Category: Financial Services
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Directive on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment
Milieu started to work on yet another compliance assessment. This time we are assisting the European Commission with the verification of the transposition of the Directive (EU) 2019/713 on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment. The Directive…
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Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and/or Mediation in solving payment disputes in B2B transactions
Milieu is pleased to be working upon a Study intended to identify measures to address the problem of late payments in business-to-business (B2B) transactions launched by the European Commission (DG GROW) and entrusted to a grouping of consulting firms led…
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Milieu’s report on EU Green Deal funding for local authorities is published
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) published a study conducted by Milieu on the EU funding available to Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) to implement the European Green Deal. A substantial part of the EU budget is expected to contribute…
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Milieu to support a Study on Building a responsible payment culture in the EU
Late payments in commercial transactions negatively impact on the financial situation and competitiveness of affected businesses (in particular SMEs) and are widely regarded to constitute a serious impediment to economic development. The purpose of this Study is to provide inputs…
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Country by Country Reporting – The Adequacy of the Information to be Disclosed
We are very pleased to be working during the following six months on an evaluation study for DG JUST, assessing the adequacy of the information banks and investment firms need to report upon annually. The country-by-country reporting obligation for these…
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Study on Disclosure, Inducements, and Suitability Rules for Retail Investors
Milieu is proud to be working on a study on “Disclosure, inducements, and suitability rules for retail investors”, in collaboration with Kantar (lead) and CEPS. The objective of the study is to assist DG FISMA in assessing whether current retail…
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Study on “Options and national discretions under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive and their treatment in the context of a European Deposit Insurance Scheme”
The European Commission just published the study on “Options and national discretions under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive and their treatment in the context of a European Deposit Insurance Scheme”, to which Milieu contributed. The Directive is a central piece…
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The Securitisation Regulation: Compliance assessment
To ensure a safe and liquid market for securitisations, the Securitisation Regulation is accompanied by Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms,…
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The Prospectus Regulation: Compliance assessment
The objective of the Prospectus Regulation is to harmonise requirements for the drafting, approval, and distribution of the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market in an EU…
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Data availability at the national level in order to develop indicators for evaluating the performance of the Remedies Directives
On 14 February 2019, the European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) published the final report on a study carried out by RPA, EPRD and Milieu Consulting. The study aimed to increase transparency and performance of…
