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| Domain | Definition |
Finance | Committee established by the governors of the central banks of the Group of Ten countries at the end of 1974 as a result of serious disturbances in the international currency and banking markets, it consists of representatives of the central banks of Belgium, Canada, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It provides a forum for cooperation between member countries on banking supervision matters. The Secretariat is provided by the Bank for International Settlements. It is often known as the Cooke Committee, after Mr W. P. Cooke, Associate Director of the Bank of England, who was chairman from 1977-1988. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Slovak Rep | It should create a legal framework for the application of all 25 core principles for effective banking supervision that were elaborated by the Basle Committee in 1997. The new banking law is expected to go into force in September 2001 and should address criticism aimed at Slovakia by the European Union and the IMF. (references) |
Trade | Latvia | Since very beginning the Bank of Latvia regulations that provide the regulatory framework and supervision were based on the international monitoring requirements set by the Basle Committee, EU Directives and the International Accounting Standards. (references) |
Guinea | Proposed reforms include the creation of a monitoring committee to supervise reform implementation, a reduction in government borrowing to allow more credit for the private sector, increased supervision of the Central bank according to Basle committee principles, and a stronger regulatory environment for the banking system. (references) | |
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basle committee | 6 |
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| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-i-l-m-m-o-s-t-t" | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 53 4C 45 43 4F 4D 4D 49 54 54 45 45 |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)B A S L E   C O M M I T T E E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0053 004C 0045 0043 004F 004D 004D 0049 0054 0054 0045 0045 |
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