On 17 July 2026, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted a communication on strengthening the competitiveness of the EU banking sector.
Background
The Commission emphasises that it considers that a competitive banking sector is essential to finance growth, innovation, strategic autonomy and the EU’s major investment needs and sets out that this communication is
On 16 July 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the official translations of its amended guidelines on the application of the definition of default required under Article 178 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), as amended by CRR III. The final report on the guidelines had been published in May
On 17 July 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final report on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on new supervisory tools relating to material operations under Capital Requirements Directive (EU) 2024/1619 (CRD VI), amending Capital Requirements Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD), which introduced
On 17 July 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper on draft implementing technical standards (ITS) amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 in relation to the benchmarking of internal models.
Article 78 of Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) IV requires national competent authorities (NCAs) to conduct an
On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation setting out three sets of regulatory technical standards (RTS) relating to transparency requirements for trading venues and investment firms in respect of derivatives, package orders, and input and output data for the OTC derivatives consolidated tape under the Markets in Financial Instruments
On 8 July 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Final Report on the regulatory technical standards (RTS) concerning the central counterparties’ (CCPs) admission criteria elements, following the review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3).
Background
Under Article 37(7) of EMIR (as
On 8 July 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published an Opinion providing guidance on how institutions can report profit or loss information during the interim period between the first application date of IFRS 18 and the first application date of the amending Implementing Technical Standards on supervisory financial reporting, which are currently
On 7 July 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Guidelines Compliance Table setting out which Member State competent authorities comply or intend to comply with ESMA’s guidelines for the criteria on the assessment of knowledge and competence under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation.