'The most comprehensive and most far-reaching banking regulation in the history of the EU is ready for the final vote', Othmar Karas, the parliament’s lead lawmaker on the dossier said in an e-mailed statement.
The ban on bonuses more than twice fixed pay was a late addition to EU legislation to apply international bank capital and liquidity rules, known as Basel III, drawn up following the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Wednesday’s accord in Brussels may enable the EU to start phasing in the Basel law by January, said an EU official, who asked not to be identified citing government policy.
Talks on the rules had dragged on for a year and a half before the Irish presidency and lawmakers negotiated the bonus agreement. The parliament had insisted that the legislation include restraints on pay to curb excessive awards and irresponsible risk taking.
Bonuses will be treated the 'same as before', Sharon Bowles, chairwoman of the parliament’s economic and monetary committee, said on her Twitter Inc. account, referring to last month’s tentative accord on banker compensation.
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