{"id":"circulars/cssf-22-819","title":"Circular CSSF 22/819","type":"circular","date":"2022-08-01","kind":"circular","html":"<p>Circular CSSF 22/819 is a CSSF circular, published 1 August 2022. Subject: Requests for the obtaining of account information under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters.</p>\n<p>Relevant for: Credit institutions.</p>\n<p>Keywords: eDesk.</p>\n<h2>Text</h2>\n<p>In case of discrepancies between the French and the English texts, the French text shall prevail.</p>\n<p>Circular CSSF 22/819 Requests for the obtaining of account information under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters</p>\n<p>In case of discrepancies between the French and the English texts, the French text shall prevail.</p>\n<p>Circular CSSF 22/819 Re: Requests for the obtaining of account information under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European</p>\n<p>Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters</p>\n<p>Luxembourg, 1 August 2022</p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, The purpose of this circular is to:</p>\n<p>To all the banks</p>\n<ol>\n<li>inform the banks that as of 1 September 2022, the CSSF will transmit the requests for the obtaining of account information under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 1 (hereinafter “EAPO 2 requests”) via its digital portal eDesk and 2. provide details concerning EAPO requests.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>EAPO requests via the CSSF digital portal eDesk The CSSF, in its function as information authority within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014, informs the banks that as of 1 September 2022, the CSSF will transmit the new EAPO requests via its digital portal eDesk. The banks’ responses to the EAPO requests will also need to be submitted to the CSSF via eDesk. In terms of logistics, this implies that the banks must have an eDesk account, which requires a LuxTrust authentication. In order to avoid any connection issues, the CSSF invites all the banks to ensure that they have an eDesk account. Further information is available in the “Authentication and user account management” user guide in the dedicated section of the eDesk portal homepage. The banks will need to adapt their internal procedures to take into account this change of communication process relating to EAPO requests, in order to ensure a true answer to the CSSF within the time limit stated in the request.</p>\n<p>1 Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters: EUR-Lex - 32014R0655 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu) 2</p>\n<p>EAPO: European Account Preservation Order</p>\n<p>Details regarding the EAPO requests The Law of 17 May 2017 on the application of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters, amending the New Code of Civil Procedure and the Law of 23 December 1998 establishing a financial sector supervisory commission (“Commission de surveillance du secteur financier”), as amended, designates the CSSF to carry out the functions of information authority within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014.</p>\n<p>The text above is the opening of the document; the PDF carries the whole.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cssf.lu/en/Document/circular-cssf-22-819/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Document page</a>, <a href=\"https://www.cssf.lu/wp-content/uploads/cssf22_819eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">PDF</a>. Source: Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), reproduced with the CSSF's consent. The French text prevails.</p>"}