Recital 1

(1)Pursuant to Article 78(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU, institutions permitted to use internal approaches are required to submit to their competent authority at an appropriate frequency, and at least annually, the results of the calculations of their risk weighted exposure amounts or own fund requirements under their internal approaches for exposures or positions that are included in the benchmark portfolios, to enable that competent authority to assess the quality of those internal approaches (‘benchmarking exercise’). Pursuant to Article 78(3), second subparagraph, of that Directive, the European Banking Authority (the ‘EBA’) is to produce a report to assist the competent authorities in the assessment of the quality of the institutions’ internal approaches, based on the results of the benchmarking exercise. The reporting requirements for the benchmarking exercise are specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 ² that was amended several times. To reflect the changes in the focus of the competent authorities’ assessments and of the EBA’s reports, and in light of legislative changes in the area of market risk, it is necessary to update again the benchmark portfolios, together with the reporting requirements laid down in that Implementing Regulation.