Banking Supervision

Electronic submission of prudential returns via ExtraNet

The Deutsche Bundesbank gives all credit and financial services institutions and authorised computer centres and IT service providers the opportunity of submitting prudential returns electronically.

The Bundesbank ExtraNet is a low-cost, future-proof method of electronically submitting prudential returns based on the latest internet technology.

You can find out more about the technical aspects of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s new e-business platform in the ExtraNet information section. There you can read what you additionally need to know for your prudential returns.

The following prudential returns have been eligible for submission via ExtraNet since December 2002:

• Large exposures and loans of €1.5 million or more
• Returns pursuant to the German Solvency Regulation (Solvabilitätsverordnung) and the German Liquidity Regulation (Liquiditätsverordnung)
• Monthly return
• Data overview reports pursuant to section 68 of the Auditor's Report Regulation
• Reports on participating interests pursuant to section 24 of the Banking Act

Returns are submitted by uploading files. The files must comply with the data record format for electronic submission.. Alternatively, data entry portals are available (except for data overview reports and reports on participating interests).

A means of submitting these returns via ExtraNet will be made available to institutions subject to reporting requirements well in advance of the reporting deadlines pursuant to the Solvency Regulation and the Liquidity Regulation.

For loans of €1.5 million or more, we offer a master data search engine for borrower ID numbers as an additional service.

Application for the electronic submission of prudential returns

An overview of the different methods of electronic submission, the range of services, reporting deadlines and contact persons, along with a description of the data record format in which the Deutsche Bundesbank accepts prudential returns, can be found in the document.

Documentation (only available in German)

• Electronic submission of prudential returns (Solvency Regulation, Liquidity Regulation, monthly returns and data overview reports pursuant to the Auditor's Report Regulation) (May 2008)
• Information sheet on the electronic submission of reports on participating interests pursuant to sections 12a and 24 of the Banking Act (September 2007)
• Proposal for an automatic rounding procedure when generating prudential reporting forms

Application forms (only available in German)

• Declaration regarding the paperless submission of reports
• Declaration concerning the paperless submission of reports and declaration of indemnity for the notification procedure pursuant to section 14 (2) and (3) of the Banking Act