On Monday 7 May, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced that it had received a request for a technical opinion from the European Commission to assess the impact of the new standards of the 'Basel III' prudential framework, which was finalised in early December 2017 by the global financial regulatory authorities of the Basel Committee (see EUROPE 11921).
In a letter dated 4 May, the Commission asks the EBA to start by assessing the potential impact of the various components of the EU...