Article 32
Assessment of market developments, including stress tests
1.
The Authority shall monitor and assess market developments in the area of its competence and, where necessary, inform the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), and the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), the ESRB, and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission about the relevant micro-prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities. The Authority shall include in its assessments an analysis of the markets in which financial market participants operate and an assessment of the impact of potential market developments on such financial market participants.
2.
The Authority shall initiate and coordinate Union-wide assessments of the resilience of financial market participants to adverse market developments. To that end, it shall develop:
(a)
common methodologies for assessing the effect of economic scenarios on the financial position of a financial market participant, taking into account inter alia risks stemming from adverse environmental developments;
(aa)
common methodologies for identifying financial market participants to be included in Union-wide assessments;
(b)
common approaches to communication on the outcomes of these assessments of the resilience of financial market participants;
(c)
common methodologies for assessing the effect of particular products or distribution processes on the financial position of a financial market participant and on investors and customer information;
(d)
common methodologies for assessing the effect of environmental risks on the financial stability of financial market participants.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the Authority shall cooperate with the ESRB.
3.
Without prejudice to the tasks of the ESRB set out in Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010, the Authority shall, once a year, and more frequently where necessary, provide assessments to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the ESRB of trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities in its area of competence, in combination with the indicators referred to in Article 22(2) of this Regulation.
The Authority shall include a classification of the main risks and vulnerabilities in these assessments and, where necessary, recommend preventative or remedial actions.
4.
The Authority shall ensure an adequate coverage of cross-sectoral developments, risks and vulnerabilities by closely cooperating with the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) and the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) through the Joint Committee.