This new commentary analyses, article by article, the two most important regulations on the European banking union: firstly, the Single Supervisory Mechanism with the ECB as the single supervisory authority for major banking institutions; and secondly, the Single Resolution Mechanism with the Single Resolution Fund as the centralized decision-making body in the eurozone.

The creation of the European Banking Union and the transfer of supervisory and resolution powers from the Member States to the European level has drastically changed the institutional setting for banking supervision within the Eurozone. Against this backdrop, the book combines a collection of the legal instruments pertaining to the Banking Union with introductory chapters on the policy background and relevant institutional and substantive issues, including procedural matters and questions of legal redress. It thus offers a straightforward access to the relevant policy and substantive issues, which will be of help for practitioners, academics and students. Both editors have published on the relevant aspects before and combine the perspectives of different jurisdictions.