2022_6340 Documentation language - Do IRB documentation need to be in English?

Question ID: 2022_6340
Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic: Credit risk
Article: 169
Paragraph: 1
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations: Not applicable
Article/Paragraph: NA
Type of submitter: Individual
Subject matter: Documentation language - Do IRB documentation need to be in English?
Question: Does IRB documentation need to be in English?

Is there any official guideline on what documentation is acceptable in non-English language?
Background on the question: There are many Articles requiring documentation of the credit risk models (e.g. Article 169(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) mentions "a rating system shall be documented and applied in a manner that appropriately reflects the level of risk."), however, it is not specified whether there is any requirement that the documentation of the models is in English.

Some of the model documentation is in language different to English. This may be problematic if future ECB missions (e.g. TRIM) are not fluent in the non-English language.
Submission date: 18/01/2022
Rejected publishing date: 29/04/2022
Rationale for rejection: This question has been rejected because it does not fulfil the formal criteria for submission (no answer proposed by the submitter). For further information on the purpose of this tool and on how to submit questions, please see “Additional background and guidance for asking questions”.
Status: Rejected question