2025-07-31
The Financial Market Authority issued the Capital Buffer Regulation 2025 to determine and recognize capital buffer requirements for countercyclical, systemic, and systemic risk buffers in Austria. The regulation sets a 0% countercyclical buffer rate, assigns specific systemic importance buffer rates ranging from 0.45% to 1.75% to designated credit institutions, and establishes a 1% buffer rate for commercial real estate exposures. This regulation enters into force on July 1, 2025, and repeals the Capital Buffer Regulation 2021.