Subject matter

These guidelines specify the minimum principles and content of stress tests that deposit guarantee schemes must perform pursuant to Article 4(10) of Directive 2014/49/EU (DGSD)² .

² Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 149).

They aim at helping designated authorities and DGSs to increase the resilience of the DGSs’ systems within the European Union by setting a minimum level of consistency, quality and comparability of DGSs’ stress tests.

The resilience of DGSs can be defined as the ability of DGSs to perform the tasks entrusted to them in accordance with Directives 2014/49/EU and 2014/59/EU³ . This definition covers all the tasks that a DGS is mandated to perform according to the national legislation, including the DGS repayment (Article 8(1) and 11(1) DGSD), the DGS repayment with cross-border cooperation (Article 14 DGSD), contribution to resolution (Article 109 Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)), contribution to failure prevention (Article 11(3) DGSD) and contribution to insolvency proceedings (Article 11(6) DGSD). The resilience of DGSs can be assessed by means of the stress tests provided in the guidelines.

³ Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 190).