Links

Deposit protection institutions

Bun­des­ver­band deut­scher Ban­ken e.V. (BdB) 
The BdB is a leading economic policy association, which is also responsible for the Deposit Protection Fund of German Banks.

Ent­schä­di­gungs­ein­rich­tung der Wert­pa­pier­han­dels­un­ter­neh­men (EdW)
The Compensatory Fund of Securities Trading Companies.

Bun­des­ver­band Öf­fent­li­cher Ban­ken e.V. (VÖB)
The VÖB manages the voluntary deposit protection fund of German public banks

Bun­des­ver­band der Deut­schen Volks­ban­ken und Raiff­ei­sen­ban­ken e.V. (BVR)
The BVR manages, among other things, the protection scheme for Germany’s cooperative banks

Deut­scher Spar­kas­sen- und Gi­ro­ver­band (DGSV)
The DSGV manages, among other things, the protection scheme for German savings and regional banks

Eu­ropean Forum of De­po­sit In­su­rers (EFDI)
EFDI is a European non-profit association of deposit insurers and investor compensation schemes.

EU-Kom­mis­si­on, Ge­ne­ral­di­rek­ti­on Bin­nen­markt
Background information on the banking union

www.iadi.org 
IADI is a not-for-profit association of more than 100 deposit insurers worldwide.

Laws and directives

Ein­la­gen­si­che­rungs­ge­setz (Ein­SiG)

Ein­la­gen­si­che­rungs­ge­setz (English)

An­le­ger­ent­schä­di­gungs­ge­setz (An­lEntG) (in Germany only)

Ge­set­zes­be­grün­dung zum Ent­wurf eines Ge­set­zes zur Um­set­zung der Richt­li­nie 2014/49/EU des Eu­ro­päi­schen Par­la­ments und des Rates vom 16. April 2014 über Ein­la­gen­si­che­rungs­sys­te­me (in Germany only)

Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes

Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 March 1997 on investor-compensation schemes

German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz, KWG)

Performance of inspections in accordance with Section 36(2) EinSiG (in Germany only)

Regulations

Regulation on the financing of the Compensation Scheme of German Private Banks (Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken GmbH) in German only (Ent­schä­di­gungs­ein­rich­tungs-Fi­nan­zie­rungs­ver­ord­nung - Ent­sch­FinV)

Regulation on amending the Compensation Scheme Financing Regulation of 25 May 2022 (in Germany only)

Second Regulation on amending the Compensation Scheme Financing Regulation of 31 October 2024 (in Germany only)

Ent­sch­dt­BankV – Regulation on the assignment of tasks and powers of a compensation scheme to the Compensation Scheme of German Private Banks (in German only)