Measure of the National Bank of Slovakia No. 2/2026 of 30 March 2026, amending and supplementing Measure No. 4/2015 of 31 March 2015

Issue 11/2026 Gazette of the NBS – NBS Measure No. 2/2026 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2/2026 MEASURE of the National Bank of Slovakia of 30 March 2026, amending and supplementing the Measure of the National Bank of Slovakia of 31 March 2015 No. 4/2015 on further types of risks, on details of the risk management system of a bank and a branch of a foreign bank and on what is understood by a sudden and unexpected change in interest rates on the market as amended by the Measure of 19 November 2024 No. 7/2024

The National Bank of Slovakia, pursuant to Section 27(14)(a) and (d) of Act No. 483/2001 Coll. on Banks and Amending and Supplementing Certain Laws as amended by subsequent regulations, establishes:

Article I

The Measure of the National Bank of Slovakia of 31 March 2015 No. 4/2015 on further types of risks, on details of the risk management system of a bank and a branch of a foreign bank and on what is understood by a sudden and unexpected change in interest rates on the market (Notification No. 81/2015 Coll.) as amended by the Measure of 19 November 2024 No. 7/2024 (Notification No. 359/2024 Coll.) is amended and supplemented as follows:

1. In Section 2(3), the words “according to Section 2(8)(a) of the Act” are inserted after the words “branch of a foreign bank”.

2. Section 4 is supplemented with paragraph 5, which reads:
   “(5) The strategy for managing environmental risks, social risks and governance risks corresponds to the scope, nature and complexity of the environmental risks, social risks and governance risks of the bank’s business model and the scope of its activities, takes into account the short-term, medium-term and long-term horizon of at least ten years and includes in particular a) the bank’s objectives in the field of managing environmental risks, social risks and governance risks, b) methods and procedures for identifying, measuring, monitoring and mitigating environmental risks, social risks and governance risks in the short-term, medium-term and long-term horizon, c) regular testing of the bank’s resilience to long-term negative impacts of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks, d) the allocation of responsibilities for managing environmental risks, social risks and governance risks.”. The footnote to reference 2a reads:
   “2a) Art. 4(1) point 52d of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in its current version.”.

3. In Section 13(3), point (e) reads:
   “(e) policies and procedures for managing the risk associated with contracts for activities outsourced to the bank,”.

4. In Section 13, paragraph 3 is supplemented with point (j), which reads:

Issue 11/2026 Gazette of the NBS – NBS Measure No. 2/2026 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________ “(j) procedures and plans for managing operational risk associated with the bank’s direct and indirect exposures to crypto-assets 5) and to crypto-asset service providers 6).”. The footnotes to references 5 and 6 read:
“5) Section 5(ar) of Act No. 483/2001 Coll. on Banks and Amending and Supplementing Certain Laws as amended by Act No. 30/2026 Coll.
6) Art. 3(1) point 15 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ EU L 150, 9.6.2023) in its current version.”.

5. Section 14a is inserted after Section 14, which reads:
   “Section 14a
   (1) The identification of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks is ensured in the bank in all its business activities.
   (2) The system for measuring environmental risks, social risks and governance risks in the bank shall in particular a) ensure the measurement of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks in all business activities of the bank in which these risks are identified, b) enable the determination of the degree of impact of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks and their sources on the bank in the short-term, medium-term and long-term horizon, including the impact on other risks to which the bank is exposed. (3) For the purposes of managing environmental risks, social risks and governance risks, the bank’s internal regulations pursuant to Section 27(2) of the Act and in accordance with the approved strategy for managing environmental risks, social risks and governance risks shall also contain a) procedures and plans for identifying environmental risks, social risks and governance risks in the bank’s business activities, b) procedures and plans for classifying environmental risks, social risks and governance risks into groups designated by the bank in accordance with the bank’s strategy, c) procedures and plans for regularly assessing the severity of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks and their impacts on the bank, including the impact on other risks to which the bank is exposed, d) procedures and plans for regularly testing the bank’s resilience to long-term negative impacts of environmental factors, social factors and governance factors, e) the method of cooperation and a description of information flows between organizational units carrying out business activities, activities related to the settlement of transactions and activities related to the management of environmental risks, social risks and governance risks. (4) The resilience testing of the bank pursuant to Section 4(5)(c) includes testing primarily against factors related to climate and is carried out a) in both the baseline and adverse scenario, b) within a specified time frame, c) using multiple scenarios in the field of environmental factors, social factors and governance factors, which take into account the possible impacts of environmental and social changes and related public policies

Issue 11/2026 Gazette of the NBS – NBS Measure No. 2/2026 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________ on the business environment in the long-term horizon and which meet the requirement of reliability and are based on scenarios developed by international organizations.”.

6. Section 15 is supplemented with paragraph 3, which reads:
   “(3) In connection with the bank’s exposures to crypto-assets, it is ensured in the bank that a) each exposure to crypto-assets that the bank plans to accept is assessed in advance, taking into account the adequacy of existing processes and procedures for managing counterparty risk and market risk; a report on these assessments is prepared and submitted to the National Bank of Slovakia upon request, b) in the case of exposures to crypto-assets without an identifiable issuer, concentration risk is assessed from the perspective of the bank’s exposures to crypto-assets with similar characteristics.”.

7. The Annex is supplemented with point 3, which reads:
   “3. Directive (EU) 2024/1619 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, branches of third-country branches and environmental and social risks and governance risks (OJ EU L, 2024/1619, 19.6.2024).”.

Article II

This measure shall enter into force on 1 May 2026.

Peter Kažimír in his own hand governor

Issuing unit: Banking Supervision Department