CRR (Capital Requirements Regulation)

Roles that need it

• Regulatory Reporting Analyst
• Capital Reporting Analyst
• Regulatory Consultant (Banking)
• Regulatory Change Analyst
• Credit Risk Analyst
• ALM Analyst

Skills it belongs to

• Basel framework and capital
• Prudential and regulatory reporting (COREP, FINREP, US call reports)
• Legal research and regulatory interpretation

Related concepts

• CRR3CRR3 is Regulation (EU) 2024/1623, the amendment to the Capital Requirements Regulation that implements the final Basel III reforms in the EU. It revises the standardised approach for credit risk, limits internal models, introduces the output floor and replaces the operational risk approaches, mostly applying from 1 January 2025.
• CRD6CRD6 is Directive (EU) 2024/1619, the amendment to the Capital Requirements Directive. It covers supervisory powers, fit and proper assessments, ESG risk management and a new regime for third-country branches. Member States transpose it into national law, mostly by January 2026.
• Basel IIIBasel III is the global framework of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, agreed from 2010 and finalised in 2017, that raised the quality and quantity of bank capital and introduced the leverage ratio, the LCR and the NSFR. The EU applies it through the CRR and the CRD.
• Single rulebookThe single rulebook is the set of harmonised prudential and conduct rules that apply to financial institutions across the EU: Level 1 acts such as the CRR and CRD, the technical standards adopted under them, and ESA guidelines and Q&As. It aims to remove national differences inside the single market.

Sources

• Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (Capital Requirements Regulation), EUR-Lex (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026
• Implementing and delegated acts, European Commission (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026

Updated 31 Oct 2026.