FAQs on ECB supervisory measures in reaction to the coronavirus

These FAQs provide details on pandemic-related measures that ECB Banking Supervision took in 2020 and 2021. On 10 February 2022 the ECB announced the end of the last temporary relief measures still available to banks, hence confirming the return to normality under the initially envisaged timeline. Section 1 – Relief measures regarding asset quality deterioration and non-performing loansSection 2 – Relief measures regarding the operational aspects of supervisionSection 3 – Relief measures regarding capital and liquidity requirementsSection 4 – Restrictions on dividends and variable remunerationSection 5 – Other measuresSection 1 – Relief measures regarding asset quality deterioration and non-performing loans In March 2020 you announced flexibility when implementing the ECB Guidance on non-performing loans (NPLs). Did you consider forbearance for NPLs? Did you look at other ways to mitigate the deterioration of asset quality, for example with regard to IFRS 9?The ECB Guidance on NPLs alr...