Subject matter

These guidelines specify the common procedures and methodologies for the functioning of the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) referred to in Articles 48n, 97 and 107(1)(a) of Directive 2013/36/EU¹¹ , including those for the assessment of the organisation and treatment of risks, including money laundering and terrorist financing, referred to in Articles 76 to 87 of that Directive, and the processes and actions taken with reference to Articles 48o, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 104a, 104b, 104c, 105, 107(1)(b) and 117 of that Directive. These guidelines aim to provide common methodologies to be used by competent authorities when conducting supervisory stress tests in the context of their SREP referred to in Article 100(2) of Directive 2013/36/EU. In addition, these guidelines also specify in accordance with Article 104a(7) of Directive (EU) 2024/1619 on how to operationalise the requirements where an institution has become bound by the output floor.

¹¹ Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (OJL 176 27.6.2013, p. 338, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/36/oj).

These guidelines do not set methodologies for the stress tests conducted by the EBA in cooperation with other competent authorities in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010; however, they do describe the range of stress tests to help set the appropriate context for the consideration of future EBA stress tests as one part of the supervisory stress tests.