Reviews the prudential and crisis prevention measures of the EU banking regulatory framework

Deals with the rules on crisis management, namely those on resolution action in case of a solvency crisis and with last resort lending to credit institutions in case of liquidity crises

Analyses the rules pertaining to the EU funds activated in case of a solvency crisis, namely the Single Resolution Fund and national deposit guarantee funds

Concludes with an evaluation of the international regulatory and framework and of the EU regulatory framework, and with some considerations on the way forward

Christos V. Gortsos is a Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also, inter alia, President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI); Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament's and of the European Court of Auditors' expert groups on banking resolution; and Visiting Professor at the Europa Institut of the University of Saarland, Germany. With his interests revolving around economic constitutional law, international and EU monetary and financial law, and central banking law, Christos was granted, among other, the Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship (2017-18) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.