The European Central Bank will start directly supervising 150 of the Eurozone's largest banks and be closely involved in the supervision of other banks from September 2014.
The Council of the European Union, in October, adopted the legislative package creating this European Single Supervisory Mechanism. The legislative procedure has now been completed and the relevant regulations are expected to be published shortly.
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