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Part 2 – Template specific instructions to template B_06.01

Data point B_06.01.0050 is missing from the official ITS templates. Is this data point no longer applicable?

  • 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
  • ID: 2025_7313
  • Topic: Register of information (DORA)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 28/03/2025

DPM 400 - Modelisation of report C1000

we have a suspicion of schizophrenic modeling on the new C1000 report.  Indeed on this report when we look at the annotated templates it seems that all cells from column 0090 are sharing the same XBRL address as their corresponding cell for the same row from column 0100. Which means that from a technical point of view we will only be able to submit one “amount” per pair of cells C0090/C0100 for a dedicated row. For instance the Annotated templates stats that : {C_10.00, r0060, c 0090, s0000}=={C_10.00, r0060, c 0100, s0000} VariableID 3295841 VariableVID = 3295841    In the same time when we look at the ITS : We understand that may be possible that the transitional provisions do not apply  and so that or instance amount reported in cell 0020 _ 0090 can be equal to the amount in cell  0020 _ 0100 where the amount expected  for both cell is zero.  But we do expect from our understanding of the ITS that the transitional provision may apply and that the impact should be reported in various rows. In this case we will need to report different amounts on a specific row for those two columns, which seems unfeasible with the current setting.   Do you agree with our understanding?    

  • 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
  • ID: 2025_7312
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 21/03/2025

Regulatory technical standards - subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions

Where and when was the Comission Delegated Regulation (EU) supplementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards to specify the elements which a financial entity needs to determine and assess when subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions as mandated by Article 30(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 oficially published? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7310
  • Topic: Other DORA topics
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 17/03/2025

Validation rule v22095_h in Reporting Framework 3.5

The question concerns the EBA Reporting Framework 3.5, Validation Rules (19 December 2024), rule v22095_h. This rule require that total amounts of Loans and Advances should be equal to the sum of sub-total amounts (Retail, Wholesale non-financial, Wholesale financial) in the context of Reporting on interest rate risk in the banking (specified in Section 12 – ‘Reporting on interest rate risk in the banking book’ of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/3117, form J02.00 : {r0050} = +{r0080} + {r0100} + {r0110}Is the formula correct having in mind the possibility to have exposures from clients that do not satisfy definitions of sub-categories but have to be reported in "Loans and Advances"? 

  • 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
  • ID: 2025_7308
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - IRRBB
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 28/04/2025

Computation of the secured part of Non-IPRE according to Art.125(1)

In the computation of the secured part of Non-IPRE exposures, should senior liens from banks within the same group be taken into account?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7305
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 21/02/2025

Internal Model Method

What is the prudential treatment of cash flow spikes in the calculation of own funds requirements for counterparty credit risk under the Internal Model Method?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7303
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 21/05/2025

Treatment of feature of tranching for mortgage backed securities

With regards to agencies pools and TBAs, since these are not really tranche product because they are backed by the US government, should they be considered more like a non securitized product rather than securitized product under the SBA?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 1423/2013 - ITS on disclosure of own funds requirements
  • ID: 2025_7302
  • Topic: Market risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 17/02/2025

Other commitments received - calculation of guarantee amounts

On report F09.02, banks are asked to report guarantees received as collateral, partly in column 0010 and partly in column 0020. Where some questions have been answered in earlier Q&As, some questions remain: Based on Q&A 2013_214, guarantees received on off-balance sheet exposures should be reported as "Other Commitments Received". These are reported in F09.02 Col0020.Based on Q&A 2023_6773, in F09.02 Col0010, guarantees are considered by ignoring other collaterals.Should other collaterals be considered in calculating the amount reported in column 0020? Along the same lines, how should calculations work for both columns 0010 and 0020 if multiple guarantees are received? Within the same group of exposures and its/their contractually linked collaterals/guarantees, should they all be calculated separately and independently, ignoring the existence of other guarantees within the same group similar to the way other collaterals in the same group are ignored?The ITS states that "For other commitments received, the nominal amount shall be the total amount committed by the other party in the transaction." is to be reported in column 0020.  Does this also apply in the case whereby a guarantee is received to secure an (off-balance) exposures? In other words, should it be capped at the Off-Balance Exposure Amount or not?

  • 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
  • ID: 2025_7301
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/03/2025

Definition of financial institution under Article 4(1)(26)

Does the definition of financial institution under Article 4(1)(26) CRR include trust companies under Liechtenstein law?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7300
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 21/01/2025

Definition of ancillary services undertaking under Article 4(1)(18)

Does the definition of ancillary services undertaking under Article 4(1)(18) CRR include trust companies under Liechtenstein law?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7299
  • Topic: Other issues
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 21/01/2025

Remittance date for quarterly iMREL/iTLAC Q1 2025

Will the remittance date for Q1 2025 iMREL/iTLAC reporting be aligned to the due date for COREP reporting for which the submission date is postponed to June 2025?

  • Legal act: Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2021/763 – ITS with regard to the supervisory reporting and public disclosure of MREL
  • ID: 2025_7298
  • Topic: MREL
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 20/01/2025

The scope of the regulation described in Article 6 mismatches what is presented as an option in the Annex I, Part 2 of the same regulation

Do financial entities must include non-financial entities within the same group in the Register of Information? If not, why is there an option to do so?

  • 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
  • ID: 2025_7297
  • Topic: Register of information (DORA)
  • Date of submission:

Validation Rule for Marginal Impact of Reintegration of CVA Exemptions

The guidance for the population of rows 0040-0110 specifies that firms should populate the marginal impact of reintegration of CVA exemptions "separately for each exemption". However there is a warning validation rule v23083_m which specifies that the sum of the individual exemptions should be equal to the total "{r0040} = {r0050} + {r0060} + {r0090} + {r0100} + {r0110}". We would like to query whether the validation rule is valid and therefore whether we should be calculating a single CVA exemption reintegration impact of excluded transactions and then attributing by type of exemption or genuinely calculating the marginal impact separately by type of exemption. 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2025_7295
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 26/02/2025

Requirements for the purpose of treating exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property as duly secured from an RWA computation perspective under CRR Article 124(2) of the CRR.

Can a global insurance against damages on a portfolio of exposures secured by immovable properties subscribed directly by the lending institution be considered as compliant with the requirement of Article 208(5) of the CRR - that is to say considered, under the standardized approach, as meeting the operational requirements for the purpose of treating exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property (or in case an institution has opted for the application of article 108(5)(a) allowing to consider a guaranteed exposure as an exposure secured by a mortgage on immovable property) as duly secured from an RWA computation perspective under Article 124(2) of the CRR?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2025_7293
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:

Clarifications on the perimeter of templates 2 and 5 Collateralized loans portfolio

The Bank would like to clarify whether the same perimeter should be applied in ESG Pillar 3 Templates 2 and 5 regarding loans collateralized by residential/commercial property in column 010 (Gross Carrying Amount). Specifically, Template 2 requires banks to disclose the energy efficiency of the collateral for loans secured by immovable property, including cases where the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is available or unavailable, with the percentage of estimated EPCs provided when the certificate is unavailable. Based on this guidance, it seems that Template 2 would include only assets eligible for Energy Performance Certification as per relative legislation, as EPCs cannot be defined for non-eligible assets. In contrast, Template 5 would appear to cover both EPC-eligible and non-eligible assets. It would be helpful to understand if this interpretation aligns with the intended approach and whether column 010 of Template 2 should specifically reflect the subset of loans collateralized by residential/commercial property that are eligible for EPC.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 - ITS on ESG disclosures
  • ID: 2025_7292
  • Topic: Transparency and Pillar 3
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 28/04/2025

Applicability of DORA and TFR requirements to VASPs

Do the requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) apply to Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) that are not classified as Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) as of December 30, 2024 and are benefiting from the MiCAR transition period?

  • Legal act: Directive 2022/2556/EU (DORA Dir)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2024_7291
  • Topic: Other DORA topics
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 17/03/2025

Reporting framework 4.0 Validation rules release (new format) (Uploaded on 19/12/2024)

In light of the validation rules release (new format) published on 19 December 2024 on your website, we have identified potential issues with the following validations: Validation v0329_m: This rule checks that the value in COREP template C_07.00.a, column 0220, equals the sum of columns 0215, 0216, and 0217. However, the ITS stipulates that column 0215 reflects values before currency mismatch, columns 0216 and 0217 represent adjustments for supporting factors, and only column 0220 should account for currency mismatch adjustments. The validation v0329_m appears to disregard the intended adjustment logic for currency mismatch, making the rule inconsistent with the ITS requirements. Validation v0407_m: This rule checks that the value in COREP template C_09.01.a, column 0090, equals the sum of columns 0080, 0081, and 0082. The ITS specifies that columns 0080–0090 in C_09.01.a should correspond directly to columns 0215–0220 in C_07.00.a. Given that column 0220 in C_07.00.a includes adjustments for currency mismatch, the requirement for column 0090 to equal the sum of columns 0080, 0081, and 0082 is contradictory to the ITS logic. Based on these observations, we believe that both validations, v0329_m and v0407_m, are incorrect. We kindly request your confirmation and guidance on this matter, including any planned revisions to these validations.  

  • 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)
  • ID: 2024_7289
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 20/01/2025

Applicability of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) to ICT services provided by financial entities.

Clarification is needed on whether financial institutions providing ICT services to other financial institutions – regardless of whether these services are ancillary to regulated financial activities – can be qualified as ICT third-party service providers under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554. If they are, must their contractual relationships comply with the mandatory provisions outlined in Article 30 of the mentioned Regulation or are these requirements inapplicable since such entities are already authorised/licenced/registered? 

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA Reg)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2024_7288
  • Topic: Other DORA topics
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 17/03/2025

C14.00 - v7364_m - Type of Assets (column 0160)

According to EBA Q&A 2023_6864 the validation rule v7364_m is not in line with the current regulatory provisions and shall be deleted. However, in the latest revised list of ITS validation rules as per September 2024 the rule is still active. Could you please amend the validation rules and deactivate the rule as per the above mentioned Q&A.

  • 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)
  • ID: 2024_7287
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as Rejected Q&A: 20/01/2025

Knowledge element of SCA.

Can an API key be considered as a Knowledge element of SCA?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/389 - RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication
  • ID: 2024_7286
  • Topic: Strong customer authentication and common and secure communication (incl. access)
  • Date of submission: