+9. Internal governance
---+9.1 General criteria
------+127. Competent authorities should perform a careful and comprehensive review of the arrangements …
------+128. The CAM laid down herein aims to guide the competent authorities’ assessment of the …
------+129. For the purposes of this section, and consistently with paragraph 13, the governance …
------+130. Competent authorities should achieve a comprehensive understanding of how the credit …
------+131. Competent authorities should be satisfied that the application documents envisage …
------+132. The intensity of the competent authorities’ assessment of internal governance requirements …
------+133. The assessment should be based on the documents and information submitted by the applicant …
---+9.2 Management body
------+134. The Guidelines intend to embrace all existing board structures and do not advocate any …
------+135. Competent authorities should review the application, in particular the articles of association …
------+136. In accordance with Article 46(4) of Directive 2015/849 (AMLD), competent authorities should …
------+137. In accordance with Article 13(1), second sub-paragraph, CRD competent authorities should …
------+138. Where applicable, competent authorities should also subject to a suitability assessment the …
------+139. Such a suitability assessment should be performed in compliance with the EBA and ESMA …
---+9.3 Organisational structure
------+140. Competent authorities should verify that the credit institution’s organisational structure …
------+141. Competent authorities should carefully assess whether the submitted organisational structure – …
------+142. For the purposes of granting the authorisation or of commencing the activities as the case may …
------+143. Competent authorities should pay specific attention to avoiding the setting up of …
------+144. When the business plan envisages the setting up of structures in other jurisdictions …
------+145. Competent authorities should verify that the terms of reference of the management body …
------+146. Consistently with Article 5(1), letter c) n. (ii), fifth indent of the RTS on information for …
------+147. Competent authorities should verify that the outline of the conflicts of interest policy makes …
------+148. With regard to conflicts of interest at the institution’s level, competent authorities should …
------+149. As to conflicts of interest at the staff level, competent authorities should be satisfied that …
------+150. Competent authorities’ review of the outlines of the whistleblowing policy should ensure that …
------+151. Competent authorities should be satisfied that the outline of the policy covers the process …
------+152. Competent authorities’ review of the outline of the market abuse policy should ensure the …
------+153. Competent authorities should verify that, in line with the EBA Guidelines on product oversight …
------+154. Competent authorities’ review of the outline of the consumer protection policy should aim at …
------+155. Competent authorities’ review of the outlines of the complaints handling policy should aim at …
---+9.4 Internal control framework
------+156. Competent authorities should assess whether the applicant credit institution has an …
------+157. Competent authorities should review the application documents and be satisfied that the …
------+158. Competent authorities should achieve a clear view that the internal control framework covers …
------+159. For this purpose, competent authorities should verify that arrangements are in place to ensure …
------+160. The risk management function and the compliance function, the second line of defence, together …
------+161. To ensure that the internal control functions comply with independence requirements …
------+162. Competent authorities should verify that the heads of the internal control functions fulfil …
------+163. To ensure that internal control functions can be effectively exercised, competent authorities …
------+164. Competent authorities should be satisfied that, as part of the internal control framework, the …
------+165. Competent authorities should be satisfied that the risk management function (RMF) will …
------+166. In respect of the RMF role in the risk strategy and decision-making, competent authorities’ …
------+167. In respect of the RMF’s role in the evaluation of material changes, competent authorities …
------+168. As regards the RMF’s role in identifying, measuring, monitoring, mitigating and reporting risk …
------+169. The RMF’s role should also include the independent assessment of breaches of risk appetite or …
------+170. In respect of the outline of the remuneration policy, in addition to assessing compliance with …
------+171. In particular, they should assess whether: a) the outline of the remuneration policy is in …
------+172. Competent authorities should verify that it is envisaged that the compliance function will …
------+173. The compliance function should ensure that compliance monitoring is carried out through a …
------+174. Competent authorities should also check that the compliance function will be entrusted with …
------+175. Competent authorities should verify that an AML/CTF compliance function for compliance with …
------+176. Competent authorities should verify that the AML/CTF policy, submitted by the applicant credit …
------+177. Competent authorities should verify that the outline covers all elements set out in Article …
------+178. Competent authorities, taking into account the proportionality criteria set out in paragraphs …
------+179. For this purpose, competent authorities should assess whether the IAF has its organisational …
------+180. Competent authorities should also assess whether the IAF is entrusted with at least the …
------+181. They should also verify that the outline of the methodology and internal audit plan covering …
------+182. The outlines of the business continuity policy and plan should ensure that the applicant will …
------+183. Competent authorities should assess whether the ICT policy will provide the credit institution …
------+184. With regard to ICT and security risk , competent authorities should be satisfied that the …

9. Internal governance

9. Internal governance

1. Overview

,
Summary Regulation
9.1 General criteria

9.1 General criteria

9.2 Management body

9.2.1 Management body in management function and management body in supervisory function

9.3 Organisational structure

9.3 Organisational structure

9.4 Internal control framework

9.4 Internal control framework

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements
Source Requirement

3. Related Standards

Standards
Source Requirement
  • EBA - Published by the European Banking Authority at https://www.eba.europa.eu/