Capital Adequacy Directive

Directive 93/6/EEC

European Union directive
Title	on the capital adequacy of investments firms and credit institutions
Made by	Council of the European Communities
Made under	first and third sentences of Article 57 (2) of TEEC
Journal reference	OJ L 141, 11 June 1993, p. 1–26
History
Date made	15 March 1993
Implementation date	1 July 1995
Applies from	31 December 1995
Other legislation
Amended by	Directive 98/33/EC, Directive 2002/87/EC, Directive 2004/39/EC and Directive 2005/1/EC
Replaced by	Directive 2006/49/EC
Repealed

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The Capital Adequacy Directive was a European directive that aimed to establish uniform capital requirements for both banking firms and non-bank securities firms, first issued in 1993 and revised in 1998. These was superseded by the Capital Requirements Directives starting in 2006.