(2)For the credit risk benchmarking, the instructions should be changed to specify the mandatory nature of reporting probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) risk parameters with regard to the margin of conservativeness (MoC), regulatory add-on, and downturn (DWT) components, which can be a source of variability in the models. In addition, it should be specified that institutions are required to report the models’ identifier assigned by the competent authority, simplifying the operationalisation of the reporting allocation of data.