Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin): regulatory returns

What this page covers

The periodic returns that firms file directly with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin): 44 returns, of which 17 national (group names end '(national)') and 27 EU-harmonised (11 '(EU, EIOPA)', 7 '(EU, ESMA)', 4 '(EU, EBA)', 2 '(EU, ESAs)', 2 '(EU, EIOPA and ECB)', 1 '(EU, SRB)'). Germany splits supervisory reporting: banks and investment firms file most supervisory returns (COREP, FINREP and the other EBA and national banking returns) with the Deutsche Bundesbank, and BaFin's banking pages refer institutions to the Bundesbank for supervisory reporting; those returns are left out here and belong in the library's separate Bundesbank file. This file covers: insurers and reinsurers (the Solvency II quantitative returns with the ECB add-ons built in, financial stability reporting, special purpose vehicles, the SFCR, RSR and ORSA report, insurance-led financial conglomerates, and BaFin's national reporting under the Insurance Reporting Regulation BerVersV and its collective orders: the national annual and quarterly reports, investment annexes, annual report documents, the actuarial opinion of Pensionskassen and death benefit funds, the irregularities report and the Pensionskassen stress test); Pensionsfonds and Pensionskassen (national annual and interim reports under the PFAV, and the EIOPA/ECB pension data reports, which BaFin collects for EIOPA and the Bundesbank); fund management companies (AIFMD manager and fund reports, MMF reports); securities markets (MiFIR transaction reports, commodity derivative position reports, CSDR settlement fails and settlement internaliser reports, the MiFID II complaints report, trading venue turnover data for BaFin's levies); payment service providers (SEPA/instant payments charges reporting, payment accounts data under Article 27 of the Payment Accounts Directive, account data for BaFin's comparison website); and, because they are filed with BaFin rather than the Bundesbank, the resolution reporting (RESOL1, RESOL2, MREL/TLAC) and bank levy data that BaFin collects as national resolution authority, Pfandbrief reports, banks' and payment institutions' annual financial statements, the DORA register of information (all sectors) and the anti-money laundering data form. Anchor lists: the German MVP Portal page and its list of 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren; the English page lists 18), each procedure's page and information sheet, in particular the information sheet of the procedure 'Versicherungsaufsicht', which lists every insurance submission type; BaFin's insurer and pension fund page 'Berichtspflichten'; the Solvency II reporting notes and deadline list issued with the Bundesbank; the national insurance and pension fund XBRL taxonomy 1.1.0 and its annotated templates; BaFin's English translations of BerVersV, PFAV and KapAusstV; and BaFin's collective orders and general decrees on reporting. Language: BaFin's English pages were used where they exist (MVP list, MiFIR, position limits, CSDR, BaFin's role, the English regulation translations); everything else, including all insurance, pension, fund, payment, resolution, Pfandbrief and DORA pages and documents, was read in German, with official German titles kept in official_name. Left out: event-driven notifications and applications listed on the MVP Portal (ad hoc disclosure, voting rights, managers' transactions, prospectuses and final terms, takeovers, short selling, share buy-backs, suspicious transaction and order reports under MAR and MiCAR, outsourcing notifications, fit and proper notifications under KWG, KAGB and VAG, AML officer appointments, the KAGB notification procedure, PRIIPs KIDs, DORA incident reports, EMIR procedures, simplified recovery plans, auditor submissions and fee notices); insurance submissions in the 'Versicherungsaufsicht' procedure that are event-driven, on request or not described on the pages read (actuarial documents, AVB, tariff notices, technical bases and business plans, triggering factors, health interest rate, special queries, ad hoc queries, holdings, 'Krawatte', the forecast calculation SR/SZ, the guarantee assets register SVV, the insurance complaints report to EIOPA, explanations to the cover calculation EZBR, the auditor's report on the solvency balance sheet and other IORP documents filed under prefix EBAV); the older 'Versicherungsaufsicht - Meldeformulare' procedure, usable only for reporting dates up to 31 December 2024; PEPP stand-alone reporting; reports under section 14 of the Derivatives Regulation, which fund managers send directly to BaFin; statistical returns collected by the Bundesbank (including investment fund statistics); and the ZAG monthly returns of payment and e-money institutions and other banking returns filed with the Bundesbank. Source

How firms file

• MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform)

  BaFin's web portal for reports and notifications. Users register on the portal, then apply for each specialised procedure (Fachverfahren) they need; BaFin checks the signed application (with a power of attorney for third-party filers) and activates access. Files are submitted by manual upload or by SOAP web service, and some procedures offer web forms; the MVP protocol shows whether a report is in processing, rejected or accepted. Many procedures have a parallel TEST procedure (for example Solvency II, national insurance reporting, AIFMD, MMF, MiFIR and DORA). The German page lists 44 procedures. Source

• Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal

  A few items go to BaFin by other routes: fund managers send reports under section 14 of the Derivatives Regulation (DerivateV) directly to BaFin; corrections of earlier bank levy reports go by e-mail to info-restrukturierungsfonds@bafin.de, and signed bank levy confirmations can go as qualified electronically signed PDFs to qes-posteingang@bafin.de. Source

Data the BaFin publishes from the returns

• Statistik der BaFin - Erstversicherungsunternehmen (insurer statistics)

  Firm by firm · Excel (xlsx)

  Yearly statistics on the position and development of German insurers and Pensionsfonds, including branches of non-EEA insurers that need authorisation, published only as tables since 2020: balance sheets, investments, equity, technical provisions, income statement items, sources of profit, portfolio movements and key figures by named undertaking (for example table 160 for life insurers, 2024). Separate files by line of business (life, health, property and casualty, Pensionskassen). The page does not name the source returns. Source

  From: NB JMVU

  Reuse: No separate terms on the page; BaFin's general terms of use apply (see the licence block).

• Aggregierte Rohdaten (aggregated raw data of insurer and Pensionsfonds forms)

  Added up across firms · Excel (xlsx)

  Yearly aggregated raw data of selected forms (Formblätter and Nachweisungen) of insurers and of Pensionsfonds, identified by form, row and column; files for Pensionsfonds go back to 2016. The Pensionsfonds file says it is based on the PFAV and is an extra service without extensive support. Source

  From: NB JMVU, NB JMPF

  Reuse: No separate terms on the page; BaFin's general terms of use apply.

• Beschwerdestatistik (insurance complaints statistics)

  Firm by firm · Web pages by year

  Yearly statistics, by insurer and class, of complaints BaFin finished handling, set against the number of contracts in each class; the portfolio numbers are reported by the undertakings. The page does not say which return they come from. Source

  Reuse: BaFin excludes liability for completeness and correctness; general terms of use apply.

• BaFin account comparison website (Kontenvergleich)

  Firm by firm · Interactive website

  Compares around 6,900 current and basic payment accounts offered in Germany, showing the details providers submit to BaFin (fees, card inclusion, overdraft and credit interest, online account), updated as providers report changes. Source

  From: § 17 ZKG

  Reuse: No separate terms read; BaFin's general terms of use apply.

• Bank levy totals for Germany

  Added up across firms · Web page table

  Table of the total German bank levy contribution by year, 2015 to 2023, on BaFin's bank levy page. Source

  From: Bankenabgabe (SRB form)

  Reuse: BaFin's general terms of use apply.

Reuse terms for the BaFin's documents

BaFin: Terms and Conditions, section 1 (Terms of use), checked 11 November 2026. In the BaFin's words:

The content and documents available on Bafin's website may generally be stored, shared and reproduced. This does not apply where the respective content or documents specify otherwise. Any sharing or reproduction is permitted only with a clear citation of the source. Unless otherwise stated in the content or document, the source should be cited as: © Federal Financial Supervisory Authority / www.bafin.de. In the case of official works within the meaning of section 5 (2) of the German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtgesetz - UrhG), these may be neither altered nor falsified.

Can others share copies?

Allowed with conditions.

Conditions

Cite the source as "© Federal Financial Supervisory Authority / www.bafin.de" unless the document says otherwise. Do not alter or falsify official works. Documents that state other terms, and third-party content (for example EIOPA or ESMA material), are under their own terms.

What the library does

Keeps copies of the documents, as the terms allow. BaFin's terms say the content and documents on its website may be stored, shared and reproduced with the source cited. So copies of BaFin's own reporting documents are kept, unchanged, with that credit. EU legal texts and EIOPA, ESMA or Bundesbank material are under their publishers' terms and are not copied here.

Notice the BaFin's terms ask for: © Federal Financial Supervisory Authority / www.bafin.de. Documents copied here are unchanged. The plain-English summaries are Line4's own; BaFin does not endorse this library.

What could not be verified

Said plainly, so nobody relies on a fact the sources do not give.

• Joint list with the Bundesbank: no single list of returns covering both BaFin and the Bundesbank was found on BaFin's site. BaFin's credit institutions page refers banks to the Bundesbank's pages for supervisory reporting; the Solvency II reporting notes are the only joint BaFin and Bundesbank reporting document found. The Bundesbank's pages were not read for this file.
• English pages are incomplete and partly out of date: the English MVP page lists 18 of the 44 procedures on the German page, and the English Solvency II procedure page (last changed 04/02/2015) still says only taxonomy v1.5.2.c can be processed and lists only two submissions, while the German page lists five.
• National taxonomy 1.1.0 validation list: the MVP page links the 'Validation' Excel of taxonomy 1.0.0 (dated 26.11.2025, 5,990 rules) under 1.1.0; it lacks rules the 1.1.0 notes say were added (F.020.01-0001 to -0007, F.200.01-00951 to -01173 and others). Rule counts were therefore taken from the 1.1.0 taxonomy package (6,232 value assertions) instead.
• BerVersV English translation, section 15(3), names form F.127.01 for Pensionskassen and then F.271.01; the taxonomy has F.271.01 and no F.127.01. The German text, which is binding, was not read.
• Solvency II third-country branches: BaFin's deadline list gives solo and group dates only; the deadline for branch reports (report type 3CB) is not stated separately.
• Financial stability reporting: BaFin's notes say data are reported quarterly and half-yearly with the deadline in EIOPA's guidelines, which were not read; the MVP information sheet still lists annual financial stability entry points (afs, afg, afb) that EIOPA removed from taxonomy 2.8.0.
• Solvency II SPVs: who must file the annual SPV report and when is not stated on the BaFin pages read.
• BaFin's site search (/SiteGlobals/) is disallowed by robots.txt, so the full list of BaFin's general and collective orders (Allgemein- und Sammelverfügungen) could not be browsed; the collective orders used here were found by web search and then read on bafin.de.
• Several Solvency II procedure submissions are listed but not described: the auditor's report on the solvency balance sheet (WP-Bericht Solvabilitätsübersicht), special use (BV-SII) and explanations to the cover calculation (EZBR, also in the 'Versicherungsaufsicht' procedure); their frequency and legal basis were not found.
• Insurance submissions listed in the MVP information sheet with naming rules only (forecast calculation SR/SZ, guarantee assets register SVV, 'Krawatte', insurance complaints report to EIOPA by web form) have no frequency, deadline or legal basis on the pages read and are not recorded as returns.
• Irregularities report: the 2015 collective order says reports are made in writing on the forms, while BaFin's 2026 MVP information sheet lists a PDF upload (prefix MELVUNT); which route is required now is not stated.
• Actuarial opinion of Pensionskassen and death benefit funds: the pages read do not say which MVP submission it goes through; the IORP submission type VMG is the closest match.
• Pensionskassen stress test: only annex 2 of the collective order is named in the text read; annex 1 was not identified.
• AIFMD page title says sections 35 and 46 KAGB, while its text and BaFin's notice say sections 35 and 44 KAGB.
• MMF reports, MiFIR transaction reports, commodity position reports, CSDR reports, MREL/TLAC and FICOD: BaFin's pages give the filing route and format but not the deadline (set in EU law, not restated); MiFIR file content format is not stated.
• Bank levy: the MVP page cites the 31 January deadline of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/63, while the 2027 cycle page says reports can be filed until 01.02.2027 (31 January 2027 is a Sunday).
• Payment accounts data (Article 27 PAD): the page still names July 2026 as the 'next' collection window; frequency and the questionnaire content were not available.
• Pfandbrief reports: deadlines are not stated on BaFin's page; the PfandMeldeV itself (on gesetze-im-internet.de) was not read because that host was not cleared for this batch.
• German laws and regulations (VAG, KAGB, KWG, ZAG, PfandMeldeV, VglWebMV, RStruktFG and others) are linked by BaFin to gesetze-im-internet.de, which was not requested; BaFin's own English translations were used where available (VAG, BerVersV, PFAV, KapAusstV).
• Documents recorded with size and SHA-256 but not read in full: MVP user manual, position limits information sheet, resolution planning, banking supervision and bank levy information sheets, the bank levy information letter, the DORA submission and filling notes, the VAG translation.
• Bank annual financial statements (section 26 KWG, section 22 ZAG): the file format and deadline for the BaFin filing are not stated on the procedure page; the Bundesbank route (NExt) was not read.
• SEPA/instant payments charges reporting: the deadline for years after the first report (due 9 April 2026) is not stated on BaFin's page.

Sources

• MVP-Portal (list of specialised procedures)
• MVP Portal (English)
• BaFin at a glance
• Berichtspflichten (insurers and pension funds)
• Hinweise zum Solvency II-/EZB-Berichtswesen (November 2025)
• Fristen Solvency II Berichtswesen (8 October 2026)
• Informationsblatt Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht - Solvency II
• Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht (national taxonomies)
• Informationsblatt zum Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht
• Allgemeine Hinweise zur Taxonomie 1.1.0
• Annotated Templates, taxonomy 1.1.0
• BaFin_VA_NB_XBRL-Taxonomie 1.1.0
• Insurance Reporting Regulation (BerVersV), English translation
• Pensionsfonds Supervision Regulation (PFAV), English translation
• Allgemeinverfügung Pensionsdaten (04.03.2025)
• Merkblatt zu den Meldepflichten von AIF-Verwaltungsgesellschaften
• Beschwerdebericht nach Art. 26 DVO zu MiFID II
• Abwicklungsplanung 2026
• Bankenabgabe 2027
• Informationsregister und Anzeigepflichten (DORA)
• Anzeige- und Meldepflichten (credit institutions)

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