Question ID: 3508
Regulation Reference: (EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision
Topic: Reporting Templates
Template: S.06.02
Status: Final
Date of submission: 04 Feb 2026
Question
Question related to field C0320 External rating. Could you please confirm if there is any predefined list of allowed values that can be populated in this field? When I investigate data provided by Rating Agencies I often see that they add some suffixes or prefixes to published ratings.
Background of the question
Suffixes / prefixes vary depending on the Rating Agency. For example : (P)A, BBu, BB(EXP), B+*
EIOPA answer
Field C0320 is modelled as free text field and therefore accepts any input, with no validation in place to restrict the possible values.
The definitions provided for C0320 and C0330 are not providing any mapping to a predefined list as the rationale is to provide the direct agency rating.