Tag: Instant payments
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Update of the Handbook on European Law relating to asylum, borders and immigration – 2020
The Fundamental Rights Agency recently published the Handbook on European Law relating to asylum, borders and immigration – 2020, which was updated by Milieu. The updated Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of European law on asylum, immigration and borders, including the EU instruments on large-scale information technology systems to manage migration. The Handbook has also… Read more
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Linking The Planning Tools Emanating From EU Environmental Legislation And Policies With Funding Mechanisms
On 9 December 2020, DG Environment published a long awaited report on ‘Linking the planning tools emanating from EU environmental legislation and policies with the CAP funding mechanisms’. The approach of the new CAP is more flexible in its design and management giving more responsibilities to national authorities in meeting the CAP objectives while responding… Read more
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Citizens Moving Across Europe – Latest Insights From The 2020 Reports On Intra-EU Labour Mobility
For the 7th year, Milieu has analyzed people’s movement across Europe and the ‘2020 Annual Report on intra-EU Labour Mobility’ was just published by DG EMPL. It shows that the number of EU citizens living in another Member State has continued to grow, but at a slower pace than in recent years. The report draws… Read more
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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 institutions is laid down in Article 89 (1) of the Capital Requirements Directive and aims… Read more
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Study on the Local and Regional Dimension in the New Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has just published a study conducted by Milieu on the Local and Regional Dimension in the New Circular Economy Action Plan (NCEAP). This report supported the preparation of the CoR’s opinion on the NCEAP, exploring the potential contribution from Local and Regional Authorities for strengthening the EU’s Circular Economy.… Read more
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Realising the SDGs Through Sustainable Land and Soil Management
We are all using land and soil, to grow food, to build our cities, to enjoy nature. Land and soil are limited and unrenewable natural resources and yet, between 2012 and 2018, the area of agricultural, forest and other semi-natural and natural land taken into urban and other artificial land development exceeded 500 km2 per… Read more
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Study on EU added Value of “An EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights” published by the European Parliament
Milieu prepared the study supporting the European Parliament paper on EU added Value of “An EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights” (DRF), which accompanies a legislative-initiative report. Combining extensive desk research and original economic analysis and modelling, the Milieu study investigates the relationship between selected aspects of DRF violations and… Read more
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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 investor protection rules in EU legislation (MiFID II, IDD, PRIIPs, AIFMD, UCITS, DMFSD, Solvency II… Read more
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Study for the Committee of the Regions: Ensuring the Renovation Wave becomes a success, also from a local and regional perspective.
Milieu is very pleased to work on another project for the Committee of the Regions, this time related to the Renovation Wave. Buildings are responsible for around 40% of energy consumption in the EU. The overall strategic commitment of the EU to climate neutrality, therefore necessitates drastic improvements to the energy efficiency of both private… Read more
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Were you impacted by the 2018 REACH registration deadline?
If your organisation submitted a registration as part of the 2018 REACH registration deadline – or if you supported one that did – we need your help! As part of the REACH registration requirements in 2018, manufacturers and importers of chemical substances in the EU were required to submit information to ECHA on the properties… Read more
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Study on the Impact of (other than REACH/CLP) European Waste/Chemical Regulations on the Defence Sector
We are excited that, for the first time, Milieu will carry out a study for the European Defence Agency. The study will provide detailed information on the impact of five pieces of EU chemicals legislation [Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Regulation), Directive on Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSD), Regulation on fluorinated… Read more
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Social sustainability – concepts and benchmarks
The European Parliament has published a study recently completed by Milieu looking at the concept of social sustainability. The study, entitled ‘Social sustainability: concepts and benchmarks’ (Main study and Study in Focus), explores the history and interpretations of the social pillar of sustainability, how and where it applies in EU policy-making, and how it is… Read more