• Reporting forms for the Solvency Regulation: Annex 3 (according to the Federal Law Gazette, annexes are legally binding)
• Explanatory notes on the reports pursuant to Annex 3 of the Solvency Regulation (draft, last updated March 2008)
• Template for reports pursuant to section 35 (4) and section 159 (2) of the Solvency Regulation (report templates E HVR and Q HVR, updated January 2009)
• Explanatory notes on the reporting of the maximum loss rates pursuant to section 35 (4) and section 159 (2) of the Solvency Regulation (updated March 2010)
• Formal checks for reports pursuant to section 35 (4) and 159 (2) of the Solvency Regulation (report templates E HVR and Q HVR, updated February 2010)
• Short instructions for the data entry portal using the EHVR / QHVR report as an example
• COREP implementation questions
• Formal checks of regulatory capital (registration form E UEB ( last updated March 2009)
• Formal checks of regulatory capital (registration form Q UEB ( last updated March 2009)
• Additional formal checks of regulatory capital (QUEB – “Prudential filter” (last updated August 2007)
• Examinations of reports on KSA positions (last updated June 2008)
• Examinations of reports on KSA securitisation transactions for compliance with formal requirements (reporting form KSA EV, KSA QV, last updated June 2008)
• Examinations of reports on IRBA positions (last updated February 2009)
• Examinations of reports on IRBA securitisation transactions for compliance with formal requirements (reporting form IRBA EV, IRBA QV, last updated June 2008)
• Formal checks of operational risk reports (August 2008)
• Examinations of market risk reporting forms submitted on a solo basis for compliance with formal requirements (last updated September 2009)
• Examinations of market risk reporting forms submitted on a consolidated basis for compliance with formal requirements (last updated September 2009)
• Reporting forms for the Liquidity Regulation: Annexes 1 to 3 (according to the Federal Law Gazette, annexes are legally binding)
• Examinations of compliance with the formal requirements for reports pursuant to the German Liquidity Regulation (Liquiditätsverordnung) (last updated January 2007)
• Electronic submission of prudential returns (Solvency Regulation, Liquidity Regulation, monthly returns and data overview reports pursuant to the Auditor's Report Regulation) (May 2008)

• Joint BaFin/Deutsche Bundesbank information sheet on the assessment base for reports on loans of €1.5 million or more submitted by finance leasing institutions (current on: 7 December 2009) - (only available in German)
• Reports on large exposures and loans of €1.5 million
• Notice concerning the submission of reports on large exposures and loans of €1.5 million or more pursuant to sections 13 to 13b and 14 of the Banking Act. Banking Regulations (only available in German) Date: 12/2009
• Joint BaFin/Deutsche Bundesbank information sheet on the reporting procedures for loans of 1.5 million euro or more applicable to factoring and finance leasing institutions. (only available in German)

Reports for the aggregated monthly return including explanatory notes and examinations of compliance with formal requirements.

• Valid from 08.2009: Reporting forms for the aggregated monthly return (RTF-Dateien)
• Valid from 08.2009: Reporting forms for the aggregated monthly return (PDF-Dateien)
• Valid from 08.2009: Examinations of compliance with formal requirements

Reports for special information provided by building and loan associations including examinations of compliance with formal requirements.

• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for special information provided by building and loan associations (RTF-Files)
• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for special information provided by building and loan associations (PDF-Files)
• Valid from 09.2009: Examinations of compliance with formal requirements

Reports on financial services institutions’ monthly returns including explanatory notes and examinations of compliance with formal requirements.

• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for institutions to which the Monthly Returns Regulation applies (RTF-Files)
• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for institutions to which the Monthly Returns Regulation applies (PDF-Files)
• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for institutions to which the Monthly Returns Regulation for Stockbrokers applies (RTF-Files)
• Valid from 01.2002: Reporting forms for institutions to which the Monthly Returns Regulation for Stockbrokers applies (PDF-Files)
• Valid from 05.2007: Guideline for preparing the monthly returns of financial services institutions and securities trading banks pursuant to section 25 (1) of the Banking Act
• Valid from 03.1999: Examinations of the forms of financial services providers for compliance with formal requirements
• Valid from 03.1999: Examinations of the forms of stockbrokers for compliance with formal requirements

• Regulation on the Submission of Monthly Returns Pursuant to the Payment Services Oversight Act (Verordnung zur Einreichung von Monatsausweisen nach dem Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz (ZAG)), also known as the ZAG Monthly Returns Regulation (ZAG-Monatsausweisverordnung, ZAGMonAwV) in the wording of the announcement of 15 October 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3591)
• Valid from 31.10.2009: Reports on ZAGMonAwV
• Regulation Concerning Reports and the Submission of Documentation under the Payment Services Oversight Act (Verordnung über die Anzeigen und die Vorlage von Unterlagen nach dem Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz), also known as the Reports Regulation for the Payment Services Oversight Act (ZAG-Anzeigenverordnung or ZAGAnzV) in the wording of the announcement of 15 October 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3603)
• Valid from 31.10.2009: Reports on ZAGAnzV
• Regulation on the Type, Scope and Form of the Required Evidence of Agents’ Suitability within the Meaning of Section 19 (2) Sentence 2 of the Payment Services Oversight Act (Verordnung über Art, Umfang und Form der erforderlichen Nachweise im Sinne des § 19 Absatz 2 Satz 2 des Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetzes), also known as the Agents’ Suitability Regulation (Agentennachweisverordnung or AgNwV) in the wording of the announcement of 15 October 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3641)
• Regulation on the Capital Adequacy of Payment Institutions (Verordnung über die angemessene Eigenkapitalausstattung von Zahlungsinstituten), also known as the Payment Institutions’ Capital Regulation (Zahlungsinstituts-Eigenkapitalverordnung or ZIEV) in the wording of the announcement of 15 October 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3643)
• Valid from 31.10.2009: Report on ZIEV
• Overview of the calculation methods specified in the Payment Institutions’ Capital Regulation (Zahlungsinstituts-Eigenkapitalverordnung). (only available in German)
• Regulation on the Auditing of Payment Institutions’ Annual Accounts and the Associated Audit Reports (Verordnung über die Prüfung der Jahresabschlüsse der Zahlungsinstitute sowie die darüber zu erstellenden Berichte), also known as the Auditors’ Report Regulation for Payment Institutions (Zahlungsinstituts-Prüfungsberichtsverordnung or ZahlPrüfbV) in the wording of the announcement of 15 October 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3648)
• Valid from 31.10.2009: Report on ZahlPrüfbV
• Regulation on the Accounting of Payment Institutions (Verordnung über die Rechnungslegung der Zahlungsinstitute, RechZahlV) in the wording of the announcement of 2 November 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3680)
• Valid from 31.10.2009: Reports on RechZahlV

• Valid from 03.2007: Calculation of the required own funds for portfolio managers pursuant to section 10 (9) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz) (ratio of own funds to costs)
• Valid from 03.2007: Collective letter from BaFin dated 21 March 2007 (WA 37 - Wp 2015 - 2007/0005)

• Valid from 4.2003: Guideline for preparing the monthly returns of financial services institutions and securities trading banks pursuant to section 25 (1) of the Banking Act
• Valid from 3.1999: Examinations of the forms of financial services providers for compliance with formal requirements
• Valid from 3.1999: Examinations of the forms of stockbrokers for compliance with formal requirements

• Regulation Concerning Reports and the Submission of Documentation under the Banking Act (Verordnung über die Anzeigen und die Vorlage von Unterlagen nach dem Kreditwesengesetz) (Reports Regulation) (Anzeigenverordnung) of 19 December 2006 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 3245) as last amended by Article 2 of the Regulation of 20 March 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 562) - unofficial text -
• Annexes to the new Reports Regulation (inter alia participating interests, managers) (annexes are legally binding as stated in the Federal Law Gazette)
• Examples of how to complete the new reporting forms
• Notice: information on the new Reports Regulation in support of the transitional phase (source: Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin))
• Annex to the abovementioned notice of 26 November 2007. Questions and answers on the new reporting system for participating interests (source: Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin))
• Information sheet on the electronic submission of reports on participating interests pursuant to sections 12a and 24 of the German Banking Act (Gesetz über das Kreditwesen) (as at July 2009)
• Regulation Concerning Reports Pursuant to Section 2c of the Banking Act and Section 104 of the Insurance Supervision Act (Verordnung über die Anzeigen nach § 2c des Kreditwesengesetzes und § 104 des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes) (Holder Control Regulation (Inhaberkontrollverordnung)) In the wording of the announcement of 20 March 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 562) - unofficial text -

• Data overview for the Auditor's Report Regulation (Annexes 1 - 5 concerning the special data) (PDF-Files)
• Auditor's Report Regulation – regulation governing the auditing of the annual accounts of credit institutions and financial services institutions as well as the reports to be drawn up on these (current version)(Auditor's Report Regulation) (last updated: November 2009)

• Report on the volume of external loans pursuant to section 25 (3) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz) (Country Risk Regulation (Länderrisikoverordnung))
• Examinations of compliance with the formal requirements for reports pursuant to the German Country Risk Regulation (Länderrisikoverordnung)

• Overview of the notification and reporting requirements for financial services institutions and securities trading banks pursuant to the Banking Act (March 2010)
• Overview of the statutory notification and reporting requirements for institutions (excluding financial services institutions and securities trading banks) – (February 2010)
• Directory of privileged debt securities
• Explanatory notes on the directory of privileged debt securities