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The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its guidelines on liquidity buffers following a four-month public consultation period and a public hearing. These guidelines, which build on CEBS's Recommendations on Liquidity Risk Management, elaborate upon the appropriate size and composition of liquidity buffers to enable banks to withstand a liquidity stress for a period of at least one month without changing their business models.

This Recommendation specifies the EBA's opinion on the confidentiality and professional secrecy regime of non-EU supervisory authorities, with the aim of facilitating their participation in supervisory colleges overseeing international banks, led by EU supervisors, as established by Art. 116(6) CRD. The assessment considers the key characteristics of the Capital Requirements Directive confidentiality regime. The Recommendation is updated in case new information becomes available and if new authorities are assessed