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The initiative's objective is to facilitate the use of digital tools and processes in EU company law. The problem definition appears to be well supported by evidence. The IA substantiates the nature and scale of the problem, as well as who it affects (business registers, public authorities, businesses, citizens/ consumers) and how. The policy options are not alternatives to each other but each one of them is a group of (sub-) options for each of the four intervention areas. The sub-options under ...

En 2012, la Commission a présenté une proposition de directive pour améliorer l’équilibre hommes-femmes au sein des conseils d’administration des sociétés. Elle fixait un objectif d’au moins 40 % de femmes aux postes d’administrateurs non exécutifs et de 33 % de femmes pour l’ensemble des postes d’administrateurs des sociétés cotées. Après une décennie de blocage au niveau du Conseil, le Parlement et le Conseil sont désormais parvenus à un accord. Le Parlement devrait mettre ce texte aux voix lors ...

In just over a decade, the payment industry has seen the launch of cryptocurrencies and their explosive growth, driven by progress in digital technology applications. However, owing to a range of factors, not least their significant volatility, cryptocurrencies have not been adopted on a massive scale, but instead are used largely for speculative purposes. Both national authorities and the private sector have attempted to tackle volatility. The private sector's answer was stablecoins, that is, cryptocurrencies ...

Proper implementation of EU law is essential to deliver the EU policy goals as defined in the Treaties and secondary legislation. This briefing aims to give an overview of the transposition and implementation of Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive). It presents the key elements of this Directive. The amendments brought by Directive 2014/52/EU to the previous legal text aim to improve the quality of Environmental ...

The flow of officials and politicians between the public and private sector has in the past few years given rise to calls for more transparency and accountability. In order to mitigate the reputational damage to public institutions by problematic use of the 'revolving door', this phenomenon is increasingly being regulated at national level. In the United States, President Trump recently changed the rules put in place by his predecessor to slow the revolving door. As shown by press coverage, the US ...

Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – is the main instrument financing research and innovation in the European Union and the successor to seven previous Framework Programmes. It is an ambitious, flexible programme, unique in the world in terms of budget, duration, budgetary stability and scope. Since 2014 it has supported more than 13 000 projects in more than 130 participating countries and helped to respond to urgent societal challenges, such as the Ebola ...

L’objectif de cette présentation des options stratégiques est de donner aux députés au Parlement européen un aperçu des options politiques prospectives concernant le renforcement de la cybersécurité dans le cadre de la politique de sécurité et de défense commune de l’Union (PSDC). Les options politiques sont fondées sur l’étude STOA intitulée «Cybersecurity in the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – Challenges and risks for the EU» (Cybersécurité dans la politique de sécurité et de défense ...

This study aims at mapping existing Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in the public and private sectors in the Member States of the EU, as far as data is available; it aims at analysing how GEPs have impacted/are impacting the economic situation of women in the EU; analysing national legislation and collective agreements in connection with GEPs; analysing the impact of the crisis/austerity on GEPs and analyse more in-depth the substance and impact of GEPs in the private and public sectors in 2 Member ...

Horizon 2020, the EU framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) is aimed at building a society and an economy based on knowledge and innovation across the Union, while contributing to sustainable development. The programme supports the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and other Union policies, as well as the achievement and functioning of the European Research Area (ERA). The introduction to this European implementation assessment (EIA) presents basic information on the ...

En Europe, l’espace constitue une entreprise de coopération depuis plus de 50 ans. Les premières structures collaboratives entre les États membres dans les années 60 ont mené à la création de l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) en 1975. L’Union européenne est intervenue dans le domaine à partir des années 90, en particulier à travers la conception de programmes spatiaux européens : Galileo pour la navigation par satellite et Copernicus pour l’observation de la Terre, tous deux déployés en coopération ...