The paper deals with the implementation and the consequences of Basel II. Itaddresses the questions of why and how Basel II is implemented differently indifferent countries and world regions. In order to deal with these questions a globaloverview of the processes of implementation is provided....

Like all the member states of the European Union, Slovenia was also obligated to implement EUDirectives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC into national banking legislative. Basel II rules were implementedinto Slovenian legislative in December 2006 and have been valid from 1st of January 2007. Before...