The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published its 2024 Annual Report, which provides an overview of the joint ESAs work completed during the past year.
The ESAs continued to explore and monitor potential emerging risks for financial markets participants and the financial system.
The main areas of cross-sectoral focus in 2024 were joint risk assessments, sustainable finance, operational risk and digital resilience, consumer protection, financial innovation, securitisation, financial conglomerates and the European Single Access Point (ESAP). Among the Joint Committee’s main deliverables were policy products for the implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) as well as ongoing work related to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
Background
In 2024, ESMA chaired the Joint Committee with all three ESAs coordinating discussions and the exchange of information across their institutions, the European Commission and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
The Joint Committee is a forum with the objective of strengthening cooperation between the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), collectively known as the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).Through the Joint Committee, the three ESAs coordinate their supervisory activities in the scope of their respective responsibilities regularly and closely and ensure consistency in their practices.