In its final endorsement advice on IFRS 17, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) noted that it could not reach consensus on one aspect of the standard: the requirement to apply annual cohorts to intergenerationally-mutualised and cash-flow matched contracts. Seven EFRAG Board members believed that the annual cohorts requirement meets the EU endorsement criteria, whereas seven EFRAG Board members believed it does not, and two EFRAG Board members abstained.

While the final meeting document is not yet available in the EU Comitology register and the positive vote is only reflected in the updated EFRAG status report, it was expected that the ARC would include in the final vote an optional exemption from applying the annual cohort requirement (while disclosing the fact when doing so). Such an exemption had been suggested by some EFRAG stakeholders. Companies wishing to apply IFRS 17 as issued by the IASB would still be able to do so.