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Definition of "Other collateralized loans" in relation to validation rules between F 05.00 (r100) and F 13.01 (c030, c040)

Do credit institutions in row "of which: other collateralized loans" in the tables F 05.00 and F 07.00 include also loans and advances that are secured by received financial guarantees or other guarantees? Final draft ITS on supervisory requirements in Annex V, Part 2.41 (i) for Tables F 5.00 states: “Other collateralized loans” include loans formally backed by collateral, independently of their loan/collateral ratio (so-called “loan-to-value”), other than “Loans collateralised by immovable property”, “Finance leases” and “Reverse repurchase loans”. This collateral includes pledges of securities, cash, and other collateral."

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1309
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

FINREP: Definition of „Non-Financial Corporations” in Template 6 – Breakdown of loans and advances to non-financial corporations by NACE code

Should this table include deals with non-financial corporation as defined in Annex V, Part 1, Paragraph 35 (e) or all deals with counterparties with their core business in non-financial sectors (e.g. also including general governments and households as defined in Annex V, Part 1, Paragraph 35 (b) & (f))?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1237
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

Template C09.03 (CR GB3) - Breakdown of total own funds requirements for credit risk of relevant credit exposures by country.

Template C09.03 (CR GB3) column 010; is the requirement to report risk weighted assets (RWAs) or Capital Requirement (RWAs x 8%)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1186
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

Validations between F 13.01 and F 05

According to the Final Q&A 2013_512 (posted on 21/03/2014), “the amounts to be reported in templates F 05.00 and F 13.01 diverge. Within F 05.00, the outstanding amount of the loans shall be reported, while in F 13.01, it is the amount of the collateral that shall be declared capped by the amount of the loan”. “(…) That means that the validation rule v1074_m shall be expressed with the sign “<=”, that is, sum({F 13.01, r010, (c010-020)}) <= sum({F 05.00, r090, (c020-060)}”. We understand that if validation rule v1074_m is corrected, other validations that relate templates F13.01 and F05 with the sign“=” should be also modified. Would it be also necessary to correct the sign “=” on validations that are listed below? v1076_m v1077_m v1079_m v1080_m v1082_m v1083_m v1085_m (See example of validations v1076_m or v1077_m in attached document)

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1141
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

C06.00 - Group Solvency : Information on affiliates (GS) template column 030 and column 070 to 240

Is the ‘YES/NO’ classification required for column 030 only relevant for purposes of identifying eligible minority interest?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1184
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

CR IRB (C08.01 and C08.02) template column 010 and CR GB (C09.02) column 080

In column 010 of templates C08.01 and C08.02 and column 080 of template C09.02, is the obligor PD reported before CRM effects and floors or after CRM effects and floors which is used in the RWA calculation reported?

  • 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: 2014_1117
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

The definitional references for rows 030 and 040 of Table 1C of Template P 01.03 refer to the Basel 3 Monitoring template instead of the Delegated Act on LCR

Should the data for rows 030 and 040 of Table 1C of Template P 01.03 be reported based on the Delegated Act, instead of the data based on the Basel 3 Monitoring templates?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2014/04 - Guidelines on harmonised definitions and templates for funding plans of credit institutions - repealed by EBA/GL/2019/05
  • ID: 2016_2551
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Funding Plans
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 29/01/2016

Clarification regarding the reference year for the purpose of the remuneration data to be collected by competent authorities

The guidelines specify that data reported should comprise fixed and variable remuneration awarded for performance during the performance year preceding the year of submission of the information? To which amounts and year does the guideline refer exactly with regard to the collection of the fixed and variable component of remuneration?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2014/08 - Guidelines on remuneration benchmarking exercise
  • ID: 2015_2275
  • Topic: Remuneration
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 15/01/2016

Clarification regarding the reference year for the purpose of the remuneration data to be collected by Competent authorities

The guidelines specify that data reported should relate to remuneration awarded to staff for the performance year preceding the year in which the information is submitted. To which amounts and year does the guideline refer exactly with regard to the collection of the fixed and variable component of remuneration?

  • Legal act: Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2014/07 - Guidelines on data collection exercise regarding high earners
  • ID: 2015_2276
  • Topic: Remuneration
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 15/01/2016

Cadrage de l'état C67 (ALMM) sur la concentration du financement par contrepartie avec Finrep / Aligning the C 67.00 template (ALMM) on the concentration of funding by counterparty with FINREP

French question: Nous interrogeons sur la pertinence de l'instruction en annexe XXI chapitre 1.2 § 2 (c) dans lequel il est indiqué que la somme des section 1 et 2 de l'état C67 doit être égale au total des passifs de l'établissement tel que déclaré dans FINREP. Est-il cohérent d'établir un cadrage entre FINREP et l'état C67 - section 1 (r010) + 2 (r120) - alors que : 1- Finrep est établi sur un périmètre différent de celui du risque de liquidité (Prudentiel / Liquidité), cf. article 18 du réglement 575/2013 (CRR) 2- Finrep est établi selon une fréquence trimestrielle alors que les états ALMM sont prévus à fréquence mensuelle 3- Les délais de remise des états ALMM sont plus courts (J+30 calendaires puis J+15 calendaires) que ceux des états Finrep (J+30 ouvrés en moyenne, fixé par l'ABE). 4- Comment envisager dans ce contexte le calcul des durées moyennes pondérées initiales et résiduelles sur les autres passifs (section 2 - r120) ? English question: We would like to question the relevance of the instruction in Annex XXI, section 1.2(2)(c) which indicates that the totals of sections 1 and 2 of C 67.00 should equal an institution's total liabilities as reported in FINREP. Is it consistent to make a link between FINREP and the C 67.00 template – section 1 (r010) + 2 (r120) – when: 1- FINREP is based on a different scope from that of liquidity risk (prudential/liquidity), cf. Article 18 of Regulation 575/2013 (CRR). 2- FINREP is done on a quarterly basis while the ALMM templates have a monthly frequency. 3- The deadlines for submitting the ALMM templates are shorter (t+30 calendar days then t+15 calendar days) than those of the FINREP templates (t+30 working days on average, set by the EBA). 4- In this context, how should the weighted average initial and residual maturities of other liabilities be calculated (section 2 – r120)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2365
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 08/01/2016

Template C 67.00 CONCENTRATION OF FUNDING BY COUNTERPARTY: How to report secured funding

How to report liabilities from secured funding in template C 67.00, rows 20 to 110, column 050, especially what is the product type for those liabilities?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1699
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 08/01/2016

Member States government bonds

Can the EBA confirm that all Member States government bonds are defined as liquid assets and not excluded if their credit quality is low e.g. would Greek government debt be eligible currently? It is our understanding where you have foreign currency liabilities they can be matched with sovereign bonds in that currency. But in the EU are all Euro sovereign bonds equally eligible as liquid assets or do they need to fulfil also the eligibility criteria in Art 416 (1) (b)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_294
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 08/01/2016

Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on additional liquidity monitoring metrics

Concerning the instructions for the counterbalancing capacity by issuer/counterparty (CCC). Can the same issuer/counterparty appear more than once in the top 10 in this CCC by issuer/counterparty report?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1084
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Definition of new funds and roll-over

What is the exact definition of rolled over funding and new funds.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2014_1650
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Prices for various lengths of funding - Transactions volume

Should transactions volume in Prices for Various Lenghts of Funding be reported as average transactions volume, calculated as total volume divided by number of transactions?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2208
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Exchange rates in the template Roll-over of funding (C 70.00)

Does the reporting of the template Roll-Over-Of-Funding (C70.00) by significant currency have to be based on daily exchange rates or on the exchange rate of the reporting date?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2310
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Reporting of prices for various lengths of funding

Should Reporting of Prices for Various Lenghts of Funding include only those transactions originally in Euro currency, excluding all other different currencies?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2204
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Reporting requirement for draw down of facilities

In the case of revolving committed credit facilities, should the capacity of facility, upon renewal/commencement of the arrangement, or each individual draw of the facility be reported for the volume amount in template 69?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2049
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

Should wholesale funding with open maturity be included when calculating average maturity in template C68.00?

Should wholesale funding with open maturity be reported and included when calculating average maturity? If so, should any specific maturity be assumed for calculating average maturity? Retail funding which are sight deposits are marked grey in row 040 and 050 which implies that open maturity should be excluded.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_1950
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015

ALMM Template 71

Regarding the ALMM T71, CONCENTRATION OF COUNTERBALANCING CAPACITY BY ISSUER/COUNTERPARTY, do we show separately central banks’ exposures and government securities for the same country?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Draft ITS on Supervisory Reporting of Institutions
  • ID: 2015_2445
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - Liquidity (LCR, NSFR, AMM)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 18/12/2015