Press releases

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS), together with their Interim Working Committee on Financial Conglomerates (IWCFC), publish today ten principles for the functioning of supervisory colleges.

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) are publishing today their advice in response to the Joint Call for Technical Advice issued by the European Commission in December 2007 concerning the regulatory treatment of firms that provide investment services in relation to commodity and exotic derivatives.

The Commission has asked CEBS to conduct a stock take of current supervisory practices in relation to the existing large exposures rules and to carry out an industry consultation on current practices and to provide an analysis of the types of credit risk mitigation products that impact on the calculation of what consitutes a large exposure.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) organised a public hearing open to all interested parties on 11 July 2007 in London. On 15 June 2007, CEBS submitted for public consultation its initial views on key basic concepts of a large exposures regime in the EU as part of its response to the first part of the European Commission's second call for advice (CP14). In the context of the ‘Better Regulation’ agenda, CEBS also put forward some preliminary results from its market and regulatory failure analyses. The objectives of the public hearing were to hear about the range of market participants’ views on CEBS’ proposals, coming from large sophisticated institutions as well as from smaller or less sophisticated institutions, and to receive input from them on key technical issues identified in the Consultative Paper. Participants were invited to submit their written contributions no later than 15 August 2007 to cp14@c-ebs.org

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes the first part of its response to the European Commission's Call for Advice on the review of the large exposures regime.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today publishes a questionnaire on the identification of users/investors needs on credit institutions Pillar 3 disclosures

<p>The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its Principles for disclosures in times of stress intended to guide financial institutions in the preparation of public disclosures made to conform with existing disclosure requirements or recommendations or on an ad hoc basis, incorporating the lessons learnt from the financial crisis.</p>

<p>The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today the findings of a survey it has carried out with regard to regulatory implementation of disclosures by credit institutions as set out in chapter 5 of Directive 2006/48/CE which transposes the Basel Pillar 3 requirements into EU legislation. CEBS’s survey provides an overview of the situation in the EU. The findings and the discussions within CEBS and with the industry reveal that the implementation of the Pillar 3 provisions does not give rise to major concerns. The findings of the note have been discussed with industry representatives during a workshop on Pillar 3 issues held on 7 December 2007.</p>

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today the findings of an analysis following up on the application of its recommendations in the ‘Report on banks’ transparency on activities and products affected by the recent market turmoil’ published on 18 June 2008.

EBA publishes follow-up review of banks’ transparency in their 2010 Pillar 3 reports

Following the European Commission’s call for advice received on 17 March 2009, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its advice on the information that may be exchanged between home supervisors and host supervisors of branches under article 42 of Directive 48/2006/EC (“the Capital Requirements Directive” or “CRD”).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a Call for expression of interest to prepare the renewal of its Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG). The deadline for application is 28 June 2013, 23:59 GMT.

The EBA announces the benchmark to be used in the 2011 EU-wide stress test

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes a consultation paper on the risks arising from commodities business and from firms carrying out commodities business. The report responds to the second part of a Call for Advice issued by the European Commission in August 2006 in which CEBS was invited to assess the prudential risks arising from the conduct of commodities business. CEBS invites all interested parties to discuss the findings of the risk assessment in an open discussion on 9 July 2007 (9.30–12.30), at the CEBS office in London and/or to send written comments on the consultation paper to the CEBS secretariat (commodities@c-ebs.org) by 27 July 2007. Due to the limited number of seats prior registration would be appreciated.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today a quantitative analysis of the capital instruments that are eligible for prudential purposes in the application of the European Banking Directives. It is the fourth contribution of CEBS to the European Commission's current review of the definition of Own Funds.