Christos V. Gortsos is a Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also, inter alia, President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI); Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament’s and of the European Court of Auditors’ expert groups on banking resolution; and Visiting Professor at the Europa Institut of the University of Saarland, Germany. With his interests revolving around economic constitutional law, international and EU monetary and financial law, and central banking law, Christos was granted, among other, the Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship (2017-18) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.

Chapter 1: The System of Rules and Layers of Regulation.- PART I: THE PRUDENTIAL FRAMEWORK.- Chapter 2: Authorisation Requirements.- Chapter 3: Prudential Regulation (1): Minimum Capital Requirements, Capital Buffers, and Related Ratios.- Chapter 4: Prudential Regulation (2): Liquidity Requirements.- Chapter 5: Prudential Supervision under the CRD IV.- Chapter 6: Prudential Supervision under the SSMR.- Chapter 6: Prudential Supervision under the SSMR.- PART II: THE CRISIS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.- Chapter 7: Resolution Planning.- Chapter 8: In Particular: the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL).- Chapter 9: Crisis Prevention and Pre-Resolution Measures.- Chapter 10: Resolution Action.- Chapter 11: Deposit Guarantee Schemes – General Aspects and the Paybox Function.- Chapter 12: Resolution Funding: The Single Resolution Fund (SRF), the Contribution of DGSs and Other Arrangements.