24/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament approved by a large majority (527 votes in favour, 28 against, 31 abstentions), during the mini-plenary session in Brussels on Thursday 24 March, the interinstitutional agreement on the regulation establishing a pilot regime for market infrastructures using distributed ledger technology (DLT), a measure stemming from the Commission’s Digital Finance package (see EUROPE 12840/7). “We have succeeded in developing a proposal that embraces innovation while providing appropriate safeguards for investor protection, financial stability and a level playing field, among others”, said Johan Van Overtveldt (CRE, Belgium), rapporteur for the text, in a statement. “The DLT pilot scheme is fully in line with the objectives of the Capital Markets Union”, he added. See the text of the agreement: https://aeur.eu/f/xi (AD)