GE BaFin DORA and Audit Regulations


On Dec. 6, GE BaFin issued consultation on audit regulation changes.


  • GE BaFin issued consultation (PDF) re national implementation of Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) on audit regulations connected to securities and crowdfunding.
  • Follows GE BaFin Jul. 2024, implementation guidelines for DORA, see #218686.
  • Amendments to Implement DORA
  • GE BaFin proposes a draft regulation amending Securities Institution Audit Report (WpIPrufbV), and Crowdfunding Service Provider Audit (SchwarmfdPV) regulations.
  • Primary aim of amendments is to ensure that compliance with requirements of DORA regulations is taken into account or checked in annual supervisory audits.
  • Changes to the two legal regulations are summarized in this framework regulation.
  • Alternatively, two individual amendment regulations could have been issued, but GE BaFin decided on a consolidated framework that is appropriate for procedural reasons.
  • Effectiveness
  • Comments can be submitted by Dec. 27, 2024.

Regulators GE BaFin
Entity Types Auditor; Bank; IA; Inv Co; MSB
Reference CP 11/2024, PR, 12/6/2024; DORA Dir 2022/2556, Reg 2022/2554; WpIPrufbV (GE); SchwarmfdPV (GE)
Functions Accounting; Compliance; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Risk; Technology; Treasury
Countries Germany
Category National Regulator
State
Products Banking; Equity; Fund Mgt; Securities
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Proposed
Rule Date 12/6/2024
Effective Date 12/27/2024
Rule Id 236300
Linked to Rule :218686
Reg. Last Update 12/6/2024
Report Section EU

Last substantive update on 12/11/2024