Pfandbrief reports (PfandMeldeV)

The facts

Who files

Pfandbrief banks. Some annexes can be waived under section 3(2) PfandMeldeV and some fall away after insolvency (overview sheet of the model file). Source

How often

Monthly or quarterly: each annex asks for the reporting frequency (monthly/quarterly) and the reporting date. Source

Deadline

Not stated on BaFin's Pfandbrief reporting page, the page checked. Source

Format

Excel. An Excel workbook in the structure of BaFin's model file (no sheets, rows or columns added or removed), named PfandMeldeV_<BAK number>_<reporting date YYYY-MM-DD>; corrections are refiled in full with _Korrektur_<date>. Filed via the MVP procedure 'Bankenaufsicht', submission 'Einreichungen nach der PfandMeldeV'. Source

How it is filed

Filing routes recorded for the BaFin: MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform); Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal. See how firms file with the BaFin.

Status

In forceFiled in Excel for now; BaFin plans a move to XBRL. A public working draft taxonomy was tested from 14.10.2024 to 29.11.2024; filings in that format are not yet supported. Source

Group

Pfandbrief banks (national)

Templates (23)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the BaFin's code in brackets.

• All Pfandbrief types (Gattungsübergreifend) (2_GttÜbg)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: outstanding (3_HypUml)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: cover (4_HypDck)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: ordinary cover assets, domestic (5_HypDckOrdInl)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: ordinary cover assets, foreign (6_HypDckOrdAus)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: further cover assets (7_HypDckWtr)
• Mortgage Pfandbriefe: further cover assets, derivatives (8_HypDckWtrDrv)
• Public Pfandbriefe: outstanding (9_ÖpfUml)
• Public Pfandbriefe: cover (10_ÖpfDck)
• Public Pfandbriefe: ordinary cover assets, domestic (11_ÖpfDckOrdInl)
• Public Pfandbriefe: ordinary cover assets, foreign (12_ÖpfDckOrdAus)
• Public Pfandbriefe: further cover assets (13_ÖpfDckWtr)
• Public Pfandbriefe: further cover assets, derivatives (14_ÖpfDckWtrDrv)
• Ship Pfandbriefe: outstanding (15_SchUml)
• Ship Pfandbriefe: cover (16_SchDck)
• Ship Pfandbriefe: ordinary cover assets (17_SchDckOrd)

Annexes 2 to 24 of BaFin's model file of 08.12.2023 (sheet names as codes; names translated from the German long forms in sheet '1_Übersicht', which also holds completion notes). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from these reports published by BaFin was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (6)

The BaFin's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

• MVP-Portal

  List of returns · HTML

  BaFin's page on its reporting and publishing platform (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, MVP). It lists 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren) firms use to file with BaFin, with registration steps and manuals. Read in German; the English version lists only 18 of them.

• Pfandbrief-Meldeverordnung (Pfandbriefrechtliche Meldungen)

  Filing rules · HTML · 15 October 2024

  Pfandbrief banks file PfandMeldeV reports with BaFin in Excel via the procedure 'Bankenaufsicht', with fixed file naming; a move to XBRL is planned (public working draft taxonomy tested 14.10.2024 to 29.11.2024, not yet accepted for filing).

• 2023-12-08 MUSTER PfandMeldeV-Anlagen (clean) mit Zellformatierung

  Template · XLSX · 274.2 KB · 8 December 2023

  Excel model with an overview sheet and 23 annexes (2 to 24) for mortgage, public sector, ship and aircraft Pfandbriefe.

  SHA-256 8e29d3de80f7show in fullhide

  8e29d3de80f7cfd2886b0af7dfc332008bae7fb7031a360937dc93ecccc2b447
• Bankenaufsicht - Fachverfahren

  Filing rules · HTML · 10 March 2025

  Says annual financial statements under section 26 KWG and section 22 ZAG and the appointment of the auditor must be filed electronically through this procedure; Pfandbrief reports were added in 2023; notifications to the Bundesbank use its NExt application.

• Informationsblatt zum MVP-Fachverfahren Bankenaufsicht

  Filing rules · PDF · 1.2 MB · 25 March 2026

  Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

  SHA-256 13584fa6e09ashow in fullhide

  13584fa6e09a5dd36a65aa4f66e044d016cf98ff5021bccf541e085127adcdd3
• Benutzerhandbuch für das MVP Portal

  Guidance · PDF · 3.3 MB

  User manual for registering on the MVP Portal and applying for specialised procedures. Not read in full; size and hash recorded.

  SHA-256 ad770ad7df85show in fullhide

  ad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

• bafin.de/DE/unternehmen-maerkte/mvp-portal/pfandbriefbanken/pfandbriefbanken_node.html
• bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/MVP/dl-2023_Meldebogen_MVP_Pfandbriefbanken_clean_mit_Zellformatierung.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=1
• bafin.de/DE/unternehmen-maerkte/mvp-portal/ba_fachverfahren/bankenausicht_node.html

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