EESC and European Commission join forces for a healthier and fairer Europe in the digital age
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EESC and European Commission join forces for a healthier and fairer Europe in the digital age Description: The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) backs the European Commission's 2021 work programme and points out that the driving force to make Europe healthier, fairer and more prosperous must be a coordinated approach with all interinstitutional actors, capitalising on the prominent role played by organised civil society.
Isabel Schnabel: The sovereign-bank-corporate nexus – virtuous or vicious?
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: The sovereign-bank-corporate nexus – virtuous or vicious? Description: The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.
Plastics, a growing environmental and climate concern: how can Europe revert that trend?
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Plastics, a growing environmental and climate concern: how can Europe revert that trend? Description: The ever-increasing amount of plastic, its impact on biodiversity and contribution to climate change, and how to deal with it in a circular economy perspective have been on the European Union’s policy agenda for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the attention for plastic waste with images of masks in our seas, and large amounts of single-use protective gear. In the circular plastics economy report, published today, the European Environment Agency (EEA) analyses the need and potential for a shift to a circular and sustainable approach to our use of plastics.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ESMA consults on changes to CRA supervisory fees Description: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today launches a public consultation on the revision of the Delegated Regulation regarding fees charged to CRAs.
ESAs consult to amend technical standards on the mapping of ECAIs’ credit assessments
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ESAs consult to amend technical standards on the mapping of ECAIs’ Description: The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) launched today a public consultation to amend the Implementing Regulations on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for credit risk. The amendments are needed to assign mappings for two newly established ECAIs and to reflect the outcomes
Public Consultation on Fees charged to Credit Rating Agencies by ESMA
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Public Consultation on Fees charged to Credit Rating Agencies by ESMA Description: ESMA invites comments on all matters set out in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they: respond to the question stated; indicate the specific question to which the comment relates; contain a clear rationale; and describe any alternatives ESMA should consider. ESMA will consider all comments received by 15