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Definition of Default (CRR Article 178) – Application of contagion and the 20% “significant part” threshold in the presence of joint credit obligations where default is applied at facility level

When the Definition of Default for retail exposures is applied at facility level, how should institutions apply the contagion and pulling effects set out in Article 178 CRR and EBA/GL/2016/07 in the presence of joint credit obligations, given that paragraphs 96–99 are articulated for obligor level default, while Article 178 CRR allows default recognition at facility level. In particular: Should a joint obligor (i.e. a specific set of obligors jointly liable) be treated as a separate obligor for the purposes of assessing contagion and the “significant part” (20%) threshold? How should contagion be assessed between:  joint credit obligations of the same set of obligors, individual exposures of the obligors participating in the joint obligation, and other joint credit obligations of those individual obligors with different counterparties, where default is recognised at facility level (including defaults identified through indications of unlikeliness to pay)? How should this be applied in practice for the 3 illustrative examples given?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2016/07 - Guidelines on the application of the definition of default under Article 178 CRR

Treasury subsidiaries of non-financial corporates and “financial customer” definition

How should banks consider the “purpose” of treasury subsidiaries of non-financial corporates, when assessing whether the customer performs one or more of the CRD Annex I activities as its “main business”?

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

COREP Additional Liquidity Monitoring Metrics - technical implementation of DPM v4.2 for template C_67.00.a and C_67.00.w - SubCategory "new_CO4" used instead of "new_CO1"

With DPM v4.2 the modeling of template C_67.00.a and C_67.00.w has been changed to use SubCategory new_CO4 instead of new_CO1. Now it is possible to submit the “LEI code”, the “MFI Code” and “Type of identifier, other than LEI or MFI code” but not the “National code”. How should a national code be reported in template C_67.00.a and C_67.00.w and what is the reason behind this change?

  • 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

Assigning risk-weight to a credit facility where the drawdown is contingent on non-credit risk related conditions that are required to be met by the obligor prior to any initial or subsequent drawdown and where the conditions for the drawdown are not met.

What risk-weight should be assigned to a credit facility where the drawdown is contingent on non-credit risk related conditions that are required to be met by the obligor prior to any initial or subsequent drawdown and where the conditions for the drawdowns are not met per the reporting date?

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

Dropdown lists are invalid

Dear Sir/Madam  We have noticed that in the templates published by the EBA, the name manager reference for templates containing dropdown fields shows a #REF! error, causing the dropdown lists to be invalid. If possible, could you please provide us with the correct version of the template?  Kind Regards

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

Deduction of goodwill included in the valuation of significant investments in entities included in prudential consolidation

For the purposes of calculating own funds on an individual basis and a sub-consolidated basis, are institutions subject to supervision on a consolidated basis required to deduct goodwill included in the valuation of significant investments of the institution, for holdings in such entities that are included in the scope of consolidated supervision?

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

Z 09.01 – FMI Services – providers and users (RESOL2)

We ask confirmation that the column “0140-Resolution resilient contract” applies only in the case of indirect access to FMIs and that for FMIs with direct access, the value “Yes” should be reported

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

Reporting of the penalty fees in J07.00 Repricing cash flows (behavioural template)

How should the penalty fees be treated in J07.00 Repricing cash flows (behavioural) template? At this point, the inclusion of penalty fees will break the validation rule v22322_m.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions

Resolution Reporting on FMI

With reference to Resolution Reporting on FMI Services, we would like to bring to your attention some questions regarding the scope and data reported, particularly in cases where the Bank participates indirectly in certain FMIs. With reference to item "Z 09.03 - Financial Market Infrastructure Services (FMI) - Key Metrics (FMI 3)", we would therefore like to know whether, for FMIs to which we participate indirectly, it is possible to report intermediary data instead of individual FMI data, and, if so, how to complete the individual items. The question specifically concerns the following reporting fields: • Z 09.03/60-70 Value of positions on proprietary and client accounts • Z 09.03/80 Number of clients covered by omnibus accounts • Z 09.03/90 Number of clients covered by segregated accounts • Z 09.03/100-110 Number of transactions on proprietary and client accounts • Z 09.03/120-130 Value of transactions on proprietary and client accounts This requirement arises from the fact that, since we use an intermediary, we do not have internal evidence of the final FMIs on which it relies. In fact, our systems only map the intermediary's reference, while the references of the final FMIs are not tracked. As an example, we can cite Intesa San Paolo, which acts as an intermediary for Banca Mediolanum on all CSDs and most trading venues. In our systems, Intesa San Paolo is matched to all securities transactions, without specifying the final CSD. We currently report that we are still providing the above-mentioned information by requesting detailed data from our intermediaries. In this regard, we also note that our intermediaries will include our data in their reporting for individual FMIs, reporting us as their clients in these contexts.   Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to request clarification regarding some new items introduced starting this year, specifically: • Z 09.01/80 Operator of the FMI - is it correct to indicate the contractual contact person of the FMI/Intermediary? • Z 09.04/20 Product Type - Is it possible to include a description of the service provided by the FMI/intermediary, consistent with that indicated in item Z 09.01/220 - Services provided by FMI/intermediary, possibly with greater detail? • Z 09.04/30 Substitutability - Should the substitutability analysis be performed for all FMIs, considering as alternative FMIs/intermediaries only those with which a contract at the conglomerate level is already in place?  

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

Z02.00_r0334 sum of net liability positions taking into account prudential netting rules

In accordance with Articles 429 and 295 of the CRR, only netting agreements that are legally recognised are eligible for consideration under prudential netting rules. With regard to standalone derivative positions that represent liabilities and are not subject to any netting agreement, is it correct to report these in r0334, even though they cannot be netted under the prudential netting framework?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

Reverse solicitation

The reverse solicitation is where a client or counterparty approaches an undertaking established in a third country at its own exclusive initiative for the provision of banking services, including their continuation, or banking services closely related to those originally solicited.   A TCB is often invited with an invitation letter sent by one or several commercial banks or investment banks (known as arrangers) in different Member States, to provide loans together with a group of lenders domiciled in various Member States for a borrower or a borrower group that might operate in several Member States. The TCB as a lender does not have direct contact with the borrower. The invitation letter is sent by the arranger bank to invite the TCB to provide a portion of the loan for the borrower. Is the invitation letter sent by the arranger a sufficient supporting document to evidence that a client approaches us through an arranger at its own exclusive initiative? If not, is an independent statement from the borrower to certify that it has approached the TCB through an arranger adequate?   

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

Z08.01 & Z08.02: Resolution resilience reporting

Should the explicit inclusion of clauses referred to in data points c0150 to c0170 of Z08.01-Template and c0100 to c0120 of Z08.02-Template be required only for contracts governed by third-country law, considering that contracts governed by EU law are deemed resolution-resilient by virtue of the implementation of BRRD requirements in the national legislation of Member States?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

US Hard test: adequacy of considering US charge-off rates corresponding to loss rates for exposures secured by residential property or commercial immovable property situated within the territory of the US

May institutions in accordance with Article 199 (4a) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) apply the derogations  from point (b) of paragraph 2 of Article 199 CRR, as referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 199 CRR, for residential / commercial immovable property situated within the territory of the US, based on (adjusted) US charge-off rates as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis? 

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

Use of short-term issuer credit assessments under Article 131

May short-term issuer ratings be used to derive risk weights for unrated short-term exposures in the context of Article 131 CRR?

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

Discrepancies between taxonomy packages

Can you please provide clarity on whether or not the identified differences between ECB's SFRDP taxonomy 5.2 and EBA's FINREP9_DP in DPM 4.2 will be addressed /aligned in a future DPM publication, or if these are intentional and will remain as they are in DPM 4.2? If they will be aligned, please indicate when this can be expected.

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

Question regarding minimum requirements for Risk Committee attendance

Is there a minimum number of administrators required to be present for a risk committee dedicated to internal control to validly hold its meetings ? 

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2021/05 - Guidelines on internal governance under CRD - repealing EBA/GL/2017/11

Validation rule v5702_s (F 31.01)

We request a change in the status of validation rule number v5702_s from 'Error' to 'Warning' in the consolidated FINREP ITS report. 

  • 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

Template Z08.01: Validation rules contradict ITS requirements

Do validation rules v6446_m and v6447_m for template Z 08.01 (Relevant services) correctly apply in all reporting situations, given that they enforce the condition {c0030} ≠ {c0050} (Service Recipient must differ from Service Provider)? Should these rules be amended or removed to correctly reflect cases of intra‑entity services, where both fields may legitimately contain the same entity name according to the IT Annex II: Instructions of EBA/ITS/2025/04?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting

Alternative treatment and SME support factor

If an institution uses the alternative treatment i CRR3 article 230 (4), does the exposure then qualify to use the SME supporting factor?

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

Reporting of key values for open sheet tables starting with Z 07.01

We kindly ask for clarification regarding the reporting of key values in case of open sheet tables starting with Z_07.01 for the RESOL2 module. How should the information regarding the location of critical function be reported considering there are two mandatory keys?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2025/2303 - ITS on Resolution Planning Reporting