EBI Regulatory Report #218

EBI Report
on
Economic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:
International, EU and Euro Area Levels
(23 May 2025)

Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki
(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

All previous entries have been put in 4 archives, which can be retrieved here.

Main developments during the weeks 19 – 23 May:

23 May
  • G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Communiqué, Banff, Alberta, 20-22 May 2025
  • EBA: Opinion on a measure to address macroprudential risk following a notification by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance
22 May
  • Council Recommendation of 13 May 2025 on the economic policy of the euro area (OJ C, C/2025/2782, 22.5.2025)
  • EBA: Onboarding plan to implement the Pillar 3 data hub
  • EBA: launch of consultation on amended disclosure requirements for ESG risks, equity exposures and aggregate exposure to shadow banking entities
  • European Court of Auditors: Special report 14/2025: Developing supplementary pensions in the EU – EU action not effective in strengthening occupational pensions and establishing a pan-European personal pension product (OJ C, C/2025/2811, 22.5.2025)
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1003 of 24 January 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (MiFIR) as regards OTC derivatives identifying reference data to be used for the purposes of the transparency requirements laid down in Article 8a(2) and Articles 10 and 21 (OJ L, 2025/1003, 22.5.2025)
21 May
  • ECB/Eurosystem: Financial Stability Review, May 2025
  • ECB/Eurosystem: Rapidly shifting geopolitical environment could test euro area financial stability
  • European Commission: Questions and answers on simplification omnibus IV
  • Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: continues to prioritise Basel III implementation, progresses work to strengthen supervisory effectiveness and discusses finalisation of principles on third-party risks
  • EBA: EU Deposit Guarantee Scheme funds to protect depositors against bank failures have reached €79bn
  • IOSCO: Sustainable Bonds Report
  • IOSCO: Statement on Combatting Online Harm and The Role of Platform Providers
  • ESMA: request for input on the retail investor journey as part of simplification and burden reduction efforts
20 May
  • Financial Stability Board (FSB): Forum on Cross-Border Payments Data convenes for the first time
  • FSB: Guardrails for growth: ensuring financial stability through thoughtful regulation, Speech by Martin Moloney, Deputy Secretary General
  • EBA: 2024 Report of key achievements and activities
19 May
  • European Commission: Spring 2025 Economic Forecast: Moderate growth amid global economic uncertainty
  • IOSCO: Final Reports on Finfluencers, Online Imitative Trading Practices and Digital Engagement Practices
  • Regulation (EU) 2025/914 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements (OJ L, 2025/914, 19.5.2025)