ECB Publishes Release 5.0 of BIRD Database
ECB published Release 5.0 of the Banks' Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) Database and the related technical guidelines. This release includes the updated version of the input layer that is needed for COREP credit risk, FINREP nonperforming loans, and securitization. A new release to be published in 2020 will include the validation and transformation language (VTL) related to these frameworks.
The BIRD Release 5.0 incorporates the following reporting requirements:
- EBA implementing technical standards on data requirements for resolution planning, implementing the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) and the Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation (SRMR)
- EBA technical standards on asset encumbrance data requirements under Article 100 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
- EBA technical standards on FINREP requirements (updated to version 2.8), implementing the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV) and CRR
- Regulation (EU) 2016/867 of ECB on the collection of granular credit and credit risk data for resident credit institutions and resident foreign branches of credit institutions (AnaCredit Regulation)
- Regulation (EU) No 1011/2012, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/1384, concerning statistics on holdings of securities (SHS)
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Keywords: Europe, EU, Banking, Reporting, FINREP, AnaCredit, SHS, SRMR, Statistics, BIRD, BRRD, CRR/CRD, BIRD Release 5.0, COREP, Credit Risk, NPLs, Securitization, ECB
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