Abstract
The aim of the article is to present the most important EU activities in
the construction of a European financial safety network, both those already
undertaken (including in particular: CRD, CRR and Banking Union) as well
as planned (including changes regarding: capital requirements, large exposures,
long-term liquidity, financial leverage, risk assessment, reporting of banks
and banks referred to as TBTF. In addition, the article assesses the measures
taken in the field of financial market regulation from the point of view of
three criteria, i.e. stability of the sector, efficiency of banks’ operations and
perception of new requirements by banks.