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Oversight, Policy & Enforcement

From regulatory standard-setting to enforcement action β€” EUFTAC's work spans the full spectrum of EU financial oversight.

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Banking Supervision

Convergence of supervisory practices, capital requirements monitoring, and systemic risk assessment across EU credit institutions and investment firms.

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Capital Markets

Market surveillance, short-selling coordination, market abuse prevention, and transparency requirements for securities and derivatives markets.

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Insurance & Pensions

Solvency II oversight, pension fund governance, and cross-border insurance distribution supervision across the EEA.

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FinTech & Digital Finance

MiCA implementation, DLT pilot regime oversight, AI model risk in financial services, and digital operational resilience (DORA).

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Anti-Money Laundering

Coordination of AML/CFT supervisory colleges, suspicious transaction analysis, and implementation of the EU AML Authority (AMLA) transition.

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Sustainable Finance

SFDR disclosure oversight, EU Taxonomy alignment monitoring, climate risk stress testing, and green bond standard implementation.

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Open for Response

Active Consultations

EUFTAC actively seeks input from industry, civil society, and academics. Consultation papers are open for a minimum of three months.

Consultation Paper Open Deadline: 15 Oct 2026
CP/2026/14 β€” Draft Guidelines on internal governance arrangements under CRD VI, Article 74
Revised requirements for management body diversity, risk appetite frameworks, remuneration benchmarking, and third-country branch governance under the updated Capital Requirements Directive. 78 questions for public response.
Draft RTS Open Deadline: 30 Sep 2026
CP/2026/11 β€” RTS on ESG risk factors in credit institutions' lending standards (CRR3)
Technical standards defining how environmental, social and governance transition risks must be integrated into creditworthiness assessments, loan origination standards, and portfolio management under Article 458a CRR3.
Opinion Open Deadline: 22 Sep 2026
CP/2026/09 β€” Opinion on cryptoasset market integrity under MiCA Title VI
EUFTAC seeks views on supervisory expectations for market manipulation surveillance systems deployed by Crypto-Asset Service Providers and trading platforms under Articles 90–93 MiCA.
Closed consultations: Summaries of feedback received and EUFTAC's responses are published within 6 months of the consultation closure. View closed consultations β†’
Stress Testing

EU-Wide Stress Tests

EUFTAC conducts biennial EU-wide stress tests on banks and insurers in coordination with the ECB, EBA, and EIOPA, assessing resilience against adverse macroeconomic scenarios.

2026 Exercise

2026 Banking Sector Stress Test

Covers 58 banks representing 75% of EU banking sector assets. Adverse scenario includes 3-year recession, +350bps rate shock, and commercial real estate correction of 40%.

Results expected: Q4 2026
Participating institutions: 58 banks across 17 member states
2024 Results

2024 Banking Stress Test Results

EU banking system demonstrated resilience with average CET1 capital depletion of 380bps in the adverse scenario, well above minimum thresholds. Full results published July 2024.

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Climate

Climate Risk Stress Test 2026

First EU-wide climate scenario analysis covering transition and physical risk impacts on banks' credit portfolios across 2026–2050 horizon under NGFS scenarios.

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Convergence

Peer Reviews

EUFTAC's peer review programme assesses how national competent authorities apply EU law in practice, driving genuine supervisory convergence across member states.

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Peer Review: Application of Guidelines on NPL management (2026) Completed
Published 22 May 2026 Β· 27 NCAs reviewed Β· Grade: Mostly Compliant
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Peer Review: Remote customer onboarding and AML digital ID (2025) Completed
Published 14 Nov 2025 Β· 27 NCAs reviewed Β· Grade: Partially Compliant
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Peer Review: DORA ICT third-party risk management supervision In Progress
Launched March 2026 Β· Expected completion Q1 2027
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Enforcement

Enforcement Actions

Where national authorities fail to correctly apply EU law, EUFTAC can initiate breach of Union law proceedings and, in exceptional cases, act directly.

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Active Article 17 proceedings
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Completed proceedings since 2019
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Remediation compliance rate
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Active EBL/2026/003 β€” Failure to apply DORA requirements (NCA: undisclosed)
Initiated 5 Aug 2026 Β· Phase: Formal recommendation under Art. 17(3)
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Active EBL/2026/001 β€” Incorrect transposition of CRD VI remuneration provisions
Initiated 12 Mar 2026 Β· Phase: Investigation β€” NCA response received
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Closed EBL/2025/007 β€” MCD mortgage arrears supervision failure
Closed 30 Jan 2026 Β· Remediated by NCA Β· Full report published
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