Recommendations

This recommendation aims to close remaining data gaps by establishing a more harmonised framework for monitoring developments in real estate markets in the EU. The recommendation provides a common set of indicators that national macroprudential authorities are recommended to monitor when assessing risks originating from the real estate sector, along with working definitions of those indicators.

This recommendation aims to promote a coherent approach across the Union for recognising and setting countercyclical buffer (CCB) rates for exposures to third countries in order to prevent an uneven playing field and the resulting incentives for regulatory arbitrage. The Recommendation is intended to ensure that designated authorities recognise CCB rates set by third-country authorities, set CCB rates for exposures to third countries and set lower CCB rates when risks in a particular third country abate or materialise.(Recommendation ESRB/2015/1)

This recommendation provides guidance to Member States on setting countercyclical buffer (CCB) rates with the aim of establishing a common approach across the Union. The Recommendation provides designated authorities with principles for assessing and setting CCB rates, and guidance on measuring and calculating the credit-to-GDP gap and on calculating the buffer itself.(Recommendation ESRB/2014/1)

This recommendation sets out the intermediate objectives of macroprudential policy and provides an indicative list of instruments that Member States may assign to relevant authorities to pursue both the ultimate objective and the intermediate objectives of macroprudential policy. It recommends that an overall policy strategy be defined that links the ultimate and intermediate objectives with the application of macroprudential instruments as well as their periodic evaluation. This Recommendation follows up on Recommendation ESRB/2011/3.(Recommendation ESRB/2013/1)

This recommendation provides guidance to supervisory authorities and the European Banking Authority (EBA) on incentivising sustainable funding structures for credit institutions and mitigating any related systemic risks. The Recommendation requires supervisory and macroprudential authorities to establish a monitoring framework for funding risks and asset encumbrance. It also recommends greater transparency about encumbered assets in the public reporting of banking institutions. Supervisory authorities are requested to identify best practices regarding covered bonds and encourage harmonisation of their national frameworks, while the EBA is recommended to assess whether financial instruments other than covered bonds could also generate encumbrance.(Recommendation ESRB/2012/2)

This recommendation aims to reduce the systemic risks arising from money market funds (MMFs). The European Commission is recommended to ensure, through Union legislation, the change of the constant net asset value to a fluctuating net asset value model, the introduction of stricter liquidity requirements, the public disclosure of specific information by MMFs and the adoption of enhanced reporting obligations to supervisory authorities for MMFs.(Recommendation ESRB/2012/1)

This recommendation aims to create effective macroprudential policy in the EU. Member States are recommended to designate a single institution or board that is responsible for the conduct of macroprudential policy at the national level and that has control over the instruments appropriate for achieving its objective. Furthermore, the ESRB recommends that the macroprudential authority should be operationally independent and accountable to the national parliament.(Recommendation ESRB/2011/3)

This recommendation aims to prevent European banks being dependent on US dollar funding. National supervisory authorities are recommended to take preventive measures by monitoring maturity mismatches between assets and liabilities in US dollars and ensuring that banks have contingency plans in place for their US dollar funding.(Recommendation ESRB/2011/2)

This recommendation aims to reduce the risks associated with financial institutions lending to households and companies in foreign currency. National supervisory authorities and Member States are recommended to require financial institutions to provide borrowers with adequate information on the risks associated with borrowing in foreign currency. National supervisory authorities are further recommended to monitor whether foreign currency lending is encouraging excessive credit growth and to ensure that financial institutions incorporate the risks associated with lending in foreign currency into their internal risk management.(Recommendation ESRB/2011/1).