The European Banking Authority (EBA) is a regulatory agency of the European Union

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 headquartered in London

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, United Kingdom

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. Its activities include conducting stress tests on European banks to increase transparency in the European financial system by identifying weaknesses in banks' capital structures. The EBA was established on 1 January 2011, upon which date it inherited all of the tasks and responsibilities of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors

Committee of European Banking Supervisors

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 (CEBS).

Overview

The EBA has the power to overrule national regulators if they fail to properly regulate their banks. The EBA is able to prevent regulatory arbitrage and should allow banks to compete fairly throughout the E.U. The EBA will prevent a race to the bottom because banks established in jurisdictions with less regulation will no longer be at a competitive advantage compared to ones based in jurisdictions with more regulations because all banks will have to comply with the higher pan European standard.

Common Reporting Framework (COREP)

Common Reporting (COREP) is the standardized reporting framework issued by the European Banking Authority (EBA) for the Capital Requirements Directive reporting. It covers credit risk, market risk, operational risk, own fund and capital adequacy ratios. This reporting framework has been adopted by almost 30 European countries. Regulated institutions are required to file periodically COREP reports, on both a solo and consolidated basis, using XBRL. All regulated organizations in the UK must use COREP to make their regular statutory reports by 31st December 2012.

See also

• European System of Financial Supervisors
  European System of Financial Supervisors
  The European System of Financial Supervisors is an institutional architecture of the EU's framework of financial supervision created in response to the financial crisis...
  
  
• European Systemic Risk Board
  European Systemic Risk Board
  The European Systemic Risk Board was established on 16 December 2010 in response to the ongoing financial crisis. It is tasked with the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the Union in order to contribute to the prevention or mitigation of systemic risks to financial...
  
  
• European Securities and Markets Authority
  European Securities and Markets Authority
  The European Securities and Markets Authority is a European Union financial regulatory institution and European Supervisory Authority located in Paris....
  
  
• European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

External links

• European Banking Authority, official website
• Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
• Larosière report