Press releases

<p>The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its draft revised guidelines on aspects of the management of concentration risk under the supervisory review process. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions and other market participants.</p>

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today opens a public consultation on its advice on liquidity risk management: the second part of its response to the European Commission's Call for Technical Advice No. 8.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today starts a public consultation on its proposed technical approach to understanding claims for diversification benefits arising from internal models used by supervised institutions for Pillar 2 purposes. The consultation, which starts today and runs until 31 October 2008 is open to all interested parties including supervised institutions and other market participants.<br />A public hearing will take place on 8 September 2008 at CEBS’s premises in order to allow all interested parties to present their comments to CEBS.

<p>The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes the draft of its revised Guidelines on stress testing for consultation. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions and other market participants.</p>

Mr. Arnoud Vossen, has been appointed to be Secretary General of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS).

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its consultation paper (CP33) on its implementation guidelines on capital instruments. 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 draft guidelines for the operational functioning of colleges. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions and other market participants.

Following the announcement on 4 August 2008 of the open workshop on valuation issues, CEBS would like to inform that this event is now full and no further registrations can be accepted

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today its statement on the current crisis situation.

Patrick Amis has been appointed to be Deputy Secretary General of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS).

CEBS is publishing today the findings of an analysis it has carried out with regard to prudential filters. In December 2004 CEBS issued its guidelines on the use of prudential filters for regulatory capital. The objective of these prudential filters is to maintain the definition and quality of regulatory capital for institutions using IFRS for prudential reporting. The analytical report issued today aims to assess CEBS' members compliance with these guidelines and to present their impact in quantitative terms on regulatory own funds. It also provides a basis for discussion on the possible scope for further convergence of these filters. CEBS will present and discuss the report and its conclusions at a public hearing scheduled for 16 October.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today a Protocol for a mediation mechanism, after having submitted it for public consultation on 19 March 2007. The objective is to facilitate and speed up the supervisory procedures set out in the Capital Requirements Directive and to support the application of the pre-existing cooperation tools among supervisors such as the CEBS Guidelines on validation and on home/host cooperation. CEBS reiterates its commitment to using all tools at its disposal, including mediation, to achieve further convergence and reduce the supervisory burden of cross-border banking groups.

CEBS has published today a study to assess the level of convergence achieved by the introduction of the CEBS Guidelines on Reporting, approved in December 2005 and January 2006 with the objective of building a harmonised prudential financial reporting framework based on IAS/IFRS and a common reporting system of the new solvency ratio within the European Union . The aim of this study is to provide a first overview of the progress made in this area; in addition, it has helped to identify areas where further convergence of supervisory practices should be possible. As a further contribution to enhance the dialogue with the banking community in this respect, the report will be presented and discussed at a public hearing organised by CEBS on 26 October 2007 about future developments on supervisory reporting.

Mr. Arnoud Vossen, Secretary General of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) speaks on Supervisory Structures at the BBA Annual Supervision Conference.