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  3. 2024_7163 ALMM C66 taxonomy control – negative cells
Question ID
2024_7163
Legal act
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Topic
Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
Article
ITS validation rules
COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
Article/Paragraph
Taxonomy control
Name of institution / submitter
Natixis
Country of incorporation / residence
France
Type of submitter
Credit institution
Subject matter
ALMM C66 taxonomy control – negative cells
Question

Can you please review the severity of some taxonomy controls to be consistent with economic flows and the Joint Liquidity Template of the ECB?

Background on the question

We think the following taxonomy controls should be reviewed:

ID

Severity

Scope of the control

Control applied

v5903_s Warning All rows and columns related to inflows and outflows

>= 0

v5909_s Warning All rows and columns related to inflows and outflows (identical to ID v5903_s)

>= 0

v5911_s Warning The initial stock of the counterbalancing capacity and HQLA central bank eligible and other tradable assets that are non-HQLA central bank eligible

>= 0

v5912_s Warning All maturity buckets related to behavioural inflows and outflows

>= 0

As explained in the ECB’s reporting Instructions of the Joint Liquidity Template’s Section 2 (Maturity Ladder):

 

There is a possibility for a cell ending up with an overall negative value in the following cases: 

(i) potential negative interest flows outweigh the rest of the flows occurring in that time bucket for that item. That is any potential negative interest income is expected be treated in the same way as positive interest income, yet with an opposite sign; and

(ii) the first leg of a forward starting transaction (which is expected have a negative sign) outweighs the rest of the flows occurring in that time bucket for that asset/liability category.

 

We would welcome an alignment of the rules:

  • For the sake of consistency between SSMLE and ALMM C66
  • To better reflect the economic reality of the negative flow that can take place on a given time bucket for the reason explained above by the ECB

 

In addition, when the credit institution submits the template with a Warning, the Data Quality Indicator report of the ECB is downgraded, which in turn will have a negative impact on the SREP rating of the credit institution.

However, it’s questionable to have a negative impact on the SREP rating related to a taxonomic control for which the economic flow is correct.

Submission date
02/08/2024
Rejected publishing date
31/03/2025
Rationale for rejection

This question has been rejected because the matter it refers to has already been identified and will be considered for a forthcoming version of the Reporting framework and validation rules release.

Status
Rejected question

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