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    01/19/2017
    The European Banking Authority published translations of the final Guidelines specifying the application of the definition of default in relation to the Internal Ratings Based Approach and the Standardized Approach under the Capital Requirements Regulation. Publication of the translations triggers the date by which national regulators must inform the EBA as to whether they intend to comply with the Guidelines. That notification is due by March 20, 2017. The Guidelines will apply to national regulators and firms from January 1, 2021. However, national regulators have discretion to accelerate implementation of the Guidelines. The CRR sets out the definition of default of an obligor that is used for the purposes of the IRB and Standardized Approaches. The purpose of the Guidelines is to harmonize the definition of default across the EU framework so that EU banks apply regulatory requirements to their capital positions in a more consistent and comparable way, especially in the context of IRB models. The Guidelines expand on various aspects of the application of the definition of default including the “days past due” criterion for default identification, indications of unlikeliness to pay, specific aspects of the application of the definition of default for retail exposures, application of the default definition in a banking group, treatment of external data and criteria for a return to non-defaulted status. The EBA acknowledges that implementation of the Guidelines may take significant resources for certain firms, particularly those firms that apply the IRB Approach and where the default definition will significantly affect their existing approach. 

    View translations of the Guidelines.