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French regulator wants permanent changes to EU’s output floor

Push for capital relief faces resistance from supervisors in Finland and the Netherlands

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The French banking regulator is pushing for permanent changes to the European Union’s version of the Basel III output floor – putting it at odds with its peers in Finland and the Netherlands.

“We do not consider that we should have this strong trend to continue increasing capital requirements in the future due to the upcoming impact of the output floor,” says Emmanuel Rocher, director of

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