Press releases

CEBS has provided the Commission with technical advice on the application of the E-Money Directive.

The Level 3 Committees, CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS (“the 3L3 Committees”) welcome today’s landmark decision of the European Parliament to endorse the EU financial supervision reform package.

CEBS has today submitted its comments on the IASB's Exposure Draft ED/2010/5 Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income - Proposed amendments to IAS 1.

Following the IASB's request for comments to its constituents, CEBS has today submitted its comments on the FASB's Proposed Accounting Standards Update dealing with Accounting for Financial Instruments and Revisions to the Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

CEBS has today published its analysis on the scope of full harmonisation in the CRD.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes a survey on supervisory practices for commodities business and firms carrying out commodities business. The report responds to the first part of a Call for Advice (CfA No. 6) issued by the European Commission in August 2006. CEBS was invited to carry out a survey of supervisory practices for commodities business and firms carrying out commodities business and to assess the prudential risks arising from the conduct of commodities business.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) publishes today its consultation paper (CP43) on its draft advice to the European Commission on the non-eligibility of entities producing only credit scores for ECAI recognition.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has today published its advice to the European Commission on the non-eligibility of entities only producing credit scores for ECAI recognition.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and three European Banking Associations (the European Association of Co-operative Banks, European Banking Federation, and the European Savings Banks Group) jointly organised a workshop on the principle of proportionality on 11 January 2007 in London. The objective of the event was to bring together banking supervisors and industry representatives to have an open and informal exchange of views on the application of the principle of proportionality.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has appointed Rudi Bonte and Jukka Vesala as new members to its Bureau. Mr. Bonte and Mr. Vesala started working in their new roles from 15 January 2007. On 31 January Rudi Bonte and Jukka Vesala were also appointed as Directors of CEBS Secretariat Limited.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today an empirical snapshot of the characteristics of hybrid capital instruments recognised as regulatory original own funds in the European Economic Area (EEA). It is the third contribution of CEBS to the European Commission’s current review of the definition of Own Funds. It complements the CEBS survey of the implementation of the current rules across Member States and its analysis of the capital instruments recently created by the industry, published on 23 June 2006.

CEBS has posted the presentation given at the public hearing on its draft Guidelines on Remuneration Policies and Practices (CP42) on its website.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has decided to start a formal consultation with the banking industry, market participants and endusers to amend its consultation practices (CP01 rev). The consultation period starts today and lasts three months, by the 19 June 2007.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today its Consultation Paper (CP13) on a mediation mechanism between banking supervisors. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions, other market participants and end users of banking services. The consultation period begins today and will run until 19 June 2007. CEBS is organising a public hearing on 29 May 2007 on the Consultation Paper, please download the registration form here.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has decided to start a formal consultation with the banking industry, market participants and endusers to amend its Guidelines on Financial Reporting (CP06 rev). The consultation period starts today and lasts one month, by the 20 May 2007.