Mercados financieros

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  • Aprobados on 09/07/2014
    Referencia
    INT/717-EESC-2014-01-01-01791-00-00-AC-TRA
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    500
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    The EESC expresses its firm support for the structural reform of the banking system. It considers the Commission's proposal for a regulation to be a valid and effective response aimed at separating commercial banking activities from investment activities.

    The EESC supports and encourages a broad agreement to boost the economy and restore trust in the financial institutions, and calls on the Commission to promote a European Social Pact for Sustainable Finance.

    Nevertheless, the EESC believes that the Commission should give greater attention to investors and employees, who have hitherto received little attention in the reform.

    Besides, the EESC recommends that oversight activities be carried out in close cooperation and coordination between the EBA and the national authorities, which are well-acquainted with the markets and which will play a key role in managing the new reformed European finance.

    EESC opinion: Reform of the structure of EU banks
  • Aprobados on 09/07/2014
    Referencia
    ECO/357-EESC-2013-01-01-07057-00-00-ac-tra
    Plenary session number
    500
    -
    EESC opinion: Completing EMU - the next European legislature
    Update Report - 10.12.2014
  • Aprobados on 25/03/2014
    Referencia
    INT/739-EESC-2014-01436-00-00-AC-TRA
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    United Kingdom
    Plenary session number
    497
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    EESC opinion: Capital increase of the European Investment Fund
  • Aprobados on 11/12/2013
    Referencia
    INT/711-EESC-2013-01-01-5238
    Employers - GR I
    Malta
    Plenary session number
    494
    -

    Secure, efficient, competitive and innovative electronic payments are crucial for the Internal Market in all products and services, and this has an increasing impact as the world moves beyond bricks-and-mortar trade towards e-commerce. The two Commission proposals on card-based payment transactions will introduce maximum levels of interchange fees for transactions based on consumer debit and credit cards. The EESC wants to lower the caps for both credit and debit electronic payments, and include at the same level commercial cards. The proposal strengthens consumer rights concerning international money transfers and will also promote the emergence of new players and the development of innovative mobile and internet payment systems.

    EESC opinion: Payment services
  • Aprobados on 10/12/2013
    Referencia
    INT/691-EESC-2013-01-01-4179
    Workers - GR II
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    494
    -
    EESC opinion: Shadow banking - Follow-up
  • Aprobados on 10/12/2013
    Referencia
    INT/690-EESC-2013-01-01-5988
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    494
    -
    EESC opinion: Money Market Funds
  • Aprobados on 16/10/2013
    Referencia
    ECO/354-EESC-2013-5189
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    United Kingdom
    Plenary session number
    493
    -
    European Long-term Investment Funds
  • Aprobados on 18/09/2013
    Referencia
    INT/701-EESC-2013-3958
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    France
    Plenary session number
    492
    -
    EESC opinion: Comparability of fees / payment accounts
  • Aprobados on 10/07/2013
    Referencia
    ECO/347-EESC-2013-2677
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    United Kingdom
    Plenary session number
    491
    -

    The EESC welcomes initiatives to foster productive investment and the formation of long-lived tangible and intangible capital but urges the Commission to give greater attention to the need to finance more "socially useful" capital investment. If banks are likely to play a less prominent role in the future as providers of long-term financing, then opportunities may arise for other intermediaries such as national and multilateral development banks, institutional investors, sovereign funds and, crucially, bond markets. The EESC welcomes the recent recapitalisation of the EIB as this will strengthen its ability to leverage additional private investment finance and to play a stronger countercyclical role in investment funding and credit supply to SMEs..

    Long-term financing – financial services sector
  • Aprobados on 23/05/2013
    Referencia
    ECO/345-EESC-2013-01-01-1768
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    490
    -

    The EESC welcomes the proposal put forward by the Commission to introduce the world's first regional financial transaction tax (FTT). The Committee believes that its application at regional level (EU11+ zone) could constitute an exceptional opportunity, which could lead to its future application worldwide. The Committee believes that the introduction of this tax within the EU11+ will foster the establishment of a single financial market. The Committee believes that, in order to maximise the impact of the tax on economic growth, the revenue that it raises should be channelled into a programme of investment at national and EU levels capable of delivering economic recovery and jobs in the short term.

    Financial transaction tax - enhanced cooperation