According to the ESRB Regulation: “The ESRB shall be responsible for the macro-prudential
oversight of the financial system within the Union in order to contribute to the
prevention or mitigation of systemic risks to financial stability in the Union
that arise from developments within the financial system and taking into account
macro-economic developments, so as to avoid periods of widespread financial distress.
It shall contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market and thereby
ensure a sustainable contribution of the financial sector to economic growth.”
For this purpose, the ESRB shall carry out the following tasks:
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determining and/or collecting and analysing all the relevant and necessary information;
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identifying and prioritising systemic risks;
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issuing warnings where such systemic risks are deemed to be significant and,
where appropriate, make those warnings public;
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issuing recommendations for remedial action in response to the risks identified
and, where appropriate, making those recommendations public;
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when the ESRB determines that an emergency situation may arise issuing a confidential
warning addressed to the Council and providing the Council with an assessment
of the situation, in order to enable the Council to adopt a decision addressed
to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) determining the existence of an
emergency situation;
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monitoring the follow-up to warnings and recommendations;
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cooperating closely with all the other parties to the European System of Financial
Supervision (ESFS); where appropriate, providing the ESAs with the information
on systemic risks required for the performance of their tasks; and, in particular,
in collaboration with the ESAs, developing a common set of quantitative and qualitative
indicators (risk dashboard) to identify and measure systemic risk;
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participating, where appropriate, in the Joint Committee of the ESAs;
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coordinating its actions with those of international financial organisations,
particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability
Board (FSB) as well as the relevant bodies in third countries on matters related
to macro-prudential oversight;
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carrying out other related tasks as specified in Union legislation.
