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The Croatian National Bank prescribes the content, structure, and delivery methods for supervisory reports submitted by credit institutions, branches of third-country credit institutions, and financial holding companies. The Decision mandates specific reporting frequencies and deadlines, including monthly and quarterly preliminary reports due within 42 calendar days, annual audited reports, and daily short position reports due by 15:30 on the following trading day. It establishes detailed obligations for funding plan reports, requiring non-small and non-complex institutions to submit data annually by 15 March, while exempting small and non-complex institutions from these requirements. Additionally, the text defines procedures for IT solutions, validation rules, and a complaint mechanism allowing credit institutions to challenge final compiled reports within five working days.
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Pursuant to Article 83, paragraph (5), Article 182, paragraph (9), item (6) in so far as it relates to items (2) and (4) of that paragraph, Article 182, paragraph (9), item (7), Article 200, paragraph (4), Article 212, paragraph (3) and Article 217, paragraph (2) of the Credit Institutions Act (Official Gazette 22/2026),
Article 43, paragraph (2), item (10) and Article 86, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Croatian National Bank
(Official Gazette 75/2008, 54/2013 and 47/2020), the Governor of the Croatian National Bank hereby issues the Decision on supervisory reports of credit institutions I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Subject matter
Article 1
(1) This Decision prescribes:
(3) The provisions of this Decision shall apply mutatis mutandis to a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company that has been granted approval pursuant to the Credit Institutions Act or a designated entity where a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company has been granted exemption. II.1 NATIONAL SUPERVISORY REPORTS List of reports and types of reports
Article 4
(1) The Croatian National Bank shall collect the following reports for the purposes of supervision:
(3) An RC parent credit institution shall deliver to the Croatian National Bank for its group of credit institutions in the RC governed by Title XI, Chapter IX of the Credit Institutions Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘group of credit institutions in the RC’) consolidated preliminary (unaudited) reports with an annual frequency, with the balance as at 30 June, at the latest within 42 calendar days following the reference date. (4) Credit institutions shall, following the expiry of each business year, based on the balance as at 31 December, in accordance with the balance in the business books after the statutory audit, deliver to the Croatian National Bank unconsolidated audited reports, at the latest within the time limit referred to in
Article 218 of the Credit Institutions Act.
(5) An RC parent credit institution shall deliver to the Croatian National Bank for its group of credit institutions in the RC consolidated audited reports, at the latest within the time limit referred to in Article 218 of the Credit Institutions Act. (6) An RC parent credit institution shall deliver to the Croatian National Bank a group report with the balance as at 31 December, at the latest within the time limit of one month from the reference date. In case of a change in the composition and/or relationship within a group of credit institutions or the entire group during a year, i.e., in case of changes in the data submitted to the Croatian National Bank, the credit institution shall deliver the amended report, at the latest within one month of the date of the change. (7) Credit institutions shall deliver the daily report to the Croatian National Bank for each day which is subject to the notification obligation referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1) or
Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March
2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, at the latest by 15:30 on the following trading day. (8) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (6) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. Manner of report delivery
Article 6
(1) Credit institutions shall for the purposes of supervision deliver to the Croatian National Bank compiled reports and integral reports in the manner governed by the Instructions for preparing and delivering supervisory reports. (2) Credit institutions shall submit data for compiling reports in the manner prescribed by the Decision on statistical and supervisory reporting. (3) The Croatian National Bank shall prepare compiled reports referred to in this Decision in accordance with the Instructions for preparing and delivering supervisory reports. (4) Compiled reports shall be deemed to be delivered by a credit institution to the Croatian National Bank, if a credit institution has submitted the data in a manner referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, on the basis of which the Croatian National Bank then prepares compiled reports in accordance with paragraph (3) of this Article. (5) Following the submission of data required for the preparation of compiled reports, in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article, the Croatian National Bank shall prepare the initial and final compiled reports of credit institutions and shall deliver them to the credit institution. The Croatian National Bank shall compile initial reports prior to the time limit for delivery and shall compile final reports after the expiry of that time limit.
(6) Credit institutions shall be deemed to have delivered compiled reports within the time limits prescribed in Article (5) of this Decision if the following conditions are met:
II.2 FUNDING PLANS
List of reports
Article 8
(1) The Croatian National Bank shall collect the following reports for the purpose of monitoring funding plans:
(6) Credit institutions shall deliver reports on funding plans to the Croatian National Bank with an annual frequency, with the balance as at 31 December of the previous calendar year, at the latest by 15 March of the current year. (7) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraph (6) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. IT-solutions
Article 10
(1) Credit institutions shall deliver to the Croatian National Bank reports on funding plans in the manner governed by the Instructions for preparing and delivering supervisory reports. (2) Credit institutions shall be deemed to have delivered to the Croatian National Bank the reports referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article if the following conditions are met:
(2) The reports referred to in paragraph (1), of this Article shall be referred to as the financial information reports. Reporting obligations, reference dates and time limits for delivery
Article 13
(1) Credit institutions shall deliver financial information reports to the Croatian National Bank as at the reference dates referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (b), (c) and (d) and paragraph (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 in accordance with the time limits referred in
Article 3 of that Implementing Regulation.
(2) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. (3) Credit institutions shall prepare the financial information reports in accordance with the rules referred to in Article 11 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 so as to adjust these rules to reporting on an unconsolidated basis. IT-solutions
Article 14
The provisions on IT-solutions referred to in Article 10 of this Decision shall apply to the delivery of financial information reports. II.4 STAFF REMUNERATION List of reports
Article 15
For the purposes of benchmarking staff remuneration and for the purpose of complying with the obligation to report to the Croatian National Bank on the approved higher ratios pursuant to Article 201, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Credit Institutions Act, the Croatian National Bank shall collect the following reports:
year, on the basis laid down in paragraph (4) of this Article. Credit institutions shall submit these reports for each Member State in which high earners are located for each payment bracket of EUR 1 million. (4) Parent credit institutions shall apply the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article on a consolidated basis for a group of credit institutions in the RC. Where the credit institution is not subject to the requirement to prepare consolidated reports, it shall apply the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article on an individual basis. (5) When preparing the report referred to in Article 15, paragraph (2) of this Decision, credit institutions shall allocate all high earners to payment brackets based on their total remuneration awarded for the business year. (6) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. IT-solutions
Article 17
The provisions on IT-solutions referred to in Article 10 of this Decision shall apply to the delivery of reports referred to in Article 15 of this Decision. III REPORTING OBLIGATIONS OF BRANCHES FROM OTHER MEMBER STATES Reporting obligations, reference dates and time limits for delivery
Article 18
(1) For the purposes of supervision, branches of credit institutions from other Member States established in the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as ‘EU branch’) shall report to the Croatian National Bank financial information on their operation. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Article, the financial information shall include data defined as mandatory under Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2015/534 of the European Central Bank of 17 March 2015 on reporting of supervisory financial information (OJ L 86, 31.3.2015). (3) EU branches shall report the data referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article to the Croatian National Bank as at the reference dates referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (b), (c) and (d) and paragraph (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 within the time limit referred to in Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117. (4) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. (5) The provisions on IT-solutions referred to in Article 10 of this Decision shall apply to the delivery of reports referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. IV REPORTING OBLIGATIONS OF THIRD-COUNTRY BRANCHES Reporting obligations of third-country branches
Article 19
(1) For the purposes of supervision, third-country branches of credit institutions established in the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as ‘third-country branch’) shall report regulatory and financial information on their operation to the Croatian National Bank.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Article regulatory and financial information shall consist of reports laid down in the delegated act adopted by the European Commission pursuant to Article 48.l of Directive 2013/36/EU. (3) Third-country branches shall submit the information referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article to the Croatian National Bank as at reference dates, within the time limit and in accordance with the instructions of the delegated act referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article. (4) Where the time limit for delivery referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a non-working day, the due day for delivery shall be the next working day. (5) The provisions on IT-solutions referred to in Article 10 of this Decision shall apply to the delivery of reports referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. V IT-SOLUTIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF REPORTS UNDER THE COMMON REPORTING FRAMEWORK FOR CREDIT INSITUTIONS IN THE EU IT-solutions
Article 20
(1) The provisions on IT-solutions referred to in Article 10 of this Decision shall apply to the delivery of reports referred to in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453. (2) Where the Croatian National Bank requests credit institutions to deliver reports in accordance with guidelines or decisions of the European Banking Authority, the provisions on IT-solutions referred to in
Article 10 of this Decision shall apply.
VI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Transitional provisions
Article 21
(1) Credit institutions shall deliver the last Report on exposures to persons in special relationship with the credit institution (POKI3) and the last Report on past due receivables (DNP1) in accordance with the Decision on supervisory reports of credit institutions (Official Gazette 146/2021, 108/2022, 27/2023, 76/2024 and 119/2025) as at the reference date of 31 August 2026, by 12 October 2026 at the latest. (2) The last reports Trading book – daily balances (KT-DS) and Detailed trading book (DKT) in accordance with the Decision on supervisory reports of credit institutions (Official Gazette 146/2021, 108/2022, 27/2023, 76/2024 and 119/2025) shall be considered the reports delivered by credit institutions as at the reference date of 30 June 2026. (3) Credit institutions shall deliver the first Report on exposures to persons in special relationship with the credit institution (POKI4) in accordance with this Decision as at the reference date of 30 September 2026. (4) Credit institutions shall deliver the first reports Approved higher ratios between variable and fixed remuneration (R 07.00) and Information on high earners (R 04.00) for the remuneration realised in 2026 (as at the reference date of 31 December 2026) in accordance with the time limits referred to in this Decision.
Cessation of effect
Article 22
On the date of the entry into force of this Decision, the Decision on supervisory reports of credit institutions (Official Gazette 146/2021, 108/2022, 27/2023, 76/2024 and 119/2025) shall cease to have effect. Entry into force
Article 23
This Decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force on 30 September 2026. No.: 361-091/09-26/AŽ Zagreb, 1 September 2026 Ante Žigman Governor The Instructions for preparing and delivering supervisory reports, constituting an integral part of this Decision, are not a part of the translated text as they only contain technical instructions to credit institutions related to the correct preparation and delivery of prescribed reports.
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