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In forceInsurers: Solvency II quantitative reporting (EU, EIOPA)Last checked 11 November 2026

Quarterly Solvency II return, branch of a non-EU insurer (QRT quarterly third-country branch, entry point qeb)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin), Germany.

Part of the regular Solvency II supervisory reporting that BaFin lists: annual and quarterly quantitative reporting templates (QRTs) on balance sheet, investments, technical provisions, own funds and capital requirements. The ECB's statistical add-ons are built into the EIOPA templates, so one filing meets both the Solvency II and the ESCB insurance statistics obligations; BaFin passes the data to EIOPA and directly to the Deutsche Bundesbank. Source

Official title: Vierteljährliche Berichterstattung Drittstaatenniederlassungen

The facts

Who files
Branches in Germany of insurers from outside the EU/EEA (report type '3CB' in the MVP upload form). Source
How often
Quarterly. Source
Deadline
Not stated separately: BaFin's deadline list gives solo and group dates only. Solo dates in BaFin's deadline list (Stand 8 October 2026): Q3/2026 by 4 November 2026; Q4/2026 by 4 February 2027; Q1/2027 by 5 May 2027; Q2/2027 by 4 August 2027; Q3/2027 by 4 November 2027; Q4/2027 by 4 February 2028. BaFin's notes say the legal deadlines cannot be extended. Source
Format
XBRL-XML. A ZIP file holding one XBRL instance, uploaded to the MVP Portal in the procedure 'Versicherungsaufsicht - Solvency II' (submission 'Quantitative Solvency II Meldung (XBRL)') or sent by SOAP web service. File name SII_<4-digit register number>_<period>_<sequence>.zip (for example SII_4711_2017_0001.zip for an annual report). The LEI identifies the undertaking inside the XBRL file; the register number is used in the file name and for MVP access. A test procedure 'TEST: Versicherungsaufsicht - Solvency II' is available. 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 force
Legal basis
Group
Insurers: Solvency II quantitative reporting (EU, EIOPA)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

EU return: the templates and instructions are defined by EIOPA. See the library's EIOPA entry eiopa/qeb and eiopa/qrb (Quarterly ECB statistics add-on and Quarterly Solvency II return, branch of a non-EU insurer). German firms use EIOPA's templates and XBRL taxonomy; BaFin's MVP information sheet maps this report to entry point qeb (code .19). Source

Validation rules

The BaFin publishes the checks it runs on this return. They could not be counted from the published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: EIOPA XBRL taxonomy validation rules and EIOPA XBRL Filing Rules.

BaFin checks the file name on upload, then XBRL format, XML well-formedness and validity, that the MVP metadata match the file (period, LEI, solo or group) and the taxonomy validation rules, and it runs all EIOPA XBRL Filing Rules: a breach of a MUST rule rejects the report, which then counts as not submitted. The report counts as submitted only when the MVP protocol shows 'Meldung akzeptiert'. The Deutsche Bundesbank separately validates the ECB statistical content (EIOPA/ECB XBRL rules and its own Bundesbank validations, which it publishes) and sends error logs to the firm's ExtraNet mailbox; the ESCB statistics obligation is met only with the Bundesbank's receipt.

How they were counted

Not counted here: EIOPA's validation rules apply (see eiopa/qeb).

Counts are in the BaFin's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by BaFin was found on the pages checked. BaFin forwards the data to EIOPA and the Deutsche Bundesbank. Source

Official documents (12)

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.

  • MVP Portal

    List of returns · HTML

    English version of the MVP Portal page. It lists 18 specialised procedures, fewer than the German page.

  • MVP Portal

    List of returns · HTML

    English version of the MVP Portal page. It lists 18 specialised procedures, fewer than the German page.

  • Berichtspflichten (Versicherer & Pensionsfonds)

    List of returns · HTML

    BaFin's page on the reporting obligations of insurers and IORPs: the Solvency II elements (SFCR, RSR, ORSA report, annual and quarterly quantitative reports, group reports, financial stability reporting) and the EIOPA/ECB pension data reporting for IORPs.

  • Rechtsgrundlagen zu Solvency II

    Legal text · HTML

    BaFin's page listing the Solvency II Directive, the Delegated Regulation, the implementing technical standards (including 2023/894 and 2023/895) and EIOPA guidelines, with EUR-Lex links.

  • Hinweise zum Solvency II-/EZB-Berichtswesen für Erst- und Rückversicherungsunternehmen und Versicherungsgruppen

    Guidance · PDF · 1.2 MB · 13 November 2025

    111-page notes issued by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank on Solvency II and ECB insurance statistics reporting: filing route, deadlines and data quality, Bundesbank validations, quarterly reporting, template-by-template guidance, the narrative reports (SFCR, RSR, ORSA), internal model templates, financial stability reporting (section 43a VAG), integrated PEPP reporting and the German product ID codes (PIDC) for S.14. Binding from Q4 2025 and annual 2025 reporting.

    SHA-256 f192cf5865c7show in fullf192cf5865c77e9439733b4b4783ccd28f7785b9760f6fe03b0261e701165a8e
  • Fristen Solvency II Berichtswesen

    List of returns · PDF · 40.0 KB · 8 October 2026

    Solo and group submission dates for the quarterly and annual quantitative reports and the SFCR and RSR, Q3/2026 to SFCR/RSR 2027, with a note on the longer deadlines under Directive (EU) 2025/2 from 30 January 2027.

    SHA-256 f322c7491da4show in fullf322c7491da4f78d8aa8513d423c43a98bbabd89b517db91908c3f29e468704d
  • Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht - Solvency II

    Filing rules · HTML

    MVP procedure page: quantitative Solvency II reports in XBRL, narrative reports in PDF, auditor's report on the solvency balance sheet (PDF), special use (BV-SII) and explanations to the cover calculation (EZBR).

  • Electronic filings related to Insurance Supervision under Solvency II

    Filing rules · HTML · 4 February 2015

    English version, last changed 04/02/2015. It still says only taxonomy v1.5.2.c can be processed, which is out of date against the German pages.

  • Informationsblatt zum Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht - Solvency II

    Filing rules · PDF · 692.8 KB · 24 September 2026

    Registration, file types, file naming (SII_<register number>_<period>_<sequence>.zip; RSR_, ORSA_, SFCR_ PDFs), upload form fields, the table of report types, reporting lines and XBRL entry points, the checks run on upload (file name, XBRL validity, metadata match, taxonomy rules, EIOPA filing rules) and group and non-calendar-year reporting.

    SHA-256 2eab9dab4a41show in full2eab9dab4a41c773d218f1a0c6c13ce36214184dc0fbe8e275015e7c6d858568
  • 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 fullad770ad7df85ff9be0dcd51cb1dc67d7edb2db7c7c6cb35cab09ca5ff605278e
  • Act on the Supervision of Insurance Undertakings (Insurance Supervision Act, VAG), English translation

    Legal text · PDF · 1.9 MB · 27 February 2025

    BaFin's English translation of the VAG (information only; the German text is binding). Cited for the sections BaFin's notes name; not read in full.

    SHA-256 8218759f9b54show in full8218759f9b541058c6e5ce36bd7d5fba45eeb54b7f29589151893f65005c2f1d

Sources

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

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Last checked 11 November 2026.