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To protect the EU's financial interests and detect fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest, it is necessary to know who benefits from EU funds. However, publicly available data are currently fragmented and often incomplete, complicating the process of identifying the final beneficiaries of EU funding. The European Parliament and its Committee on Budgetary Control have consistently called for transparency in the allocation and use of EU funds. The ultimate goal is to enable the tracing of funds ...

This study has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, Directorate-General for Internal Policies at the request of the ENVI Committee. It analyses EFSA’s independence and transparency policies and examines how legislative provisions have been implemented by EFSA and whether rules and practices adopted by EFSA can be improved.

Among the highlights of the March I plenary session was a debate on the conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 9 February and the preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023, with Charles Michel, the President of the European Council. Members also debated the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and its implications for European financial stability, a common EU response to save lives at sea, the need to ensure transparency and accountability in the light of alleged ...

Les ressources mobilisées par le cadre financier pluriannuel (CFP) 2021 2027 de l’Union européenne et par l’instrument européen de relance Next Generation EU s’élèvent au total à 1,8 milliard d’euros. Toutefois, l’Union ne pourra atteindre les objectifs ambitieux de ces instruments budgétaires sans une meilleure protection de ses intérêts financiers. La commission du contrôle budgétaire (CONT) du Parlement a adopté un rapport d’initiative dans lequel elle souligne le risque de fraude et de conflit ...

This document summarises the key findings of the orginal study which analyses if and to what extent the current EU legal framework provides effective investor protection for customers of robo-advisors. It puts emphasis on structural conflicts of interests, the difficulties presented by the supervision of algorithms, and potential threats to the stability of the financial system. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request ...

This study analyses if and to what extent the current EU legal framework provides effective investor protection for customers of robo-advisors. It puts emphasis on structural conflicts of interests, the difficulties presented by the supervision of algorithms, and potential threats to the stability of the financial system. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON ...

A responsible TPLF regulatory framework should aim at lowering costs, simplifying unnecessary procedures, increasing the predictability of costs, and delivering efficient services at costs that are proportionate to the amounts in dispute. We explored additional effective safeguards and a number of policy options regarding the contractual, ethical and procedural aspects of TPLF. We then estimated the European added value (EAV) for two alternatives, namely a moderate and a strong regulatory approach ...

Lors de la première session plénière de mars 2021, le Parlement prévoit d’examiner et d’adopter une résolution sur les activités du Médiateur européen en 2019, basé sur le rapport annuel présenté par celui-ci le 4 mai 2020. Ce rapport porte sur la dernière année du premier mandat d’Emily O’Reilly au poste de Médiateur, avant sa réélection pour un second mandat en décembre 2019.

This study proposes an overview of the selection of Special Advisers to the European Commission, specifically during the period 2014-2019: the procedure followed, number of contracts, safeguards, contractual terms, budgetary implications, transparency, communication with the European Parliament. A review of literature, good practices and criteria for assessing the European Commission framework is provided. In conclusion this study makes recommendations on how to further strengthen it.

La présente étude comparative, réalisée à la demande du département thématique des droits des citoyens et des affaires constitutionnelles du Parlement européen, analyse l’efficacité, au sein des États membres, des règles, mesures et pratiques pertinentes en matière de conflits d’intérêts liés à la nomination des responsables politiques de haut rang (chef de gouvernement, ministres et autres hauts fonctionnaires). Cette étude aborde les aspects théoriques et pratiques de la notion de conflit d’intérêts ...