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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12130
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / Finance

Crowdfunding – MEPs want to renationalise authorisation and supervisory procedures for service providers

On Monday 5 November, the committee on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament adopted the draft report by Ashley Fox (ECR, UK) on the proposed regulation to facilitate crowd funding.

Readers may recall that the European Commission's original proposal provided for a European passport to allow crowdfunding platforms to apply to provide their services throughout Europe, following the prior authorisation of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (see EUROPE...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
ITALY: Eurogroup urges Rome to present revised draft 2019 budget
TAXATION: Still no Franco-German agreement on taxing Internet giants
FINANCE: Crowdfunding – MEPs want to renationalise authorisation and supervisory procedures for service providers
PAYMENTS: MEPs adopt their position on alignment of costs of cross-border payments in euros in EU
BANKS: satisfaction of supervisors after publication of results of 2018 bank stress tests
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: Opposition continues between Europeans and Americans over sanctions on Tehran
BAHRAIN: EU denounces life sentence for opposition leader
JAPAN: MEPs' green light to ratification of free trade agreement
TRADE: European Parliament-Council negotiations can start on division of post-Brexit tariff quotas
TRADE: Turning point for European Parliament-Council negotiations on investment screening
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament budget committee calls for European Council to adopt 2021-2027 MFF by qualified majority
PES: Frans Timmermans to be social democrat family's Spitzenkandidat in 2019 European elections
UNITED KINGDOM: according to Commission, negotiations on orderly exit of United Kingdom from EU have not been completed
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: CO2 from international aviation - Commission puts proposal of decision on CORSIA to Council
DIGITAL: Wifi4EU, another Commission attempt after failure of calls for expression of interest in May
DIGITAL: from platforms to businesses, inclusion of operating systems divides MEPs
JHA: MEPs reiterate their call for early integration of Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen area
TRANSPORT: MEPs welcome draft 'Clune' report on creation of a single maritime window system
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Restrictions on polluting disposable plastics - Interinstitutional negotiation begins on 6 November
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs adopt their position to revise Regulation on approval of motor vehicles for Brexit
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament agriculture committee vote on CAP is scheduled for 18-19 February
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament rapporteur on CAP post-2020 funding calls for transition period
OCEANS: Marine protected areas generate economic advantages
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: 'Work/life balance' directive - civil society voices concern about European Parliament/Council negotiations being potentially blocked
NEWS BRIEFS
LAUNDERING: ECB revokes Pilatus Bank banking licence
CULTURE: 2018 LUX PRIZE, start of screenings of finalist films
TRADE: Commission reports on latest negotiating rounds with Indonesia and New Zealand
INTERNAL MARKET: SMEs concerned about growing political instability at European and international level
PAKISTAN: EU requests protection of Asia Bibi
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU lends helping hand to Italy after heavy floods
TRANSPORT: In Vienna Declaration, trade unions decline their demands on 'mobility I' package
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1237