Vertaling van "Financial futures exchange " (Engels → Nederlands) :

RECOGNISES the importance of enhancing the financial education of consumers, in particular because of the complexity of financial products, the importance of financial decisions for households and the speed at which the financial services industry is evolving is creating ever more options for customers; RECALLS its conclusions of May 2007, in which it invited the Member States to "significantly step up their efforts to raise households' awareness on the latter's need to obtain proper information and education, in combination with the financial industry's own responsibilities and initiatives as appropriate, so as to increase households' ...[+++]preparation whilst maintaining adequate investor protection"; WELCOMES the Commission Communication of 18 December 2007 on financial education and the growing number of initiatives developed in the EU aimed both at raising awareness of the need to address financial education and at promoting its efficient and high-quality provision; RECOGNISES the importance of establishing at EU level a set of tools, including an exchange of best practices, for a more effective provision of financial education, involving both the public and the private sector; INVITES Member States to step up their efforts to provide financial education to citizens, to increase citizens' awareness of its importance in view of future challenges for private finances (pension, health financing, housing finance) and to give consideration to the usefulness of including financial literacy in school curricula, bearing in mind the principles identified in the Commission Communication, including training at all stages of life and programmes targeting the specific needs of each group of recipients, so that financial education consistently fulfils the criteria of transparency and objectivity; ENCOURAGES the Commission to pursue its efforts to facilitate the provision of financial education by the Member States and stakeholders, in particular by the creation of a network ...

underlines that further enhancing practical cooperation in the field of asylum is one of the key elements contributing to the establishment of a fair and efficient Common European Asylum System, as foreseen by the Hague Programme, which guarantees effective protection throughout the EU while preventing abuse of asylum procedures; recalls the need for strengthening practical cooperation in the field of asylum, in order to improve convergence in asylum decision making by Member States within the framework of rules set by EC legislation in this field and emphasizes that practical co-operation leads to enhanced coordination and increased efficiency; welcomes the work already undertaken for this purpose and calls on the Commission and Member S ...[+++]tates to intensify activities (such as the establishment of a Common EU Portal on Country of Origin Information, the completion of an European Asylum Curriculum, the setting up of an EU-wide Interpreters Pool, etc.) under the existing EU and other structures in this field in the near future and to allocate the necessary human and financial resources to this end, and to consult, where appropriate, with UNHCR and other relevant international organisations; welcomes in that connection the feasibility study being undertaken by the Commission to look at the question of the most appropriate means to provide adequate structural support for all relevant activities in the area of practical cooperation in the field of asylum; requests that the feasibility study should, in particular, examine the conditions necessary for the timely establishment of a European Support Office and outline the tasks which it might undertake (such as exchange of best practice, managing the Common EU Portal on Country of Origin Information, training, activities related to the external dimension of asylum, etc.) in order to assist Member States in their implementation of a Common European Asylum System, as well as possible financial arrangements and organisationa ...

WELCOMES the outline of the Commission’s financial services policy for 2005-2010 as set out in the Commission’s Green Paper; NOTES that the Green Paper is broadly in line with its conclusions of 2 June and 16 November 2004; REAFFIRMS that full and consistent implementation and effective enforcement of all FSAP measures must now have priority; and STRESSES that Member States must play their role by transposing and implementing the agreed FSAP texts on time and EU regulators and supervisors must be given the necessary supervisory po ...[+++]wers and assist in ensuring consistent day-to-day application and supervision of the rules; EMPHASISES that the momentum should be maintained for finalising important initiatives under way, such as the preparation of the Solvency II project in the insurance sector; and WELCOMES the approach taken by the Commission to further integration based on systematic analysis of remaining obstacles and of the impact of tackling those obstacles on a case-by-case basis; EMPHASISES the importance of the "better regulation" approach to be applied by the Commission to any new initiatives, including open and transparent consultation at all levels with an appropriate involvement also of consumers, thorough ex-ante economic impact assessments and ex-post evaluations, all based on a clear and transparent methodology; UNDERLINES that Member States should also contribute to making better regulation work to the best of their abilities and UNDERTAKES to carry out impact assessments on substantive Council amendments to legislative proposals; STRESSES that an integrated EU market for financial services poses further challenges for financial supervision in Europe, especially as regards supervision of cross-border groups and entities, and therefore ENCOURAGES the ongoing work of the FSC on enhancing the EU’s supervisory arrangements, and in particular, LOOKS FORWARD to its assessment of further policy priorities in developing financial supervision in the E ...

– The next item is the debate on the oral question to the Commission by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on possible stock exchange mergers and future architecture of financial markets in the EU (0-0069/2005 – B6– 0240/2005).

It would therefore be inappropriate to introduce new mechanisms, such as reducing payments on the basis of exchange rate changes, which by themselves would imply a further exchange rate risk for the Community budget. It should also be borne in mind that no new criteria for entry into stage three of EMU should be established. The Commission will put forward a communication on the future financial framework for the period after 1999 after the conclusion of the IGC.

Commission's approach on the urban future-Urban policy in the making I could summarise the approach of the Commission on the urban future, under five headings: - Continuation and strengthening of the financial support to cities which belong to regions or areas which are eligible under the Structural Funds. - Continuation of the support for pilot actions which can also serve as examples to be diffused to other cities and promotion of networks of exchange of experi ...[+++]ence and cooperation. - Further introduction of the urban dimension in the formulation of the various Community policies. - Further research on issues linked to urban problems. - A continuing dialogue with cities and their organisations.