Basel III standard

The comprehensive reform package of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel III) has been in effect in the EU since 1 January 2014. The regulations commit banks to larger capital buffers and set requirements for liquidity coverage. The reforms aim to improve the regulation, the supervision and the risk management of banks and, as a result, to increase the resilience of both individual banks and the banking system as a whole.

Liechtenstein, as a member of the EEA, implemented the Basel III standard with the enactment of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the accompanying Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV) on 1 February 2015.