Internationally, the Bundesbank cooperates in the committees set up at the Bank for International Settlements. I would like to highlight the Bundesbank’s participation in the Joint Year 2000 Council.
With the backing of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payment and 3  BIS Review 72/1999  Settlement Systems (CPSS), and the area of securities and insurance, represented by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), the aim of this body is to improve the exchange of information on Y2K issues worldwide.