(3) Regulation (EU) 2021/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council together with Regulation (EU) 2021/557 of the European Parliament and of the Council amended Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, respectively, to introduce targeted adjustments to the securitisations framework. Those targeted adjustments should be reflected in the reporting requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451.

(4) Regulation (EU) 2019/876 amended Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 with respect to the treatment of prudently valued software assets. In this respect, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2176 amended Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 to clarify the exemption of software assets from the deduction from Common Equity Tier 1 items. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 should be amended to provide competent authorities with information on institutions’ implementation of the requirements of that Delegated Regulation.

(5) The final report of the EBA on the cost of compliance recommended to exempt small and non-complex institutions from the reporting of certain asset encumbrance templates and to adjust the definition of the level of asset encumbrance. The Commission agrees with the recommendations on reducing the cost of compliance included in that report. It is therefore necessary to amend the corresponding provisions on reporting on asset encumbrance on an individual and a consolidated basis of Regulation (EU) 2021/451.

(6) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 lays down the requirements for reporting of core information for the purposes of identifying global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs) and assigning G-SII buffer rates in accordance with a Union-specific methodology laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1222/2014. The indicators through which systemic importance is measured are equally applicable to banking groups and standalone institutions. Therefore, the reporting obligations should be extended to standalone institutions that meet the criteria for being included in the G-SII assessment exercise.

(7) In order to improve the ability of competent authorities to effectively monitor and assess the institutions’ risk profile, the institutions’ compliance with prudential requirements, and to identify the risks that institutions may pose to the financial sector, a number of Annexes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 should be amended.

(8) In order to give clarity and sufficient time to prepare for the implementation of the reporting requirements introduced by this Regulation, institutions should start reporting in accordance with this Regulation not earlier than six months from its date of entry into force, in accordance with Article 430(7) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.

(9) The provisions in this Regulation are closely linked, since Article 415(3), first subparagraph and Article 415(3a), first subparagraph, concern institutions’ reporting obligations that are substantially aligned to other institutions’ reporting obligations in accordance with Article 430 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. To ensure coherence between those provisions, the relevant implementing technical standards should be included in a single Regulation.

(10) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11) This Regulation is based on the draft implementing technical standards submitted to the Commission by EBA.

(12) EBA has conducted open public consultations on the draft implementing technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the advice of the Banking Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council,