In forceCredit institutions and stockbroking firms: governance and compliance reporting (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual compliance report and assessment of the compliance function (B.1, B.2)

A regulatory return listed by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), Belgium.

The yearly compliance report (Article 36 of the Banking Act, Circular NBB_2012_14), which may cross-reference the AMLCO report for the AML chapter, and the board's assessment report on the compliance function (Communication NBB_2018_05). Source

Official title: Compliance report; Assessment report by the statutory governing body of the compliance function

The facts

Who files
Credit institutions and stockbroking firms (Annexes 1 and 2 to NBB_2025_19). Insurers file the board's report on the compliance function as B.13 of their governance reports. Source
How often
Annually. Source
Deadline
15 May. Source
Format
PDF. Through NBB Supervision. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the NBB: OneGate; NBB Supervision. See how firms file with the NBB.
Status
In force
Group
Credit institutions and stockbroking firms: governance and compliance reporting (national)

Templates (2)

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

  • Compliance report (no template) (B.1)
  • Assessment report by the statutory governing body of the compliance function (template in Communication NBB_2018_05) (B.2)

Where the list was read: 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 this return published by the NBB was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (4)

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Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.