Publications

CEBS has today published the final text of its Guidelines for the joint assessment of the elements covered by the supervisory review and evaluation process and joint decision regarding the capital adequacy of cross-border groups (GL 39).

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS), together with their Joint Committee on Financial Conglomerates (JCFC), have published today their 7 recommendations on the supplementary requirements of the Financial Conglomerates Directive for supervisory colleges of financial conglomerates.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its guidelines for the operational functioning of colleges.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its methodology for the assessment of the equivalence of third countries’ confidentiality provisions to the CRD.

CEBS today publishes for consultation draft Guidelines for the joint assessment of the elements covered by the supervisory review and evaluation process and the joint decision regarding the capital adequacy of cross border groups (CP39).

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its draft guidelines for the operational functioning of colleges. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions and other market participants.

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. 

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”).

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 document released today reflects current good practices that some supervisors of large EU cross-border banking groups have established or are currently developing to shape their cooperation within Colleges of supervisors under the scope of legislation currently in force.

Since mid 2006 CEBS has worked on enhancing the functioning of colleges of supervisors. The first result of the work CEBS has done on the functioning of colleges was finalised and published in December 2007. One of the results was a Template for written agreements (Template), which aims to provide a framework for cooperation among supervisors within a college of supervisors and facilitates the effective working of supervisory colleges of supervisors.

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.  

After the publication in January 2006 of the "Guidelines for cooperation between consolidating supervisor and host supervisors" CEBS has been working to develop smooth home-host cooperation and discuss practical issues emerging from the application of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) and the related CEBS Guidelines, with a view to identifying common ways forward.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today published final guidelines on cooperation between supervisors of EU banking groups and investment firms. The guidelines are designed to promote an efficient supervisory framework for groups that operate in several EU jurisdictions, by enhancing the practical operational networking of national supervisors.