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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 ...

Il finanziamento delle imprese da parte di uno Stato estero può avere effetti distorsivi sul mercato unico. Nella prima tornata di novembre il Parlamento voterà sull'accordo provvisorio raggiunto a seguito di negoziati in sede di trilogo su una proposta di regolamento per contrastare le sovvenzioni estere distorsive. Il regolamento imporrebbe alle imprese di notificare le sovvenzioni concesse da autorità pubbliche di paesi terzi nell'ambito di fusioni e acquisizioni e offerte in gare d'appalto importanti ...

Scopo del progetto di bilancio rettificativo n. 2/2022 (PBR n. 2/2022) al bilancio generale 2022 dell'UE è iscrivere come entrate nel bilancio 2022 l'eccedenza risultante dall'esecuzione del bilancio 2021. L'eccedenza del 2021 supera i 3,2 miliardi di euro. Consiste principalmente in entrate superiori al previsto derivanti da dazi doganali (1,68 miliardi di EUR) e ammende per violazione del diritto della concorrenza dell'UE che hanno superato di 957 milioni di EUR le previsioni. L'eccedenza deriva ...

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 ...

Durante la tornata di marzo I il Parlamento europeo dovrebbe discutere la relazione annuale sulla politica di concorrenza dell'UE (2019), approvata dalla commissione per i problemi economici e monetari. La relazione sottolinea la crescente importanza della dimensione internazionale della politica di concorrenza in un mondo globalizzato e le sfide derivanti dalla digitalizzazione dell'economia. Essa mette inoltre in evidenza le questioni relative all'efficacia degli strumenti della politica di concorrenza ...