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Following the publication in January 2006 of the "Guidelines for Cooperation between Consolidating Supervisor and Host Supervisors", CEBS has been working to improve home-host cooperation and to enhance the functioning of the Colleges of supervisors.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) have today published a joint statement, with their input regarding the latest developments in accounting.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its response to the ECOFIN’s request from 3 June 2008 for a review of ‘the coverage of risks borne by custodians (…) so as to ensure a level playing field while avoiding inconsistencies in the treatment of custodians and double regulation’.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published a paper on the "Range of practices on supervisory colleges and home-host cooperation", as well as a template for a "Multilateral Cooperation and Coordination Agreement" ("Template for written agreements"). CEBS believes that these documents will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the European supervisory regime under the CRD. In particular, the operational focus of the Template for written agreements is expected to narrow the gap between the high level principles issued by CEBS on supervisory cooperation and day-to-day supervisory practices.

The 3L3 Committees, CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS, published today their joint response to the European Commission’s consultation on improving the supervision of EU financial markets. The joint response also includes in an annex, the three Committees’ sectoral views on the proposals made by the high-level group (“the Group”) on the structure of financial supervision in the EU, chaired by Jacques de Larosière, which were endorsed by the Commission’s Communication of 4 March 2009.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its liquidity identity card (hereafter “liquidity ID”) aiming at providing supervisors of European cross-border banking groups with a single prudential language to enable meaningful exchange of information, in particular within colleges of supervisors.