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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11864
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

Finance ministers hope to create legal framework on FinTech

A legal framework on the use of new technologies in the financial sector could aim to support innovation and respond to concerns born of the emergence of new technologies in this sector ('FinTech'), the major financial policymakers of the European Union said after an informal meeting in Tallinn on Friday 15 September.

The ministers acknowledge that technological innovation in the field of finance represents a genuine opportunity with enormous potential for the European financial system. ...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission wants to give ESMA new direct supervisory competences
FINANCE: Finance ministers hope to create legal framework on FinTech
TAXATION: French approach to taxing Internet giants a powerful engine, says Dmitri Jegorov
TAXATION: EU split into three camps over taxation of digital economy
TAXATION: Ten participating states launch detailed study into impact of FTT in context of Brexit
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Commission seeking to create high-level roundtable for business leaders
MIGRATION: Still hostile to obligatory relocation of asylum seekers, Budapest promises long legal and political battle
ENERGY: Electricity market redesign central to ministerial debate in Tallinn
TRANSPORT: Financing investment and air connectivity on informal meeting agenda in Tallinn
CLIMATE: Indecipherability of US statements on Paris Agreement change nothing of EU's momentum
AGRICULTURE: New Council mandate for omnibus regulation negotiations
HEALTH: New joint Chronis Plus action against chronic diseases
ENVIRONMENT: Court of Auditors wants to know effectiveness of EU flood risk management
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: EU brings support to internal dialogue on Kosovo
FYROM: EU calls for implementation of Priebe report recommendations
TRADE: Lower minimum import price for Chinese solar panels from 1 October
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: London wants future security treaty based on what already exists with EU
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Rome III regulation does not apply to private divorces granted outside EU, says Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Future of EU Finances conference on Monday 25 September
CULTURE: Call for proposals in cultural heritage domain
SPACE: US Administration grateful to Copernicus in management of crisis in wake of Hurricane Harvey
FINANCE: ESMA clarifies exemption to provisions on exchange-traded derivatives
JUSTICE: EU and US meet for first joint assessment of 'Privacy Shield'
CSDP: Philippe Rio named EUCAP Sahel Mali Head of Mission
CSDP: New round of coastguard training by EUNAVFOR Med Sophia operation
TRANSPORT: Commission calls on Ryanair to respect rules on airline passenger rights
TRANSPORT: Bosnia-Herzegovina signs treaty setting up European transport community
TRANSPORT: IRU seeking clarity on Brexit negotiations
CORRIGENDUM
ENVIRONMENT: Link to the Générations futures report on glyphosate in foods
Op-Ed
MEDITERRANEAN: Young Superheroes Build the Future of the Mediterranean – by Nada Al-Nashif is Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1191