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“We are satisfied with the clarifications provided by the Commission, whereby the state aid rules should be applied with a view to safeguarding financial stability and also the level playing field", Draghi told reporters in Brussels.
The Frankfurt-based central bank had asked the European Commission to clarify the new rules so that regulators could order technically solvent banks to strengthen their balance sheets without scaring off investors. Draghi raised the concerns in a July 30 letter to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia.
European finance ministers will debate what backstops should be put in place should the ECB decide that individual banks need more capital after a series of assessments next year. The ECB is conducting the reviews as it prepares to take over the currency bloc’s financial supervision.