Supervisory Disclosure
Introduction
The supervisory disclosure section presents a detailed picture of the supervisory and regulatory practices in Germany.
When Directive 2013/36/EU (Capital Requirements Directive – CRD IV) came into force, the supervisory disclosure provisions were amended to reflect the new regulatory requirements. Furthermore, the EU Commission endorsed in mid 2014 standards on the structure and format of the information to be disclosed (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 650/2014 of 4 June 2014) which were amended in 2019 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2019/912 of 28 May 2019) and in 2024 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/796 of 4 March 2024).
At the end of 2019 the Directive 2019/2034/EU (Investment Firm Directive - IFD) came into force. Mid 2022 the EU Commission laid down implementing technical standards with regard to the format, structure, content lists and annual publication date of the information to be disclosed by competent authorities (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/389 of 8 March 2022) which were amended in 2023 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2526 of 17 November 2023). With Regulation (EU) No 2019/2033 of 27 November 2019 (Investment Firm Regulation – IFR) a significant number of mandates were given to the European Banking Authority (EBA) covering broad range of areas related to the prudential treatment of investment firms. According to this directive and these standards, all EU member states are required to present information regarding the laws, regulations, administrative rules and general guidance in the field of prudential regulation and supervision. The information contains the way in which Germany has exercised options and national discretions available in EU banking and investment firm legislation. Further, it contains general criteria and methodologies used in the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). Aggregated statistical data on key aspects of the implementation of the prudential framework will be displayed.
The content of this page is organised in four sections which distinguish between the supervisory disclosure exercises for CRD and for IFD.
- Rules and guidance
- Options and national discretions
- Supervisory review
- Statistical data
For a comprehensive overview of supervisory and regulatory practices in Europe, which enables to draw a meaningful comparison of the approaches adopted by the competent authorities in other member states, please view EBA Supervisory Disclosure.