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European Parliament endorses EMIR technical standards

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • February 12 2013

On February 7, 2013, it was announced that the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament (EP) was withdrawing its

European Commission adopts EMIR technical standards

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
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  • December 20 2012

On December 19, 2012, the European Commission (EC) adopted the technical standards (TS) for the regulation on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs) and trade repositories, commonly known as the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR

Gender equality: European Commission publishes directive to improve gender balance of listed companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • December 10 2012

A proposed directive recently published by the European Commission aims to facilitate improved gender equality in an estimated 5,000 European companies listed on various stock exchanges

EU considers extending disclosure obligations for government payments

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • November 22 2012

On 18 September 2012, the European Parliament approved a package of proposals that impose on loggers of primary forests, and large companies that extract oil, gas and minerals, a new obligation to provide full details on their payments to national governments

Regulations on emissions auctions in Phase Three to come into force

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 13 2012

On October 23, 2012, the Community Emissions Trading Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2012 (SI 20122661) were made

ESMA publishes draft EMIR technical standards

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 9 2012

On 27 September 2012, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its draft technical standards in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR

ACER and ESMA publish respective consultations on REMIT and EMIR

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • July 5 2012

In the last two weeks, both the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulations (ACER) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have published consultations for market participants on the Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), respectively

CJEU ruling in Santander: withholding tax on dividends distributed to non-resident UCITS infringes EU freedoms

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, France
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  • May 21 2012

On 10 May 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in Santander (joined cases C-33811 to C-34711), stating that the French legislation that imposes a withholding tax on French-sourced dividends when they are received by Undertaking for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) that are resident in another Member State, infringes the free movement of capital provided for by Articles 63 and 65 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union (TFEU

European Market Abuse Regulation extended to the commodities sector

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
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  • March 5 2012

The Market Abuse Directive was adopted by the European Parliament and the European Council in early 2003, introducing a framework to combat market abuse in the European Union

Trialogue discussions lead to agreement on final text of EMIR

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • February 10 2012

On February 9, 2012, following a series of trialogue discussions between the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers (CM), the final text for the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) was agreed