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SSM Regulati<strong>on</strong>: the legal act creating a single <strong>supervisory</strong> mechanism for credit<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>s in the euro area and, potentially, other EU Member States, as <strong>on</strong>e of the<br />

main elements of Europe’s banking uni<strong>on</strong>. The SSM Regulati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>fers <strong>on</strong> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>ECB</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

specific tasks c<strong>on</strong>cerning policies relating to the prudential supervisi<strong>on</strong> of credit<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Supervisory Manual: a manual detailing the general principles, processes and<br />

procedures as well as the methodology for the supervisi<strong>on</strong> of significant and less<br />

significant instituti<strong>on</strong>s, taking into account the principles for the functi<strong>on</strong>ing of the<br />

SSM. It describes the procedures for cooperati<strong>on</strong> within the SSM and with<br />

authorities outside the SSM. The Supervisory Manual is an internal SSM staff<br />

document; a shorter Guide to banking supervisi<strong>on</strong>, explaining how the SSM<br />

operates and detailing the SSM’s <strong>supervisory</strong> practices, was published in<br />

September 2014.<br />

Supervisory Review and Evaluati<strong>on</strong> Process (SREP): the process used to guide<br />

the <strong>supervisory</strong> review of significant and less significant credit instituti<strong>on</strong>s and to<br />

determine whether (<strong>on</strong> top of minimum legal requirements) possible additi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

requirements should be applied with respect to own funds, disclosure or liquidity, or<br />

whether any other <strong>supervisory</strong> measures should be applied.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>ECB</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>supervisory</strong> <strong>activities</strong> 2016 − Glossary 78

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