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The capital markets union (CMU) is an EU political project aimed at 'de-fragmenting' the markets for corporate financing. The primary objective is to ensure that firms with comparable characteristics obtain comparable financing conditions – especially as regards costs and volumes – regardless of the Member State in which they are located. The objective to de-fragment capital markets is influenced by the context of European monetary union and the single market for goods and services; fragmented financial ...

This document compares the draft 2024 Recommendation for the economic policy of the Euro Area proposed by the European Commission on 21 November 2023 with the 2023 Euro Area Recommendation approved by the Council (ECOFIN) on 16 January 2023.

Public financing of enterprises, which has been on the rise globally, can have a distortive effect on competitive markets. In response to this trend, in May 2021 the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation to tackle foreign subsidies with a distortive effect on the EU single market. It would enable the Commission to investigate subsidies granted by non-EU public authorities to companies operating on the single market, and to apply countervailing measures, should these subsidies ...

Le financement des entreprises par des États étrangers peut avoir des effets de distorsion sur le marché unique. Lors de la première session plénière de novembre, le Parlement votera sur l’accord provisoire obtenu à l’issue de négociations en trilogue, concernant une proposition de règlement pour s’attaquer à ce type de subventions. Ce règlement contraindrait les entreprises à déclarer les subventions accordées par des autorités publiques non européennes dans les domaines des fusions et acquisitions ...

Le projet de budget rectificatif nº 2/2022 (PBR nº 2/2022) au budget général de l’Union européenne pour l’exercice 2022 vise à inscrire l'excédent résultant de l’exécution du budget 2021 en recette dans le budget 2022. L’excédent de l’exercice 2021 se monte à plus de 3,2 milliards d’euros. Il se compose principalement de droits de douane, dont le montant est plus élevé qu’attendu (1,68 milliard d’euros), et d’amendes infligées pour violation du droit de la concurrence de l’Union, dont le produit ...

This economic assessment of EU state aid principles and practises related to the COVID-19 pandemic confirms the clear focus on maintaining the level playing field in the EU single market. Future monitoring and policy fine-tuning, focusing on SMEs, and keeping all Member States involved are the main challenges. Moreover, current policies fail to incorporate a strong focus on broader, strategic policy goals like the green and digital transformation of the European economy or the enhancing of EU firms ...

The study presented in the event aims at identifying and analysing the unfair commercial and trading practices in passenger air transport that not only are detrimental to consumers, but which can also distort competition in the Single Market. Moreover, the discussion during the event also covered competition and consumer protection aspects that arise in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. These proceedings of the study presentation were prepared by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific ...

The EU has unveiled an ambitious plan to regulate online platforms, and the European Commission is proposing to introduce ex ante regulation to ensure that markets characterised by large platforms acting as digital gatekeepers remain fair and competitive for innovators, businesses, and new market entrants. The introduction of an ex ante regulatory framework that could limit online platforms' commercial freedom and give wide-ranging enforcement powers to regulators would be a far-reaching step. Against ...

The aim of this study is to critically assess the proposed Green Deal’s growth, financing and regulatory challenges. The study discusses the need for extended Shared Socio-economic Pathways. It examines the key growth drivers of the Green Deal and the green investment gap, the optimal mix of taxation and command-and-control measures, trade and competition policy and the implications for macroprudential supervision. This document was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee ...

Au cours de la session de mars I, le Parlement examinera le rapport annuel 2019 sur la politique de concurrence de l’Union européenne, adopté par la commission des affaires économiques et monétaires. Ce rapport souligne l’orientation de plus en plus internationale prise par la politique de concurrence à l’ère de la mondialisation et de la numérisation de l’économie. Il met également l’accent sur l’efficacité des instruments de la politique de concurrence et sur la façon dont ils peuvent être utilisés ...