On 19 July, EIOPA released its final Solvency II 2.2.0 XBRL taxonomy and DPM.
This new taxonomy version reflects among other topics considerations given to bug fixing, revision of XBRL filing rules, reference dates, multicurrency checks, publication of the list of validations.
These topics are addressed through the following items below which form the release package. The release package is available on EIOPA’s website
(https://eiopa.europa.eu/regulation-supervision/insurance/reporting-format)
1. Taxonomy Licence
2. Release Notes
3. DPM Dictionary and Annotated Templates workbooks
4. The detailed change log between 2.2.0 and 2.1.0
5. The detailed change log between 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 PWD
6. The DPM Documentation
7. The business package supporting Taxonomy 2.2.0
8. The List of validations (updated the 17-07-2017) and supporting syntax documentation
9. XBRL Taxonomy (as taxonomy package)
10. XBRL Taxonomy Documentation
11. Filing Rules for Solvency II Reporting
12. XBRL Test Instance documents and assertions test cases
13. The DPM database
Note that EIOPA has provided a feedback statement to be found in the item “The business package supporting Taxonomy 2.2.0” which explains the rationale of the way EIOPA dealt with the main comments provided by the industry. EIOPA has let the secretariat know that the remainder of the comments may be considered at a later stage in a subsequent taxonomy release.
Next steps
The final Solvency II 2.2.0 XBRL taxonomy and DPM should be implemented by (re)insurers and will be effective for reporting from Q4 2017 onwards.