Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Framework

The Basel Framework is the full set of standards of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), which is the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks. The membership of the BCBS has agreed to fully implement these standards and apply them to the internationally active banks in their jurisdictions. The background page describes the framework's structure and how to navigate it.

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308 items
OPE10
Definitions and application
This chapter defines operational risk and the components of the Business Indicator used to calculate capital requirements for operational risk. In addition, this chapter describes the application within a banking group of the standardised approach for measuring operational risk capital requirements.
  • Published 23 Mar 2026
  • Effective 01 Apr 2029
  • Status Forthcoming
CRE22
Standardised approach: credit risk mitigation
This chapter sets out the standardised approaches for the recognition of credit risk mitigation, such as collateral and guarantees.
  • Published 28 Oct 2025
  • Effective 01 Nov 2028
  • Status Forthcoming
CRE32
IRB approach: risk components
This chapter sets out the calculation of the risk components used in risk-weight functions (PD, LGD, EAD, M) for each asset class.
  • Published 28 Oct 2025
  • Effective 01 Nov 2028
  • Status Forthcoming
CRE51
Counterparty credit risk overview
This chapter explains the meaning of counterparty credit risk and sets out the various approaches within the Basel framework that banks can use to measure counterparty credit risk exposures.
  • Published 28 Oct 2025
  • Effective 01 Nov 2028
  • Status Forthcoming
CRE20
Standardised approach: individual exposures
This chapter sets out the standardised approach for credit risk as it applies to individual claims.
  • Published 10 Jun 2025
  • Effective 01 Jan 2028
  • Status Forthcoming
CRE20
Standardised approach: individual exposures
This chapter sets out the standardised approach for credit risk as it applies to individual claims.
  • Published 27 Nov 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2028
  • Status Removed on 10 Jun 2025
RBC20
Calculation of minimum risk-based capital requirements
This chapter sets out the minimum regulatory capital requirements under the risk-based framework and how banks must calculate risk-weighted assets.
  • Published 27 Mar 2020
  • Effective 01 Jan 2028
  • Status Removed on 26 Nov 2020
RBC20
Calculation of minimum risk-based capital requirements
This chapter sets out the minimum regulatory capital requirements under the risk-based framework and how banks must calculate risk-weighted assets.
  • Published 26 Nov 2020
  • Effective 01 Jan 2028
  • Status Forthcoming
DIS10
Definitions and applications
This chapter describes the scope of application of disclosure requirements, along with requirements on the location, frequency, timing of reporting, assurance considerations and guiding principles on high-quality disclosures.Download all of the disclosure templates and tables of the DIS standard in…
  • Published 17 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
DIS10
Definitions and applications
This chapter describes the scope of application of disclosure requirements, along with requirements on the location, frequency, timing of reporting, assurance considerations and guiding principles on high-quality disclosures.Download all of the disclosure templates and tables of the DIS standard in…
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Removed on 17 Jul 2024
RBC20
Calculation of minimum risk-based capital requirements
This chapter sets out the minimum regulatory capital requirements under the risk-based framework and how banks must calculate risk-weighted assets.
  • Published 15 Dec 2019
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Removed on 27 Mar 2020
OPE25
Standardised approach
This chapter sets out the standardised approach for calculating operational risk capital requirements.
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Removed on 05 Jul 2024
OPE25
Standardised approach
This chapter sets out the standardised approach for calculating operational risk capital requirements.
  • Published 05 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
RBC30
Buffers above the regulatory minimum
This chapter describes buffers that banks are expected to maintain above the minimum risk-based capital requirements, as well as the capital conservation requirements that apply to banks that do not maintain such buffers.
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
SCO40
Global systemically important banks
This chapter describes the indicator-based measurement approach for assessing the systemic importance of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
DIS51
Credit valuation adjustment risk
This chapter describes disclosure requirements for CVA risk.
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
DIS75
Macroprudential supervisory measures
This chapter describes disclosures accompanying the assessment methodology for G-SIBs and the countercyclical capital buffer.
  • Published 08 Nov 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2027
  • Status Forthcoming
DIS10
Definitions and applications
This chapter describes the scope of application of disclosure requirements, along with requirements on the location, frequency, timing of reporting, assurance considerations and guiding principles on high-quality disclosures.Download all of the disclosure templates and tables of the DIS standard in…
  • Published 17 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Current
SRP31
Interest rate risk in the banking book
This chapter describes requirements on assessing interest rate risk in the banking book, ie the current or prospective risk to a bank's capital and to its earnings, arising from the impact of adverse movements in interest rates on its banking book. Due to the heterogeneous nature of this risk, it…
  • Published 16 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Current
DIS55
Cryptoasset exposures
This chapter describes disclosure requirements for banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
  • Published 17 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Current
SCO60
Cryptoasset exposures
This chapter sets out the prudential treatment of banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
  • Published 13 May 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Removed on 17 Jul 2024
SCO60
Cryptoasset exposures
This chapter sets out the prudential treatment of banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
  • Published 27 Nov 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Current
SCO60
Cryptoasset exposures
This chapter sets out the prudential treatment of banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
  • Published 17 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Removed on 27 Nov 2024
SRP98
Application guidance on interest rate risk in the banking book
This chapter contains a detailed description of interest rate risk in the banking book, its management techniques and the derivation of the standardised interest rate shocks.
  • Published 16 Jul 2024
  • Effective 01 Jan 2026
  • Status Current
SCO60
Cryptoasset exposures
This chapter sets out the prudential treatment of banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
  • Published 14 Dec 2023
  • Effective 01 Jan 2025
  • Status Removed on 13 May 2024

Background to the Basel Framework

The Basel Framework is a consolidated version of the full set of standards of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), which is the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks. The membership of the BCBS has agreed to fully implement these standards and apply them to the internationally active banks in their jurisdictions.

Structure

The framework comprises the 14 standards listed below. Each standard is divided into chapters, and many chapters have multiple versions, eg a chapter may have a version that is applicable now and one that will become applicable after the Basel III reforms have been implemented. The full breakdown of all chapters and versions is available here.

If you would like to explore the source material for the consolidated Basel Framework, there is a mapping table that links each of the paragraphs of the BCBS's original published standards to their locations within the first published version the framework.

Other features of the framework include:

  • Interactive cross-references to make it easier to navigate.
  • A "time traveller" feature, which lets you select a future date and see the framework as it is due to apply at that date.
  • Answers to frequently asked questions displayed directly underneath the paragraphs to which they relate.
  • A section to view all past and future planned changes to the Basel Framework.
  • An improved search function, which makes it easier to find specific content in each standard.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the consolidated Basel Framework, please let us know at baselcommittee@bis.org.

The Basel Framework homepage lists all 14 standards together with a short description of their content. The "effective as of" date is the date by which the members of the BCBS have agreed to implement the standards. By default, this date is set to the launch date of the consolidated framework for standards that were already in force at the launch of the framework. For standards that have chapters that are due to change in the future, a "next version" date is shown.

Click on the name of any standard to get the list of chapters that it contains. By default, you will see the current versions of the standards that are in effect as of the day you are using the website. In cases where new chapter versions are due to come into effect in the future, the chapter can be accessed by clicking the "new future version" link shown at the bottom of the chapter description.

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Navigating the Basel Framework
Navigating the Basel Framework
Video 9 April 2019
Navigating the Basel Framework
This tutorial explains the features of the Basel Committee's consolidated framework, bringing global standards for bank regulation and supervision together in one place.

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