Netherlands: Capital Adequacy/BASEL

EU banks now operate with stronger capital and liquidity positions following post-crisis reforms, but attention is shifting to how the framework functions in practice. Fragmentation within the single market, regulatory complexity, and the implementation of Basel III standards are emerging as central policy concerns. France, Italy and Spain are exploring ideas to facilitate cross-border banking activity while the European Commission reviews the sector's competitiveness.

On 26 November 2013, the consultation version of the Act on the Remuneration Policy of Financial Undertakings was published.

This Act has come into force on 1 July 2012 and amends the current rules regarding the expertise required of day–to-day policy makers at financial undertakings and of members of the supervisory body at those undertakings.