Regulatory Alerts2023-05-04
Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations regarding annual reports at credit institutions and securities companies
Finansinspektionen issued regulations amending its guidelines on annual reports for credit institutions and securities companies, effective 8 March 2023. The amendments specify the applicability of reporting rules to various entities, including securities companies, financial holding companies, and branches of foreign institutions. These changes define which chapters and sections of the regulatory code apply to different categories of reporting entities under the Annual Accounts for Credit Institutions and Securities Companies Act.
Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code Publisher: Chief Legal Counsel Eric Leijonram, Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished solely for information purposes. Only the printed version of the regulation in Swedish applies for the application of the law. 1 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2008:25) regarding annual reports at credit institutions and securities companies; decided 21 February 2023. Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to section 4, points 1 and 2 of the Annual Reports at Credit Institutions, Securities Companies and Insurance Undertakings Ordinance (1995:1600) that Chapter 1, section 1 of Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2008:25) regarding annual reports at credit institutions and securities companies shall have the following wording. Chapter 1 Section 1 These regulations and general guidelines shall be applied by credit institutions and securities companies when preparing their annual report, consolidated financial statements and interim reports in accordance with the Annual Accounts for Credit Institutions and Securities Companies Act (1995:1559). The rules set out in Chapter 6, section 2a and section 4 and Chapter 8, section 4 do not apply to securities companies other than those referred to in Chapter 1, section 2, first paragraph, point 7c–g of the Credit Institutions and Securities Companies (Special Supervision) Act (2014:968). The rules in sections 2 and 3 and in Chapters 7 and 8 apply to financial holding companies that in accordance with Chapter 1, section 1 of the Annual Accounts for Credit Institutions and Securities Companies Act shall apply the provisions for consolidated financial statements set out in Chapter 7 of the same act. The rules in sections 2 and 3, Chapters 2–4, Chapter 5, sections 21, 22 and 24 and Chapter 6 apply for the branches of foreign credit institutions and securities companies that must apply the Annual Accounts for Credit Institutions and Securities Companies Act when preparing their annual report in accordance with Chapter 6, section 3a of the Bookkeeping Act (1999:1078). The rules in sections 2 and 3 and Chapters 2–4 apply to the branches of foreign credit institutions and securities companies that must apply the Annual Accounts for Credit Institutions and Securities Companies Act when preparing their annual accounts in accordance with Chapter 6, section 3a of the Bookkeeping Act.
These regulations shall enter into force on 08 March 2023. FFFS 2023:2 Published on 27 February 2023
FFFS 2023:2 2 SUSANNA GRUFMAN Emilia Dehlin