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Insurance recovery and resolution directive
In 2020, the Commission launched a review of the Solvency II Directive, the EU's legal prudential regulatory framework for (re-)insurance companies, which entered into force in 2016. As one output of the review, the Commission made a proposal in September 2021 for a new directive establishing a framework for recovery and resolution of insurance companies – the 'IRRD proposal'. The IRRD proposal would establish harmonised recovery and resolution tools and procedures, with enhanced cross-border cooperation ...
Listing act
The overwhelming majority of businesses in the European Union (EU) are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They employ almost two thirds of the workforce, create 85 % of all new jobs and generate about three fifths of EU value added. In the period from 2010 to 2020, only a small proportion of EU SMEs said that they raised external financing through capital markets (4 %), while a quarter used bank loans, and a fifth used business-to-business trade credits or internal funds. To make capital ...
Märkte für Kryptowerte (MiCA)
Das Parlament soll im April über die Annahme einer Verordnung über Märkte für Kryptowerte (MiCA) abstimmen, nachdem in Trilogverhandlungen eine vorläufige Einigung über den Vorschlag erzielt wurde. Mit der Verordnung würden harmonisierte Vorschriften für Kryptowerte auf EU-Ebene festgelegt, wodurch Rechtssicherheit für diejenigen Kryptowerte geschaffen würde, die bisher nicht unter die bestehenden EU-Rechtsvorschriften fallen. Durch die Verbesserung des Verbraucher- und Anlegerschutzes und der Finanzstabilität ...
Assessment of the implementation of the Law Enforcement Directive
This study analyses the main provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/680 as well as their implementation within national laws in order to contribute to the European Parliament’s positions and findings regarding the evaluation and review of the Directive. In that context, the study identifies shortcomings and explores potential ways forward through a concrete set of recommendations.This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at ...
Bewertung von Behinderungen, gegenseitige Anerkennung und der EU-Behindertenausweis 1 Fortschritte und Chancen
Im Rahmen dieser Studie, die auf Ersuchen des Petitionsausschusses von der Fachabteilung Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments in Auftrag gegeben wurde, wurden zum einen die Fortschritte überprüft, die hinsichtlich der gegenseitigen Anerkennung des Behindertenstatus in der EU erzielt worden sind, und zum anderen die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen untersucht. Für die Bewertung von Behinderungen gelten in den Mitgliedstaaten und in den einzelnen Politikbereichen ...
Towards new rules for European elections?
In May 2022, the European Parliament adopted a draft legislative act proposing to repeal the 1976 European Electoral Act and replace it with a new Council regulation on the election of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) by direct universal suffrage. The aim is to harmonise a number of rules applicable to European elections, which are currently a combination between the common principles under the European Electoral Act and the different national rules implementing them. Harmonisation would ...
Grüne Anleihen: Eine Bewertung des vorgeschlagenen EU-Standards für grüne Anleihen und sein Potenzial zur Vermeidung von Grünfärberei
Der schnell wachsende Markt grüner Anleihen in der EU ist noch nicht harmonisiert. Bislang gibt es lediglich private Standards. Im Juli 2021 veröffentlichte die Kommission einen Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über die europäischen grünen Anleihen (EuGBR-Vorschlag) . Der Vorschlag ist Teil einer umfassenderen EU-Gesetzgebung, die sich auf nachhaltige Finanzierung konzentriert und in der Annahme der Taxonomie-Verordnung und der Verordnung über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten mündete. ...
Study on the Harmonisation of EU Environmental Law
This study analyses the clarity and adaptability of EU environmental law and how these could be improved by means of regulatory options, by looking at four core EU environmental directives, in the field of water, air, nature and waste. Recommendations are made to improve the effectiveness of environmental law in European Union The research has been prepared at the request of the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs as asked by the Committee on ...
ANIT inquiry committee concludes its work
Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 had a positive impact on animal welfare during transport after its entry into force; however, its implementation is not yet harmonised across the European Union (EU). To investigate its application across Member States and whether the European Commission is enforcing them properly, the European Parliament set up a Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport (ANIT) in June 2020, which led to the drafting of a report and recommendations. A final ...
Voting and candidacy rights of mobile EU citizens in European elections under Council Directive 93/109/EC
Under the arrangements set out in Council Directives 93/109/EC and 94/80/EC, EU nationals who live in a Member State other than their own are entitled to participate in European and municipal elections, respectively, in their country of residence. This concerns an estimated 11 million EU citizens of voting age (post-Brexit data). Even if Member States have successfully transposed both directives, voter turnout among mobile citizens remains low compared to nationals. Similarly, only a fraction of ...