This Circular provides further clarification to Investment Services Licence Holders regarding the submission of the EBA XBRL Returns.

MFSA reminds Licence Holders that the submissions are to be correctly inputted and must be free of any errors. Upon submitting the EBA XBRL returns, Licence Holders are to ensure that:

• the status of the submission is accepted by the EBA; and
• any warnings highlighted in the EBA validation report are duly checked and rectified accordingly, even in situations when the uploads are accepted. Further information in relation to this can be found on Reporting frameworks | European Banking Authority.

Licence Holders are also encouraged to refer to the Circulars issued to date by the Authority in relation to the submission of the returns.

Based on the above, MFSA is requesting Licence Holders to re-submit any previously submitted returns which included errors.

For any queries, please contact investmentfirms@mfsa.mt.

Read Circular here.