Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government publishing draft legislation on payment service contract termination rule changes; the Central Bank of Ireland providing insights into its regulatory...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...more
An ECON draft report on digital finance recommends legislative action in relation to cryptoassets and cyber resilience and a framework for digital onboarding. On 4 June 2020, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary...more
European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (“ECON“) published a press release announcing that it has voted to adopt a draft report on the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a Regulation on...more
Antitrust and Competition - European Commission to consult on exemption regime for vertical agreements - The European Commission has indicated it will launch a wide-ranging public consultation on the Vertical Block Exemption...more
Antitrust and Competition - Best Practices Code for State aid control adopted by the European Commission - On 16 July 2018, the European Commission adopted a Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control...more
BREXIT - Please see the ‘Other Developments’ section for an update on the minutes of the meeting between the Governor of the BoE and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the June Financial Stability Report....more
On August 13, 2018, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (“ECON“) published its draft report on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on European crowdfunding service providers...more
On 26 April 2016, the European Parliament’s Internal Market & Consumer Protection (IM&CP) Committee published an Opinion about virtual currencies. The Opinion was prepared by Ulrike Trebesius (MEP) and it calls on the...more