On November 30, 2015, the Council of the European Union published a press release announcing that a sufficient number of EU Member States have ratified an Intergovernmental Agreement (known as an IGA) on the Single Resolution Fund. This means that the Single Resolution Mechanism, which aims to ensure the orderly resolution of failing banks without any recourse to taxpayers' funds, will enter into force on January 1, 2016, as envisaged. The full resolution powers of the Single Resolution Board will therefore apply as of this date and the SRF will begin to be credited with funds from national resolution funds in the euro area. The IGA sits alongside the SRM Regulation and, as a treaty, required the ratification of national parliaments by November 30, 2015.
The press release is available at: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/press-releases-pdf/2015/11/40802205655_en_635844766200000000.pdf.
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