entity belonging to the financial conglomerate, whereas the DPM 3.5 only permit reporting a unique value of the identification code of the external counterparty. This also determines the impossibility of representing separately the exposures held towards the same external counterparty but denominated in different currencies. We therefore ask what is the correct way to represent - inside the FC.06 Template- the cases in which multiple entities belonging to the conglomerate have exposures towards the same external counterparty and for the cases in which, for each external counterparty, there are exposures denominated in different currencies.

  • Legal act: Directive 2002/87/EC (FiCoD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2022/2454 – ITS on the reporting of intra-group transactions and risk concentration for financial conglomerates

Recognition of non-transferable liquidity held by and arising in third country subsidiaries in the context of the calculation of the consolidated LCR

What is the (combined) treatment of liquid assets held by and liquidity inflows arising in third country subsidiaries being subject to transfer restrictions for the purpose of the calculation of the LCR at consolidated level?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 - DR with regard to liquidity coverage requirement

XBRL Modelisation of FICOD REPORTING L0600

It seems that the current modelisation L0600 only accepts as a dynamic dimension the column 0020 "identification code of the exernal counterparty" where the ITS states that :  -1) General ITS : "the aim is to list the significant exposure [...] by single counterparty outside the scope of the financial conglomerate. If more than one entity of the financial conglomerate is involved, for entity a separate line is necessary"  2) ITS L0600 - c0080 :  The name of the enity of the conglomate involved in the exposures. It concerns all entities and for each entity a separate entry has to be reported. If more than one entity of the conglomerate is invoved, for each entity a separate line is necessary.   So normally the report shoud have two key dynamisms a the row level : 0020 "identification code of the exernal counterparty" 0080 "Entity of the financial conglomerate' Can you confirm that with the current XBRL settings it's not possible to correctly submit the informations as expected by the ITS? Can you propose a workaround ?

  • Legal act: Directive 2002/87/EC (FiCoD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Correct classification of services related to the 'reselling' of software provided in SaaS mode

With reference to the correct identification of the type of ICT services, taking into account the types contained in ANNEX III of Regulation (EU) 2024/2956, how should services related to the 'reselling' of software provided in SaaS mode be classified?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2024/2956 - ITS on the register of information

Table F12.01 – Movements in allowance and provisions for credit losses

Considering the greyed out columns in row 350 and 550: How can the actual movement of impairment be reflected correctly?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions

Register of Information Taxonomy reporting vs ITS on Register of Information

In the industry workshop of 18 of December 2024, which was a summary of Dry Run, it was stated that the reporting taxonomy provided shall be used for the reporting , while the current DORA 4.0 validation rules does not follow the instructions provided in the ROI ITS. We kindly ask you to confirm if the reporting shall follow the DORA 4.0 validation rules despite the mismatch with the ROI ITS. Differences between the law and the taxonomy: Requirement in Law Requirement in Taxonomy Additional question   B_01_01_0010 stated as non-nullable, but is mentioned as nullable in "LEI - EUID checks VR-2"     B_01_02_0010 stated as non-nullable, but is mentioned as nullable in "LEI - EUID checks VR-12"   B_02.03 does not include an extra column c0030 b_02.03 has a column c0030, that is required to be filled out What is the extra column used for? B_03.01 does not include an extra column c0030 b_03.01 has a column c0030, that is required to be filled out What is the extra column used for? B_03.03 does not include an extra column c0031 b_03.03 has a column c0031, that is required to be filled out What is the extra column used for? B_04.01 clarifies that column c0040 is only mandatory if the financial entity making use of the ICT service(s) is a branch of a financial entity (B_04.01.0030) B_04.01 column c0040 is mandatory. Which also requires at least 1 branch in B_01.03. What should be reported if a reporting entity does not have any branches? Should both B_01.03 and B_04.01 be empty. Or? B_05.01 c0030 & c0040 is optional B_05.01 c0030 & c0040 is required when c0070 = Legal person, excluding individual acting in a business capacity   B_05.01 c0110 is mandatory if the ICT-third party service provider is not the ultimate parent undertaking B_05_01_0110 is mandatory all the time according to the DPM   B_05.02 column c0060 & c0070 is mandatory, but not applicable for rank 1. An empty value should be reported if rank = 1  B_05.02 column c0060 & c0070 is always required. What should be reported in c0060 & c0070 if the rank = 1? B_01_01_0050 is mandatory in case of reporting B_01_01_0050 is always mandatory   B_01_01_0060 is mandatory in case of reporting B_01_01_0060 is always mandatory   B_01_02_0060 is mandatory B_01_02_0060 is optional in DPM   B_02_01_0030 is mandatory B_02_01_0030 is optional in DPM   B_02_02_0040 is mandatory B_02_02_0040 is optional in DPM   B_02_02_0130 is mandatory if the ICT service is supporting a critical or important function B_02_02_0130 is optional in DPM   B_02_02_0140 is mandatory if the ICT service is supporting a critical or important function B_02_02_0140 is optional in DPM   B_02.02.0150 is mandatory if Yes is reported in c0140 B_02.02.0150 is mandatory in DPM   B_02.02.0160 is mandatory if the ICT service is based on or foresees data processing B_02.02.0160 is mandatory in DPM   Additional to the question above: If changes will be made to the Taxonomy, when will these be made available? Do you foresee to apply changes to solve the aforementioned mismatch? If so, can you please share when this is expected to be done? If the current Taxonomy, DORA 4.0, must be followed for reporting, can we expect that all local authorities are required to accept the Register of Informations in the format aligned with the Taxonomy? We have experienced differences while doing a mock exercise to submit the reports to local authorities from the reporting technical package. To our knowledge, these discrepancies shall not exist and the national authorities to which entities have to report to are required to accept files that follow the reporting technical package. In this scenario, what actions can we expect to be taken?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2024/2956 - ITS on the register of information

Prudential treatment of goodwill and other intangible assets arising from the acquisition of an asset manager by an insurance undertaking fully owned by a bank

For the purposes of a deduction under Articles 36(1)(b) and 37 of the CRR, should a bank, which owns 100% of an insurance undertaking which acquires a controlling shareholding in an asset manager, deduct goodwill and other intangible assets (Article 4(1)(113) and (115) of the CRR) generated by the acquisition carried out by its insurance undertaking subsidiary?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

breakdown of total exposures by risk weights

How should exposures subject to a risk weight of 70% according to Art. 126 (2) CRR3 be reported in the ITS on supervisory reporting v4.0? Should these exposures be included in the row r0280 “other risk weights” of the template C 07.00?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions

Presentation of fully matured loans and deposits in templates F05.01 and F08.01

Could you please clarify how fully matured loans and deposits should be presented in templates F05.01 and F08.01?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2021/451 – ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)

Treatment of Net Interest Income Stress Outlier Test (NII SOT) in scenarios where breaches occur due to one-off effects (EBA/RTS/2022/10)

Could you please provide guidance on how banks should approach the reporting of such NII SOT breaches arising from such short-term, non-structural events and in addition how is it foreseen that the regulator should govern such cases? Specifically, are there any provisions or considerations that can be applied to account for these temporary effects without misrepresenting the bank's overall NII sensitivity? 

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 530/2014 - RTS on materiality of thresholds for internal approaches to specific risk in the trading book

Counterparty classification

On FINREP reports, each counterparty is classified into a counterparty type, like Household or Government. Some government services are provided by volunteers, which raises the question how this should be classified, since the people are technically not employed by the government. Examples include volunteer police or volunteer firefighters and their unions, whose members provide and/or facilitate services specific to governments.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Template EU MR4 missing from Annex

The EBA Pillar 3 mapping tool mentions template EU MR4. I cannot find this in any of the annexes. Is this template relevant?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2016/11 - Guidelines on disclosure requirements under Part Eight of CRR

Definition of ‘subordinated liabilities’ for FINREP reporting

What should be considered as ‘subordinated liabilities’’ for financial reporting purposes in FINREP template 8.2? Does definition of “subordinated liabilities” include also MREL instruments that do not qualify as Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 or Tier 2 items meaning and have characteristics defined in the Article 72b(2) of CRR? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions

Scaling of gross JTD amounts of securitisation tranches with a maturity less than one year

Should the tranche maturity (MT) of less than one year of gross JTD amounts of securitisation tranches resulting from either formula in Art. 257(1) CRR be floored at one year as required by para. 2 of this Article, or can the MT be used without this floor of one year in order to enable scaling, with a floor of three months, as prescribed by Art. 325z(5) CRR in conjunction with Art. 325x(3) CRR? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Definition of Delta GIRR risk-free interest rate curves

Which risk-free interest rate curves per currency should be considered as different curves? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Sign convention on EVE, NII and MV levels in Template J_01.00 and J_02.00

If the value of EVE,  NII and MV level in columns c0030, c0100, c0130 of template J_02.00 result in a negative sign, is it correct to input a positive sign in template J_01.00 for the same items as requested by the validation rules?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2021/451 – ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)

Exemption from approval for financial holding companies or mixed financial holding companies as per Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) Article 21a (4) (d)

Should the criterion in Article 21a (4) (d) CRD (engagement in taking management, operational or financial decisions affecting the group or its subsidiaries) be considered to be met if the some persons are represented on the governing bodies of both the (mixed) financial holding company and an institution that is a subsidiary?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable