30/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 30 November, members of the European Parliament approved, by a large majority (494 votes to 141 with 10 abstentions), the new interim rules on the application of the revised "accounting for financial instruments" international financial reporting standard, IFRS 9. These rules provide for the phasing-in, over five years from 1 January 2018, of the capital requirements under the application of IFRS 9, which brings in a depreciation model based on anticipated losses, rather than just actual losses. The aim of these rules is to limit the negative impact of the new standard on banks that would result from an increase in anticipated losses in their credit portfolios. According to the rapporteur on this dossier, Peter Simon (S&D, Germany), these new standards will “help to ensure a more stable system than previously, whilst guaranteeing the necessary flexibility”. (MF)