Austrian Banking Act (BWG)

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Status: 30.07.1993 |

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532. Bundesgesetz über das Bankwesen (Bankwesengesetz — BWG), über Kapitalanlagefonds (Investmentfondsgesetz — InvFG 1993), über Bausparkassen (Bausparkassengesetz — BSpG), über die Aufhebung des Kreditwesengesetzes, der Artikel II und III des Bundesgesetzes BGBl. Nr. 325/1986, des Bankagentengesetzes, des Geldinstitutezentralegesetzes, des Bundesgesetzes über die Geschäftsaufsicht, des Rekonstruktionsgesetzes, des Bundesgesetzes betreffend den Verkauf von Aktien verstaatlichter Banken, von Teilen des Bundesgesetzes über die Neuordnung des Kindschaftsrechts, des Bundesgesetzes über Kapitalanlagefonds (Investmentfondsgesetz), des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes 1931, der Einführungsverordnung zum Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz 1931 und über die Änderung des Bundes-Verfassungsgesetzes in der Fassung von 1929, des Sparkassengesetzes, des Hypothekenbankgesetzes, des Pfandbriefgesetzes, der Einführungsverordnung zum Hypothekenbank- und zum Pfandbriefgesetz, des Beteiligungsfondsgesetzes, des Postsparkassengesetzes 1969, des Kapitalmarktgesetzes, des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes 1978, des Prämiensparförderungsgesetzes, des Körperschaftsteuergesetzes 1988, des Bewertungsgesetzes, der Gewerbeordnung 1973 und des Rechnungslegungsgesetzes (Finanzmarktanpassungsgesetz 1993)

Type

Act/Law

Level 1

Initiator

Austrian government

Submitted

Doc. code

BGBl. Nr. 532/1993

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Final version

30.07.1993

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Level 1

Anti-Gold-Plating-Law 2019 (binding, Amendment, AT)

STS-securitisation-execution law (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Cooperatives Spin-off Act (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

2nd Data Protection Adaptation Act (binding, Amendment, AT)

Implementation of guidelines on the assessment of suitability of the management body (binding, Amendment, AT)

Payment Services Act 2018 (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

$25 BWG Outsourcing (binding, Amendment, AT)

Reform of the financial market supervision (binding, Amendment, AT)

Implementation of the 4th Money Laundering Directive (Wirtschaftliche Eigentümer Registergesetz – WiEReG) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

MiFID II implementation (Börsegesetz 2018 und Wertpapieraufsichtsgesetz 2018) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Financial markets money laundering law (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Amendment to the act on Recovery and Resolution, Banking Act and others (binding, Amendment, AT)

Deposit Protection and Investor Compensation for credit institutions (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Banking package (KontRegG, Capital Flight Reporting Act, GMSG) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Central securities depositories (CSD) enforcement act (ZvVG) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

BRRD implementation act (BaSAG) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Adoption of 5th anti-money laundering directive (binding, Amendment, AT)

Covered bond act (PfandBG) and implementation of EU directive on covered bonds (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Amendment of AIFMG, BörseG, WaG, ZaDiG, et. al. - a.o. implementation of sustainable finance and ESA review (binding, Amendment, AT)

Securities Companies Act (WPFG) (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

EU Reorganisation Act - EU-UmgrG (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Reporting of payment data by payment service providers (CESOP Implementation Act 2023) (binding, Amendment, AT)

DORA Enforcement Act (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

MiCA Regulation - Enforcement Act (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

FATF Audit Adaptation Act 2024 (binding, Amendment, AT)

Amending the Banking Act (BWG) on Electronic Signatures (binding, Main version, Amendment, AT)

Level 2

Amendment Master Date Reporting Regulation 2021 (StDMV 2021) (binding, Amendment, AT)

FMA minimum standards for lending and other transactions with counterparty credit risks (binding, Supplement, AT)

2022 Amendments to the Regulation on the Statement of Assets, Earnings and Risks (VERA-V) (binding, Amendment, AT)

FMA Minimum Standards on Risk Management and the Granting of Foreign Currency Loans (binding, Supplement, AT)

Minimum standards for the creation of an emergency plan (binding, Supplement, AT)

Amendment to the regulation on the annex to the examination report (AzP new) (binding, Amendment, AT)

Credit institutions and risk management regulations (KI-RMV) (binding, Supplement, AT)

Attachment to the audit report (AP-VO): Liquidity and deposit protection (binding, Supplement, AT)

FMA cost regulation 2016 - FMA - KVO 2016 (binding, Supplement, AT)

Granular credit data collection (binding, Supplement, AT)

Capital buffer directive 2021 (KP-V 2021) (binding, Supplement, AT)

Special credit institutions reporting regulation (SK-MV) (binding, Amendment, Supplement, AT)

Amendment to the Granular Credit Data Collection Regulation 2018 (2021) (binding, Amendment, AT)

Regulation on the statement of assets, income and risks - Vera-V (binding, Supplement, AT)

Minimum standards for BWG compliance (FMA-MS-BWG-Compliance) (binding, Supplement, AT)

FMA Minimum Standards for Special Credit Institutions and AIFMs for Performing Due Diligence (binding, Supplement, AT)

2023 amendment of the Capital Buffer Regulation - KP-V 2021 (binding, Amendment, AT)

Preparation of a contingency plan for a possible change of custodian bank or depositary (binding, Amendment, Supplement, AT)

KIM-V Amendment (binding, Amendment, AT)

FMA minimum standards for ICAAP (binding, Supplement, AT)

Level 3 / Other

Fit & Proper Circular 2022 (binding, AT)

FMA circular on the reporting obligation of bank auditors (non-binding, AT)

Source: Austrian government, BGBl. Nr. 532/1993, 1993