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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12560
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

Commission to adopt temporary equivalence decision for UK clearing houses

The European Commission has launched the adoption procedure for a “time-limited” equivalence decision with European Union legislation for the UK's prudential rules on central clearing counterparties (CCPs), the institution confirmed on Tuesday 15 September.

Since Monday, the Commission has been consulting Member States on a draft text that would allow UK CCPs to continue to clear euro transactions for customers based in the EU after the end of the transition period, confirmed one of the...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19, European Parliament in turn calls for better coordination of measures limiting intra-EU travel
MEDITERRANEAN: MEPs call for firmness and dialogue
LEBANON: MEPs advocate helping Lebanese, but not without conditions
BELARUS: EU does not recognise Lukashenko as legitimate president, warns Mr Borrell
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament calls on Commission and EU Council to react to abuses observed in Poland
BUDGET: on creation of new own resources, MEPs say, “the ball is in the [EU] Council’s court”
CLIMATE: European Parliament wants maritime transport to be included in ETS system from 2022 onwards
ENVIRONMENT: Commission seeks to reassure MEPs on its action against pharmaceutical pollution
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Parliament united to strengthen EU’s rapid response capacity to major disasters
TRANSPORT: European Parliament plenary vote on post-Brexit operation of Channel Tunnel postponed to October
WEAPONS: public database on arms exports will be operational this year, Borrell announces
FINANCE: European Parliament confirms appointment of Klaus Löber as head of ESMA’s Central Counterparty Supervisory Committee
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: MEPs expect Mrs von der Leyen to turn her ambition for EU into concrete commitments
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: without legislative proposals, Commission’s anti-racism commitments will be “only words”, warns Alice Kunhke
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ETS, European Court of Auditors points finger at indiscriminate allocation of free allowances
MIGRATION: Berlin confirms reception of 1,500 people from Greece
SPACE: Rodrigo da Costa elected as head of future EU Space Programme Agency
SPACE: German EU Council presidency emphasises intergovernmental nature of European space policy
FISHERIES: multi-annual Baltic Sea stock management plan is “useful tool”, according to Commission
FISHERIES: NGO Bloom denounces extent of illegal electric fishing
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: draft bill breaching agreement on an orderly Brexit passes first stage in British Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: SMEs want to be better taken into account in process of drawing up European legislation
FINANCE: European Ombudsman publishes her inspection report in BlackRock case
FINANCE: Commission to adopt temporary equivalence decision for UK clearing houses
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, note from European Commission promotes digital solution to prior notification
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: social equity, key parameter in responding to Covid-19 crisis
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Court of Justice of EU interprets, for first time, principle of net neutrality
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
BELARUS: Council of Europe's objective remains accession of Belarus, says Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: Mr Borrell reaffirms that EU support will be conditional
CLIMATE: European geothermal industry calls for extension of ETS to heating sector
CLIMATE: more than 150 business leaders call on EU to agree on 2030 target to reduce emissions by at least 55%
ENERGY: European electricity industry calls for EU funding dedicated to ‘renovation wave’