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Discover the MiCA authorisation process for 2024, its impact on EU frameworks like MiFID and DORA, and EBA’s new prudential guidance.

European Banking Authority (EBA) published final report on guidelines on Overall Recovery Capacity (ORC) in recovery planning on 19 July 2023, following a consultation paper in December 2022. The main change following the consultation is the implementation timeline for capital recovery options is now longer at 18-months (previously 12-months). These guidelines apply from 3 months after the publication date or 19 October 2023.

This ECB paper is relevant to banks with derivatives and trading books; it explores the operational aspects and hidden costs associated with the wind-down of a bank’s trading book. An orderly wind-down of a trading book may be a recovery option or an element of a bank’s preferred resolution strategy. This paper details principles of ECB’s supervisory expectations with respect to both recovery and resolution planning.