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Joint Committee

About us

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. In particular, the Joint Committee works in the areas of micro-prudential analyses of cross-sectoral developments, risks and vulnerabilities for financial stability, retail financial services and consumer and investor protection issues and retail investment products, cybersecurity, financial conglomerates, accounting and auditing.. The ESAs, within the Joint Committee, jointly explore and monitor potential emerging risks for financial markets participants and the financial system as a whole.

The Joint Committee has a dedicated staff provided by each of the ESAs that acts as a secretariat.

In addition to being a forum for cooperation, the Joint Committee plays an important role in the exchange of information with the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and in developing the relationship between the ESRB and the ESAs.

Joint Committee Sub-structures

To learn more, download the booklet Towards European Supervisory Convergence: The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities

You can find further information about the three ESAs on their respective websites:

Composition 

The Joint Committee is composed of:

  • the Chairpersons of the ESAs, and, where applicable, the Chairperson of any Joint Committee Sub-Committee 
  • Observers
    • the Executive Directors of the ESAs;
    • a representative of the Commission; and
    • a representative of the ESRB.

Chairing Authority

The Chairperson of the Joint Committee is appointed on an annual rotational basis from among the Chairpersons of the ESAs. The Chairperson of the Joint Committee shall be a Vice-Chair of the ESRB.

The respective ESA chairing the Joint Committee is responsible for coordinating the work on a number of recurring and other, one-off topics, that may emerge in the different cross-sectoral areas. It organises quarterly Joint Committee meetings or conference calls to discuss and decide on the ESAs joint work.

The chairing of the Joint Committee is as follows:

  • 2022 - EIOPA 
  • 2023 - EBA

Download the Joint Committee rules of procedure

Scope of activities 

In its work the Joint Committee primarily addresses the following regulatory areas to ensure cross-sectoral consistency: 

  • financial conglomerates;
  • accounting and auditing;
  • micro-prudential analyses of cross-sectoral developments, risks and vulnerabilities for financial stability;
  • retail investment products;
  • cybersecurity;
  • information and best practice exchange with the ESRB and the other ESAs;
  • retail financial services and consumer and investor protection issues; and
  • advice by the Committee established in accordance with Article 1(6).

Download the mandates of the subcommittees of the Joint Committee

Joint Committee Work Programme

The work programme of the Joint Committee is, like the individual work programme of each ESA, updated and published on an annual basis:

Read the Joint Committee work programme 2024

Joint Committee Annual Report

The ESAs are individually accountable to the European Parliament and the Council. The Joint Committee as the body, by which the ESAs cooperate on cross sectoral issues is accountable to the European Parliament and the Council. The Joint Committee publishes every year its annual report that is also published as an integral part of the ESAs annual reports.

Read the Joint Committee Annual Report 2022

Joint Committee Statement at the European Parliament

The presiding Chair of the Joint Committee of the ESAs also appears before the European Parliament to report on the ESAs’ joint work over the past year and to outline the committee’s future areas of focus.

Read the 2022 Statement of the Joint Committee Chair

Read the Annex containing the deliverables of the Joint Committee - 2022

Cross-sectoral work

The Joint Committee also undertakes work related to other cross-sectoral issues, such as the regulation of benchmarks, structured financial products (securitisation), credit rating agencies and others.

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European Forum for Innovation Facilitators (EFIF)

The EFIF provides a platform for supervisors to meet regularly to share experiences from engagement with firms through innovation facilitators (regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs), to share technological expertise, and to reach common views on the regulatory treatment of innovative products, services and business models, overall boosting bilateral and multilateral coordination.

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Library of the Joint Committee

Read the publications issued jointly by the three supervisory authorities under the Joint Committee.

Go to the library

Joint Committee consultations

To fulfil its commitment to openness and transparency, the Joint Committee conducts written consultations in order to receive comments from all the interested parties, including market participants, consumers and other end-users.

Check below the open and closed consultations

Joint Committee Guidelines

The three supervisory authorities issue guidelines on topics of cross-sectoral relevance.

Go to the guidelines

Joint Q&As

The three European Supervisory Authorities - EBA, ESMA and EIOPA - the ESAs, develop joint Q&As to support the consistent and effective application of the EU regulatory framework for the financial services sector. These Q&As also contribute to the completion of the EU Single Rule Book.

The ESAs do this by publicly providing responses to questions asked by the public, financial market participants, competent authorities, Union institutions and other stakeholders.

Go to the Joint Q&As