Wednesday, March 20, 2013

EU Member States, Lawmakers Reach Deal on Bank Supervisor


By Dow Jones Business News,  March 19, 2013, 11:15:00 AM EDT

BRUSSELS--The creation of a single supervisor for European banks moved a step closer Tuesday when European lawmakers struck a deal with member states on the structure of the new agency.
The deal leaves in place most of the main points agreed by European Union finance ministers in December for how the supervisor should function.

The setting up of a supervisor is aimed to tighten oversight of the euro zone's 6,000 banks and to prevent a repeat of the financial crises that have hit the likes of Spain, Greece and Cyprus. Non-euro-zone members can also sign up.
Under a deal reached by euro-zone leaders last June, once the supervisor is fully set up by mid-2014, the European Stability Mechanism, the region's bailout fund, can start directly recapitalizing regional banks. That could break the link between the sovereign and bank crises that some countries are facing.
"This is the first fundamental step towards a real banking union which must restore confidence in the euro zone's banks and ensure the solidity and reliability of the banking sector," said Michel Barnier, EU internal markets commissioner.
In an apparent reference to the banking crisis in Cyprus, Mr. Barnier said "the euro zone is at this moment exposed to difficulties."
"If banking union were already in place and functioning today, the management of these difficulties would be considerably easier," he said.
Under the deal agreed by member states in December and approved by lawmakers Tuesday, the supervisor will be an agency within the European Central Bank whose decisions will need final approval by the ECB's governing council.
The supervisor will take the lead role in supervising the region's largest banks but national supervisors will continue to police many of the region's smaller banks as long as they aren't threatening financial stability.
Among the compromises won by lawmakers is that the European Parliament will be able to veto the pick of the chair and vice-chair of the new supervisor and start proceedings to remove the chair of the supervisor if they do a poor job.
The deal must still be formally approved by member states and a vote of the European Parliament.
On Wednesday, lawmakers are expected to reach final agreement with member states on implementing capital and liquidity rules for the region's banks and setting a cap on bonuses.
These steps are key to what the European Commission, the EU's executive hopes will eventually be a full banking union in the euro zone.
European Parliament president Martin Schulz welcomed the deal but said the Cyprus crisis shows policy makers need to move quickly to agree a single resolution mechanism for stepping in and restructuring or winding down failing banks. The Commission is committed to proposing a resolution mechanism this year.
"Today's agreement is a step towards building a banking union," Mr. Schulz said. "We need such a union to restore economic confidence in Europe and break the vicious feedback loop between banks and national budgets."
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