Press releases / Comments

November 27 2023

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) welcomes the European Commission’s goal of a 25 percent reduction in the burden on companies and administrative organizations resulting from reporting requirements.

August 14 2023

On June 28th 2023, the European Commission published its legislative proposal for a digital Euro. While more technical aspects have been discussed so far, fundamental questions must now be answered.

February 28 2022

The German Banking Industry Committee commented on EU Commission’s consultation on an EU Listing Act on February 11, 2022.

December 3 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee welcomes the fact that the negotiations on what is referred to as the “Banking Package” have recently gained significant depth and momentum and that an important agreement on key issues has been reached at...

November 28 2018

We generally welcome the principle of proportionality in the additional reporting obligations for non-performing exposures (NPEs) which is reflected by the separation according to Module 1 and 2. That being said, we believe that it is possible to...

June 21 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (DK) commented on the planned amendment of MiFID II ...

May 25 2018

The European Commission (COM) published a proposal for a Regulation on amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures on 14 March 2018 ...

May 15 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) has commented on the EU-Commission’s proposal for a Directive on the issue of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision & on a proposal for a Regulation on amending Regulation (EU) 575/2013 as...

April 12 2018

On March 16th 2018 the European Commission startet it's first "Exploratory consultation" on the finalisation of Basel III. The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC/DK) is pleased to participate in the Commission’s initiative.

October 11 2017

The European Commission's discussion paper published today on the completion of the Banking Union with a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) represents only marginal progress, according to the German Banking Industry Committee. In the opinion of...

November 25 2016

ECB published the Draft AnaCredit Reporting Manual Part II Datasets and Data Attributes.

October 26 2016

In July 2016, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued draft guidelines for consultation on the treatment of connected clients under the large exposures regime. The objective is to revise the CEBS guidelines, which were published in 2011, in the...

September 6 2016

The large exposure rules are currently being revised at European level. Firstly, the large exposures framework published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in April 2014 is to be implemented and, secondly, the European Commission is...

August 17 2016

AnaCredit is a project to set up a dataset containing detailed information on individual bank loans in the euro area, harmonised across all Member States. The data collection is scheduled to start in September 2018. In view of the large number of...

February 4 2016

In its response to a consultation by the European Commission, the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) criticises “unnecessary burdens” arising from new banking regulation. The costs generated by implementing the regulatory requirements pose a...

November 9 2013

The European Commission's legislative proposal is of great importance because indices play a significant role for a multitude of financial instruments and financial contracts. In view of their key economic importance as credence goods and in the...