Previous Open Sessions - Economic and Financial Affairs

3252nd meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)

Brussels, 9 July 2013 (10.30)

Legislative deliberations

 

3248th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Economic and Financial Affairs)
Luxembourg, 21 June 2013

Legislative deliberations

  • Energy Taxation Directive
    - State of play

  • VAT fraud: Quick Reaction Mechanism - Reverse Charge Mechanism
    a) Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud
    b) Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards an optional and temporary application of the reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of certain goods and services susceptible to fraud
    - Political agreement

  • Revised rules for markets in financial instruments (MiFID/MiFIR) 
    a) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments repealing Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Recast) (MiFID)
    b) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation [EMIR] on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (MiFIR)
    - General approach

 

3238th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)
Brussels, Tuesday 14 May 2013 (11:00)

Legislative deliberations

  • Banking Recovery and Resolution [First reading]
    - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directives 77/91/EEC and 82/891/EC, Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC and 2011/35/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
    = State of play
     
  • Any other business
    a) Current legislative proposals, including revised rules for Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID/MiFIR)
    b) Anti-money laundering proposals
         - Information from the Presidency
     
  • Draft Amending Budget No 2 to the General Budget 2013
    - Political agreement
     
  • Savings taxation
    - Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
      = Political agreement
     

 

3227th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)

Brussels, Tuesday 5 March 2013 (10.30)

Public deliberations

  • Revised capital requirements rules (CRD IV) [First reading]
    a) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms
    b) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate
    - Political endorsement
     

  • VAT fraud: Quick reaction mechanism - Reverse charge mechanism
    - Political guidelines


  • Economic governance - "Two pack"
    a) Proposal for a Regulation on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area
    b) Proposal for a Regulation on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area
    -  Information from the Presidency


  • Any other business
    - Current legislative proposals
    =          Information from the Presidency

 

3220th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)

Brussels, Tuesday 12 February 2013 (10.30)

Legislative deliberations
(Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)  

Any other business
- Current legislative proposals
= Information from the Presidency

 

 

3215th MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)

Brussels, Tuesday 22 January 2013 (10.00)

Legislative deliberations:

Any other business
- Current legislative proposals
= Information from the Presidency

Non-legislative activities:

Presentation of the Presidency work programme (Public debate in accordance with Article 8(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure)
- Exchange of views

 

3214th MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Economic and Financial Affairs)

Brussels, Wednesday 12 December 2012 (14.30)

Legislative deliberations:

 

3205th MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 
(ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL AFFAIRS)
Tuesday 4 December 2012 (10:00)

Legislative deliberations:

  • Energy Taxation Directive
    - State of play 
  • Banking Supervision Mechanism:
    a) Proposal for a Council Regulation conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions
    b) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) as regards its interaction with Council Regulation (EU) No…/… conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions [First reading]
    -           General approach
     
  • Revised capital requirements rules (CRD IV)
    a) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms [First reading]
    b) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate [First reading]
    -    Progress report
     
  • Economic governance - Two pack
    a) Proposal for a Regulation on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area
    b) Proposal for a Regulation on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area
    -    General approach

  • Any other business
    a) (poss.) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies
    b) (poss.) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/65/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU in respect of the excessive reliance on credit ratings
    -      Information from the Presidency

  • VAT Quick Reaction Mechanism
    - Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud
    =   Orientation debate