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This study analyses the need to adopt further EU financial regulation on decentralized finance after the implementation of the Markets in Crypto Asset Regulation and the revision of the Transfer of Funds Regulation, with a special view on crypto lending, crypto staking, crypto custody, the use of non-formal information, NFTs and sustainability. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the Committee on Economic and ...
Technical support provided to EU Member States
The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) organised a public hearing with the aim to get a better understanding about technical support and related challenges, especially concerning the areas of better administration, digitalisation and EU funds implementation. This briefing provided background information to this debate that took place 21 April 2022. It examines technical support as well as relevant technical assistance activities and provides a short insight into links between such support and ...
Proteggere i fondi dell'UE dalle strutture oligarchiche
Il quadro finanziario pluriennale (QFP) dell'Unione europea per il periodo 2021 2027 e lo strumento dell'Unione europea per la ripresa forniscono risorse finanziarie pari a 1,8 miliardi di EUR. Tuttavia, l'UE può raggiungere gli ambiziosi obiettivi di questi strumenti di bilancio solo se i suoi interessi finanziari sono meglio tutelati. La commissione per il controllo dei bilanci (CONT) del Parlamento ha approvato una relazione d'iniziativa che sottolinea il rischio di frode e conflitto di interessi ...
Plenary round-up – November II 2021
Due to the deteriorating Covid 19 situation, the November II plenary session in Strasbourg was again organised with the possibility for Members to vote remotely. Parliament debated a number of Council and European Commission statements, including on: coordination of Member States' coronavirus measures; police violence against Roma people; preparation of the 12th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference; state of the Energy Union; a European action plan against rare diseases; and on international ...
Revisione del regolamento finanziario
Nel marzo 2021 la Commissione europea ha annunciato una proposta legislativa finalizzata alla revisione del regolamento finanziario dell'UE al fine di allinearlo al quadro finanziario pluriennale 2021 2027 e a Next Generation EU. In previsione delle proposte della Commissione, la relazione d'iniziativa elaborata dalle commissioni competenti del Parlamento europeo esprime con chiarezza le aspettative riguardo al rafforzamento del ruolo parlamentare nel controllo di bilancio dei fondi di Next Generation ...
Review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR): Updated rules on supervision of central counterparties (CCPs)
The increasing importance of central counterparties (CCPs), and challenges such as the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU, call for a more comprehensive supervision of CCPs in EU and non-EU countries to secure financial market infrastructure and build confidence. In June 2017, the Commission proposed amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 (ESMA – European Securities and Markets Authority) and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR – European Market Infrastructure), to strengthen the regulatory ...
Revision of EU financial rules
In September 2016, the Commission tabled a proposal for a new Financial Regulation which would replace the current one (together with its Rules of Application), as well as amend 15 other sectoral instruments each containing financial rules. The Commission justifies its proposal by the need to simplify EU financial rules and make them more flexible. In April 2018, the BUDG and CONT committees approved the outcome of trilogue negotiations on the main part of the proposal for a new Financial Regulation ...
Discarico per l'esercizio 2016 – Istituzioni dell'UE diverse dalla Commissione europea
La commissione per il controllo dei bilanci (CONT) del Parlamento europeo raccomanda di concedere il discarico per otto sezioni amministrative del bilancio dell'UE 2016 e di rinviare la decisione a ottobre 2018 in un caso (Consiglio europeo e Consiglio). La decisione del Parlamento sulla proposta è prevista nel corso della tornata di aprile.
'Omnibus regulation' – Agricultural provisions
The proposed 'omnibus regulation' to amend EU financial rules represents the first occasion that changes to the basic regulations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been formally proposed since the 2013 reform. These changes represent policy choices involving a fine-tuning and simplification of the CAP. Parliament is due to vote on the proposal during the December plenary session.
Financial Instruments: defining the rationale for triggering their use
The use of financial instruments within the EU budget is becoming more and more common. The present study first revises key concepts in determining the use of those instruments, before providing an analysis of the functioning and consistency of the ex-ante assessments, which are required by regulation to help identify the rationale and scope for financial instruments. It offers recommendations to improve the ex-ante assessment process and on the use of these instruments across the EU.