Financial Services
The Commission proposes to introduce an EU-wide financial transaction tax.
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Economic & Stability Policy
CEP Default Index Country Reports 2011
The country reports describe the trend of Greece's, Italy's, Portugal's and Spain’s creditworthiness in the first half of 2011.
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Civil & Procedural Law
Cross-Border Attachment of Bank Accounts
The Commission proposes a harmonised procedure for cross-border European Account Preservation.
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Environment
Roadmap to Resource Efficiency
The Commission presents measures for a more efficient use of resources.
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Financial Services
Capital Requirements (Basel III)
The Commission wishes to enhance the stability of the financial markets by stricter capital requirements.
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Energy
CEP Analysis Energy Efficiency
The Commission wishes to increase EU energy efficiency significantly through legally binding measures.
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Economic & Stability Policy
CEP Analysis: Is it possible to rescue the Euro by a reformed Stability and Growth Pact?
The CEP analysed the question of whether or not the reformed Stability and Growth Pact can contribute to rescuing the Euro.
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Single Market
A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights
The EU wishes to create a unitary European protection law for intellectual properties, including digital business models.
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Telecommunications
The CEP has published an analysis on the regionalisation of regulation in the field of telecommunications.
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Institutional Law
Control of Implementing Powers through Committees
The Regulation lays down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by committees of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers.
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Institutional Law
Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
The Commission wishes to launch a debate on EU expenditure priorities for the period 2014–2020.
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Economic & Stability Policy
Reform of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
The CEP assesses the reform of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
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Transport
Pan-European Transport Cooperation
The Commission presents measures regarding the transport cooperation between European neighbours.
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Economic and Stability Policy
Requirements Concerning the Financial Restructuring of the Euro Countries
The CEP analyses the conditions under which the introduction of national debt brakes in the Euro countries could help solve the Euro crisis.
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Single Market
The legal framework for European standardisation is to be modernised in order to make the development of standards more efficient and transparent.
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Telecommunications
The Commission presents a proposal for a regulation in which it proposes new price limits for mobile communications services in EU countries.
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Energy
The Commission wishes to increase EU energy efficiency significantly through legally binding measures.
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Employment & Social Affairs
Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive
The Commission wishes to simplify the recognition procedure of professional qualifications and thus improve the cross-border mobility of workers.
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Energy
The Commission presents its plans on an expedited development of “smart grids”.
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Economic and Stability Policy
Upon the expiry of the first “European Semester“, the EU addressed recommendations to Member States regarding their economic policies.
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Energy
Energy taxation is to be better coordinated with EU energy and climate policy related targets.
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Transport
The Commission presents its ideas on how the European Union can execute its new competency for space travel.
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Economic and Stability Policy
The CEP has developed a Default Index reflecting the creditworthiness in euro zone member states.
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Further Subjects
Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries
The Commission wishes to revise the existing tariff preference scheme for developing countries.
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Single Market
European Patent with Unitary Effect
A European Patent with unitary effect is to allow for unitary patent protection in 25 EU Member States.
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Financial Services
The Commission wishes to provide policyholders with comprehensive protection that is harmonised at EU level for the event of insurance companies becoming insolvent.
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Telecommunications
The Commission evaluates the Member States’ application of the Data Retention Directive, its benefit and impact.
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Single Market
The Commission has submitted a Consultation on the corporate governance framework. It wishes to curb short-termism and excessive risk-taking.
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Climate Protection
The Commission presents measures with which the EU should and could achieve its climate protection objectives of 2050.
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Transport
The CEP summarises and analyses current efforts to establish a Single European Sky.
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Financial Services
With its Directive, the Commission wishes to increase the level of consumer protection for mortgage lending and to regulate the activities of credit intermediaries.
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Transport
The Commission describes its vision of a competitive and sustainable transport system to be established by 2050 and presents a strategy for its implementation.
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Energy
The Commission presents its ideas on binding measures to create significant energy efficiency improvements.
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Employment & Social Affairs
Early Childhood Education and Care
The Commission wishes to coordinate Member States‘ policies in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) and to support it financially.
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Transport and Energy
The Commission intends to encourage private investors to participate in financing infrastructure and presents a model for infrastructure financing.
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Financial Services
The decision-making powers of the EU supervisory authorities for insurance companies (EIOPA) and securities (ESMA) and of the EU Commission are being substantiated and amended.
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Energy
The Commission analyses the status, prospects and “challenges” of the renewable energy sector in the European Union.
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Economic & Stability Policy
Full speed ahead to the Debt Union
The CEP is analysing the policy decisions taken by the heads of states and governments on 24 march 2011.
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Further Subjects
CEP Standpoint: Equal Treatment through Discrimination
The ECJ judgment of 1 March, compelling insurance companies to apply unisex tariffs, infringes the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Single Market
The Commission proposes a reform of EU public procurement rules to make public procurement more efficient and to instrumentalise it for “policy objectives”.
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Transport
The Commission proposes the use of Passenger Name Record data for the combating of terrorism and serious crime.
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Employment & Social Affairs
Working Time Directive - 2nd-phase Consultation
The Commissionhas presented its idea of a revision of the Working Time Directive to the social partners in Europe.
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Economic & Stability Policy
The Commission’s Annual Growth Survey marks the start of the European semester. It contains recommendations as to how Member States should plan their economic policies.
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Energy
The Commission proposes a Regulation on monitoring wholesale energy markets for gas and electricity in order to stop insider trading and market manipulation throughout the EU.
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Further Subjects
The Commission has published a Communication on the future EU trade policy. The Communication forms part of the external dimension of the Europe 2020 strategy.
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Employment & Social Affairs
A European Contribution towards full Employment
The Commission has presented a Communication in which it proposes EU measures to create jobs and train workers.
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Single Market
The Commission presents 50 proposals serving to help remove obstacles to the EU single market and thus to realise the targets of the strategy “Europe 2020“.
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Energy
CEP Position: Europeanise the Energy Policy
On the occasion of the energy summit of the European Council on 4 February 2011, the CEP calls for a reinforced Europeanisation of key energy policies.
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Economic & Stability Policy
The Commission has published a Communication in which it presents ideas and measures for a European industrial policy.
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Further Subjects
The Commission would like to improve the framework conditions for research and innovation in the European Union.
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Single Market
The Commission presents its deliberations on how the auditing of annual company accounts could be “improved“.
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Energy
The Commission presents its strategy for developing the energy infrastructure in Europe proposing, amongst other things, an improved coordination of the cross-border infrastructure development.
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Financial Services
Resolution of Financial Institutions
The Commission presents a “European resolution framework“ with which in future financial institutions are to be resolved without recourse to taxpayers’ money.
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Energy
The EU Energy Comissioner Günther Oettinger has presented the new Energy Strategy 2020 which is to replace the existing Action Plan, “An energy policy for Europe”.
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Economic & Stability Policy
Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact
The CEP has analysed and assessed the Commission proposals for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and for macroeconomic surveillance.
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Equal Treatment
Strategy for Equality 2010-2015
In its Communication [COM(2010) 491] the Commission outlines its planned strategy for an improved equality between women and men.
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Financial Services
The Commission wishes to improve the stability of the financial system and to have derivatives generally cleared by central counterparties in future.
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Employment & Social Affairs
Transfer of Employees from third-countries to the EU
The Commission intends to make it easier for undertakings established in a third country to transfer managers and specialists to their EU subsidiaries.
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Transport
The Commission has submitted a recast of the 1st railway package. Its major aim is a non-discriminatory competition in the railway traffic market.
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Further Subjects
The Commission has published a Communication on tourism in which it presents its vision of a future European tourism policy.
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Civil & Procedural Law
The Commission plans to develop a European contract law. To this end, it presents various options within a Green Paper.
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Single Market
The Commission has presented a Regulation Proposal regarding the translation arrangements for an EU patent providing EU-wide patent protection.
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Competition & Antitrust Policy
The Commission intends to adopt revised Guidelines for horizontal cooperation agreements of undertakings operating at the same level in the value-added chain.
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Financial Services
The Commission intends to restrict the maximum repayable amount of EU deposit guarantee schemes to € 100,000 in future. Deposit guarantee schemes are being obliged to mutually grant loans.
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Environment
The Commission assesses the management of bio-waste and the introduction of binding EU minimum requirements for the use of biologically treated bio-waste and of quality standards for compost and digestate.
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Further Subjects
The EU is to be entitled to monitor “macroeconomic imbalances” and “National Reform Programmes” of Member States and to coordinate their economic policies under a “European Semester”. Moreover, the Stability and Growth Pact is to be reformed.
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Energy
The EU Commission has announced proposals for a comprehensive EU energy strategy in winter 2010/11. CEP is analysing the key issues of the upcoming energy policy.
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Employment & Social Affairs
The Commission has published a Green Paper on pension systems and outlines which reforms it deems necessary.
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Climate Protection
Auctioning of Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowances
The Commission presents a Regulation Draft on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances.
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Competition & Antitrust Policy
Block Exemption Regulation for Research & Development Agreements
The Commission will issue a revised Block Exemption Regulation for research & development agreements.
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Financial Services
The Commission proposes centralising the national supervision of credit rating agencies with the planned European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
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Telecommunications
The Commission wishes to maximise the economic and social use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), most notably the internet.
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Competition & Antitrust Policy
Block Exemption Regulation for Specialisation Agreements
The Commission intends to adopt a recast version of the Block Exemption Regulation for specialisation agreements.
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Employment & Social Affairs
The Commission has published a Communication on the future of vocational education.
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Transport
Trans-European Transport Network
In a consultation paper the Commission presents for discussion a new “dual layer structure“ for the Trans-European transport network.
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Climate Protection
The Commission aims to examine a tightening of the EU greenhouse gas emission targets in 2020 from 20% to 30%.
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Further Subjects
Guidelines for the Economic Policies of Europe 2020
The Commission recommends to the Member States guidelines for their economic and financial policies aiming at an improved coordination of national policies.
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Further Subjects
European Financial Stabilization Mechanism
Several legal proceedings have been instituted with the German Federal Constitutional Court against the EU financial stabilization mechanism. Our analysis shows that the European financial stabilization mechanism infringes EU law and German constitutional law.
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Employment & Social Affairs
Guidelines for the Europe 2020 Employment Policies
The Commission has presented to the Council employment policies guidelines for adoption. They are aimed at an improved coordination of EU employment policies.
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Energy
The Commission has taken stock of the essential EU energy policy issues and opened up a public consultation on its future energy strategy.
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Environment
The Commission sets out a strategy to promote the development and uptake of green vehicles.
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Single Market
European Standardisation Package
The Commission is launching a revision of the European standardisation system which is to be reformed. The aim is a more efficient and transparent European standardisation.
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Civil & Procedural Law
The Commission's action plan outlines a road map for developing a European area of freedom, security and justice.
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Climate Protection
Climate Policy post-Copenhagen
The Commission takes stock of the results of the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 and sets out guidelines of its further strategy for tackling climate change.
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Employment & Social Affairs
The Commission wishes to review the Working Time Directive and calls upon the European social partners to deliver their opinion on certain issues.
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