Basel Committee: Framework for Internal Control Systems in Banking Organisations
CM-B.2.6
The paper (see www.bis.org/publ/bcbs40.pdf) issued in September 1998 presents the first internationally accepted framework for supervisors to use in evaluating the effectiveness of the internal control over all on- and off-balance-sheet activities of banking organizations.
CM-B.2.7
The paper describes elements that are essential to a sound internal control system, recommends principles that supervisors can apply in evaluating such systems, and discusses the role of bank supervisors and external auditors in this assessment process.
