European Commission Consults on Improving Supervisory Reporting

Following its 2015 Call for Evidence on the EU regulatory framework for financial services, the Commission has issued a report on progress on the targeted follow-up measures to the Call for Evidence, which was set out in a November 2016 Communication. Alongside the progress report, the European Commission has launched a consultation on supervisory reporting requirements. Some of the respondents to the Call for Evidence had highlighted overlaps and inconsistencies between reporting requirements in certain pieces of financial legislation, a reportedly excessive number of requirements, as well as, at times, insufficient clarity as to what needs to be reported and an insufficient use of international standards. Other respondents also highlighted the costs (including IT costs) of implementing reporting requirements and a number of respondents had mentioned that many EU Member States gold-plate the requirements.

The consultation seeks feedback in a number of areas, with the aim of gaining evidence on the cost of compliance with existing EU level supervisory reporting requirements, as well as on the consistency, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and added value of those requirements. The feedback from the consultation will provide important guidance to the Commission when preparing, if considered appropriate, a formal Commission proposal.

Comments on the consultation are invited by February 28, 2018.

View the Consultation Paper.

View Progress Report on the Call for Evidence.

View the November 2016 Communication.

View Press Release.