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FINREP: F14 Fair value hierarchy: financial instruments at fair value - Columns 060 to 080 "Accumulated change in fair value before taxes"

FINREP - Contents of template 14 Fair value hierarchy: financial instruments at fair value - Columns 060 to 080 "Accumulated change in fair value before taxes" : do gains and losses to be reported in columns 060 to 080 include only gains and losses accounted in the statement of profit or loss (like columns 040 and 050) or do they also include gains and losses accounted in "statement of comprehensive statement" ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_85
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F13.1 Breakdown of loans and advances by collateral and guarantees - Col 030 "Other collateralized loans - Cash [Debt instruments issued]"

FINREP - Template 13.1 Breakdown of loans and advances by collateral and guarantees - Col 030 "Other collateralized loans - Cash [Debt instruments issued]" : ITS 81b indicates that Column 030 includes "pledges of debt securities issued by the institution". We don't understand the reference to "debts securities issued by the institution" : an institution secure its loans with securities issued by other issuers but not with its own securities; moreover, CRR Article 197 is referring to debt securities issued by different issuers but not to debt securities issued by the institution. Can you explain this?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_84
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP: F12 Movements in allowances for credit losses and impairment of equity instruments - Col 020 to 060 - Breakdown by counterparty

FINREP - Template 12 Movements in allowances for credit losses and impairment of equity instruments - Col 020 to 060 - Breakdown by counterparty : the breakdown by counterparty of "variation flows" columns (columns 020 to 060) is heavy - does EBA allow that institutions make this breakdown only on "closing balance" column (col 070) as it tolerates for similar template FIN 30B in current FINREP?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_83
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F10 Derivatives - Trading - "Economic hedges" (Rows 020, 080, 140, 200, 260 and 280)

FINREP - Template 10 Derivatives - Trading - "Economic hedges" (Rows 020, 080, 140, 200, 260 and 280) - can you confirm that this row shall include "mechanically" all derivatives classified as "held for trading" in accountancy but that are not part of the trading book as defined in CRR (excepted derivatives for proprietary trading) ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_82
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F8.1 Breakdown of financial liabilities by product and by counterparty sector - "Repurchase agreements" (Rows 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350)

FINREP - Template 8.1 Breakdown of financial liabilities by product and by counterparty sector - "Repurchase agreements" (Rows 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350) - can you confirm that the rows "Repurchase agreement" do not include assets pledged that are not securities?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_81
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 310 "project finance loans"

FINREP - Template 7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 310 "project finance loans" : does this row include all "specialised lending exposures" (CRR art 147.8) or only the subcategory "project finance loans" ? Indeed, the European directive 2006-048 (art 86 al 6) mentioned "specialised lending exposures", but in the French version, a breakdown by sub-category had been added : objects lending, commodities lending, real estate financing and project finance loans ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_80
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 260 "Advances that are not loans"

FINREP - Template 7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 260 "Advances that are not loans" : does this row include advances in associates current accounts (which are advances and not loans) ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_79
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 200 "On demand [call] and short notice [current account]"

FINREP - Template 7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired (+ template 5) - Row 200 "On demand [call] and short notice [current account]" / does this row include discounts on debts that have been restructured due to counterparty default ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_78
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP - F7 Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due or impaired - Column 110 "Accumulated write-offs"

Does this row include discounts on debts that have been restructured due to counterparty default ?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_77
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP: F1.3 Equity - Row 070 "Other equity instruments issued"

What kind of instrument is expected on this row ? Does it include all "own funds instruments" in CRR regulation, i.e. "capital instruments issued by the institution that qualify as Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 or Tier 2 instruments"?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_75
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

COREP: C05.01 Transitional Adjustments Reciprocal Cross Holdings - Residual amounts of CET1 to be deducted from AT1 and T2

(CA5;240 to 330;*) cover Reciprocal Cross Holdings. In CA5, for each of the capital groups (CET1, AT1 and T2), a differentiation is made between Rec. Cross Holdings where the institution has a significant investment versus a non-significant investment. In article 472 (9), it is stated that in case of a significant investment under Rec. Cross Holdings, the residual amount should be treated in accordance with point (i) of Article 36 (1) whereas for non-significant investments under Reciprocal Cross Holdings, it should be treated in accordance with point (h) of Article 36 (1). However, as both significant and non-significant holdings are treated separately in CA 5.1 (Row 390 to 420 and Row 340 to 370 respectively), we are wondering which residual amount there remains to be put under a transitional adjustment under rows 260 to 330 for columns 020 to 030.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_74
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - COREP (incl. IP Losses)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

FINREP: Reporting of insurance subsidiaries

According to new Finrep instructions templates F 1.1/1.2/1.3 should be reported according to the CRR scope of consolidation and template F17 according to the IFRS scope of consolidation. 1)Does this mean all tables (except template F17) should be reported according to CRR scope (which excludes insurance subsidiaries)? 2)CRR scope: Although insurance subsidiaries should not be consolidated according to the instructions, we assume the investments in and intercompany positions with insurance subsidiaries and the related P&L components with/from these subsidiaries should be reported somewhere in the consolidated figures. Is that correct? If yes, which lines in templates F 1.1-1.3 (balance sheet) and template F2 (P&L) should we use for this purpose?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 - ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions (repealed)
  • ID: 2013_70
  • Topic: Supervisory reporting - FINREP (incl. FB&NPE)
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 14/02/2014

The meaning of the "amount owed to the institution"

How should institutions understand the "amount owed to the institution" under Article 501(2)(c)(1) in case of off-balance sheet exposures to customers that haven’t yet been used? Is it the exposure value (as understood in Article 111) or the nominal value of such product (for example credit line)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_416
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Applicability of the transitional period under Article 124(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013

According to Article 124(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR), institutions should have a 6-month transitional period to apply higher risk weights set by the competent or designated authorities to exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property.Should this transitional period also apply if the national authority decides under CRR to set risk weights at the same level and to the same extent, i.e. for the same kind of exposures that are currently set under CRD (so in fact such decision would not result in a higher capital requirements for banks in comparison to current national legislation)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_361
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Definition of SME

SMEs are defined by turnover alone (EUR 50 million according to OJ L 124, 20.05.2003). Our question concerns when turnover is recorded. Is it (i) at inception of the loan or (ii) on an on-going basis? We would also like to know what level of documentation/proof is required, if any.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_343
  • Topic: Credit risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Holdings of own funds instruments issued by financial sector entities included in the scope of consolidated supervision not deducted from own funds on an individual basis

According to Article 49(2) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 (CRR) “for the purposes of calculating own funds on an individual basis and a sub-consolidated basis, institutions subject to supervision on a consolidated basis in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II of Part One shall not deduct holdings of own funds instruments issued by financial sector entities included in the scope of consolidated supervision, unless the competent authorities determine those deductions to be required for specific purposes, in particular structural separation of banking activities and resolution planning. Such provisions mean, if understood correctly, that starting from 1 January 2014, all significant investments in financial entities of a bank subgroup will not be deducted from own funds on an individual basis, but according to Article 49(4) of the CRR will be risk weighted according to Article 133 (for standardised approach). With the above in mind, what risk weight should be applied for such exposures? According to Article 133(2) of the CRR “equity exposures shall be assigned a risk weight of 100 %, unless they are required to be deducted in accordance with Part Two, assigned a 250 % risk weight in accordance with Article 48(4), assigned a 1250 % risk weight in accordance with Article 89(3) or treated as high risk items in accordance with Article 128.” In Article 133(2) of the CRR there is no reference to equity exposures treated under Article 49(2). Does this mean that such exposures should be treated simply with 100% risk weight?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_268
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Outflows associated with shorts - net or gross

Can you clarify whether Article 423(4) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) requires firms to: 1) assess long and short positions gross per ISIN and to treat shorts gross by ISIN, reporting an outflow under Article 423(4) corresponding to the sum of all the gross short positions per ISIN (not covered >30 days); or 2) assess shorts net of any longs currently used to cover shorts via stock collateralised stock borrow e.g. a long in one ISIN (not qualifying as liquid assets per Article 416) that is currently used as collateral to cover a short in another ISIN (stock collateralised stock borrowing) and maturing inside 30 days, can continue to be eligible as collateral to cover shorts thus reducing the outflow reported under Article 423 (4).

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_189
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Treatment of Tier 1 securities with calls every 5 years (as opposed to quarterly calls)

Could a Tier 1 security with an incentive to redeem and a first call date post January 1, 2014 (say, in 2016) and which is callable every 5 years after the first call date count as Tier 2 if not called at the first call date? This question is partly based on the answer to the question 2013_15, where the EBA gives clarity on the fact that non-called Tier 1 cannot count as Tier 2 post the first call date, as they are callable every quarter on so do not comply with Tier 2 requirement - which is not the case here.

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_48
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 31/01/2014

Valuation of qualifying holdings outside the financial sector for the purposes of Article 89 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013

What is the correct valuation to determine the 15% threshold of the eligible capital under Article 89(1) of Regulation (EU) No, 575/2013? Are the provisions of Article 4(77) also relevant for this purpose or should it be generally the amortized cost?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_367
  • Topic: Own funds
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 24/01/2014

Assets controlled by a liquidity management function

Would only those assets which are directly controlled by the liquidity management function fall within the definition of liquid asset holdings (subject to meeting the other conditions) under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), or do those assets which are not directly controlled by the liquidity management function also qualify?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable
  • ID: 2013_280
  • Topic: Liquidity risk
  • Date of submission:
  • Published as final Q&A: 24/01/2014