14/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Ms Vestager underlines exception to rule on financial burden sharing in example of bank resolution that was never activated. Asked about the possibility of the Italian authorities invoking the exception to rules on an internal “bail in” in the event of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank going under, the Commissioner for Trade, Margrethe Vestager, did not attempt to conceal the fact that the 'BRRD' (2014/59) directive allows for public intervention in the event of risks to financial stability. On Thursday 14 July, she stated “The question is: what is financial instability? In Spain, Greece, Slovenia, exceptions (to the general rule: Ed) were never triggered”. Te United Kingdom leaving the EU "does not only affect Italian banks", she added. The banking crises in these three countries in the euro zone did, nevertheless, arise before the entry into force at the beginning of 2016 of the rules from the 'BRRD' directive, which categorise the contributions made by shareholders, lenders and savers in a bank. (MB)