Supervisors must co-ordinate on ‘significant-plus’ branches – EBA

Guidelines set out advice for handling branches with “critical” functions

European Union map

The European Banking Authority has issued advice to European Union supervisory authorities on which branches of financial institutions should be classified as “significant-plus”.

A branch should be assessed as “significant-plus” if it qualifies as “significant” under the EU’s capital requirements directive and if it also performs critical functions either for its own financial institution or for the country in which it is based, the EBA says in its final guidance, published on November 1. Once

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.