Decision (EU) 2025/451 of the European Central Bank of 21 February 2025 amending Decision (EU) 2024/461 on the reporting by national competent authorities to the European Central Bank of information on remuneration, gender pay gap, approved higher ratios and high earners for the purposes of benchmarking (ECB/2024/2) (ECB/2025/7)

This Decision lays down the requirements concerning the submission to the European Central Bank (ECB) of information reported to the national competent authorities (NCAs) by supervised entities for the purposes of benchmarking remuneration trends and practices, the gender pay gap, approved higher ratios, high earners and diversity practices at the level of the management body.’

NCAs shall submit to the ECB every three years the information on diversity practices at the level of the management body, including diversity policies and the gender pay gap at the level of the management body, specified in Annexes I to XI of EBA Guidelines EBA/GL/2023/08 and reported on an individual basis by the supervised entities established in their respective participating Member State in accordance with the EBA Decision concerning supervisory reporting for diversity benchmarking to the EBA and amendment of the Annex to EUCLID Decision (EBA/DC/2020/335) (EBA/DC/516). If an NCA collects information on diversity practices from supervised entities that are not part of a sample of reporting entities in line with the criteria specified in EBA Decision EBA/DC/516, such information shall not be submitted to the ECB.

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.

This Decision is addressed to the national competent authorities of the participating Member States.