AECM Newsletter April 19th, 2012

Commission issues Green Paper on the regulation of “shadow banking”

19/03/2012
The Commission has published a Green Paper on “shadow banking”, which as a first step allows the Commission to consult on views of stakeholders before drafting a legislative proposal.

11/04/2012
On Wednesday 11th April, Mr. José Fernando Figueiredo presented AECM's views of the future design of the CIP follow-up programmes COSME and Horizon 2020. The Workshop, organized by Policy Department A for the ITRE Committee and co-chaired by Mrs Teresa...

28/03/2012
On 28th March, the European Court of Auditors issued it Special Report (No. 2/2012) on the effectiveness of ERDF financial instruments for SMEs. The ECA based its findings on an audit of the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial engineering measures...

14/03/2012
Following the Cohesion policy proposals of 6th October, and in order to help Member States with their preparations for the next programming period the Commission has presented the "Common Strategic Framework" (CSF). It is intended to help in setting clear...

29/03/2012
On 29th March, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) issued its opinion on the draft regulation proposal for COSME. The EESC points to a number of ambiguities between the proposed financial instruments, the Horizon 2020 programme and other...

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