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09/08/2011 JC IFC List of identified financial conglomerates Joint Committee Reference PDF
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23/03/2012 JC 2011/82 Joint Committee of the ESAs- Work programme 2012 Joint Committee Reference PDF
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23/03/2012 JC 2011/17 Medium term strategy for the Joint Committee Joint Committee Reference PDF
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17/04/2012 JC/2011/17 Medium term strategy for the Joint Committee Joint Committee Reference PDF
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17/04/2012 JC/2011/82 Joint Committee of the ESAs- Work programme 2012 Overview of deliverables Joint Committee Reference PDF
89.31 KB
20/07/2012 JC/2012/12 List of identified financial conglomerates Joint Committee Reference PDF
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02/08/2012 JC/P/2012/01 ESAs supervisory protocol on anti-money laundering of payment institutions Joint Committee Reference PDF
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24/10/2012 JC/2012/88 EBA, EIOPA and ESMA’s Response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice on the Fundamental Review of the Financial Conglomerates Directive Joint Committee Reference PDF
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16/01/2013 JC/2013/02 Joint Committee of the ESAs’ 2013 Work Programme Joint Committee Reference PDF
78.96 KB		 In 2013, the Joint Committee will give high priority to the areas of consumer protection and risk analysis. The Joint Committee will also pursue the regulatory work initiated in 2012 in key areas such as Financial Conglomerates, AntiMoney Laundering and Credit Ratings, and will give more visibility to its work to externalstakeholders.
24/06/2013 BoA 2013-008 Board of Appeal Decision Joint Committee, Board of Appeal Decision PDF
242.72 KB		 The joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) has published today its decision in an appeal brought by an Estonian company against a decision of the EBA. It concerned the question whether the suitability of the managers of a significant branch of a bank may be a matter within EU law, and not just national law. Allowing the appeal, the Board of Appeal interpreted Directive No. 2006/48/EC consistently with the EBA Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of the management body and key function holders. It came to the conclusion that the “fit and proper” requirement is not restricted to the persons who direct the business of the credit institution. The matter therefore was within the EBA’s powers of investigation. Although the appellant criticised the way in which the EBA dealt with its complaint, the Board of Appeal made it clear that it did not accept that criticism. It considered that the EBA dealt with the complaint in an appropriate manner. The ground on which the appeal was allowed was one of interpretation of the applicable legal provisions. The case was remitted to the EBA to adopt the appropriate decision in accordance with the Board of Appeal’s findings. This is for information only. The decision consists of the signed Decision only. For any enquiries, please contact EIOPA’s Press Office: Anzhelika Mayer Tel.: +49 69 9511 1968
02/10/2013 JC/2013/051 Joint Committee of the ESAs’ 2014 Work Programme Joint Committee Reference PDF
90.99 KB		 The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA) publishes today its Work Programme for next year. Throughout 2014, the Joint Committee will give high priority to the areas of Consumer Protection and Cross-Sectoral Risk Analysis, as in the current year. The Joint Committee will also bring forward its regulatory work already underway in key areas such as Financial Conglomerates, Anti-Money Laundering, Benchmark setting processes and Credit Rating Agencies. Furthermore, the Joint Committee will keep on monitoring closely legislative and regulatory developments both at the European and international level, so as to ensure appropriate and timely follow-up, including in relation to Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs).
16/10/2013 2013/LCC/Recruitment ESMA Specific Privacy Notice – Selections and Recruitments Careers, Corporate Information Reference PDF
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13/01/2014 BoA 2013-014 Board of Appeal Decision Global Private Rating Company v. ESMA Joint Committee, Board of Appeal Decision PDF
361.96 KB		 Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities dismisses appeal made by a refused CRA-applicant against ESMA On 10 January 2014, the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities handed down its decision on an appeal by the appellant, Global Private Rating Company “Standard Rating” Ltd, against the refusal by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to register it as a credit rating agency. This is the first appeal against a decision by ESMA refusing an applicant registration as a credit rating agency. The Board of Appeal unanimously decided that the appeal should be dismissed, and that ESMA’s refusal decision should be confirmed. It stated that it accepted the appellant’s point that the registration of a credit rating agency by ESMA is a new process, and recognised that the procedures will to an extent take time fully to work out. Nevertheless, because of the responsibilities placed on credit rating agencies and their importance in the financial system generally, it considered that the onus must be on an applicant to satisfy ESMA that the relevant requirements are met. The application and its contents must be very clear, and it is not ESMA’s responsibility as regulator to remedy deficiencies.
24/04/2014 2014/MB/67 Seconded National Experts Careers Reference PDF
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18/06/2014 2014 Joint ESA Consumer Protection Day- Programme Warnings and publications for investors, Joint Committee Reference PDF
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17/07/2014 2014/C1/02 Board of Appeal Decision Joint Committee, Board of Appeal Decision PDF
368.94 KB		 The Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) published its decision in an appeal brought by SV Capital OÜ, an Estonian company, against a decision of the EBA. This was the second appeal to be considered by the Board of Appeal in this matter between the same parties concerning the question whether the suitability of the managers of a significant branch of a bank raised a question of Union law. Following the Board of Appeal’s affirmative decision of 24 June 2013, the appellant requested the EBA to initiate an investigation against the Estonian and Finnish Financial Supervision Authorities because their alleged failure to take action in respect of individuals in the Estonian branch of Nordea Bank Finland PLC whom it was alleged were not fit and proper persons to be key function holders in the bank. The EBA decided that it would not initiate an investigation.  The Board of Appeal decided that the EBA had been right to raise the matter with the national supervisors, but that having done so, it was entitled to take no further action in the light of their responses. The Board accordingly dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the EBA’s decision.
25/08/2014 JC/2014/43 lt Vertybinių popierių (ESMA) ir bankų (EBI) sektorių skundų nagrinėjimo gairės Guidelines and Technical standards, Joint Committee Reference PDF
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) published today their Joint Committee final Report on guidelines for handling consumer complaints in the securities and banking sectors. The document aims to increase market confidence and for the benefit of consumers and firms alike it will ensure a harmonised approach to handling complaints for all 28 EU Member States and across all financial services sectors.The final report published today is part of the efforts of the European Supervisory Authorities to bring further supervisory convergence across the securities and banking sectors. It was developed on the basis of the existing complaints-handling guidelines established by EIOPA (the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) for the insurance sector. The report was launched for a public consultation last year and this final version takes into consideration the feedback received.ESMA and the EBA consider that these guidelines will ensure a consistent approach to complaints-handling across the EU. Consumers can purchase financial services and products in the investment, banking and insurance sectors across the entire EU Single Market and these guidelines will allow them to refer to a single set of complaints-handling arrangements. EU consumers will therefore be able to rely on the same approach irrespective of what type of product they have purchased and where they have purchased it.In addition to strengthening consumer protection -a key statutory objective for ESMA and for the EBA-, the guidelines will also allow firms, some of which sell products from more than one sector across the EU, to streamline and standardise their own complaints-handling arrangements. National regulators too will be able to supervise the same harmonised requirements across all sectors of financial services in their own jurisdictions.The guidelines will be translated into the official languages of the European Union (EU) and they will become applicable two months after the date of publication of their translations.
10/10/2014 JC/2014/74 2015 Work Programme of the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities Joint Committee Reference PDF
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23/10/2014 JC/2014/071 List of identified financial conglomerates Joint Committee Reference PDF
242.52 KB		 The Joint Committee publishes the 2014 List of Identified Financial Conglomerates. The latest version of the list shows 71 financial conglomerates with the head of group in an EU/EEA country, one with the head of group in Australia, two with the head of the group in Switzerland, and two with the head of group in the United States.
19/11/2014 JC/14/089 Call for interest Expert Group PRIIPs Fund Management, Joint Committee Reference PDF
65.48 KB		 The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) launched today a call for expressions of interest with the aim of identifying members of a Consultative Expert Group (CEG), who will advise and provide technical input to the Joint Committee’s Sub-group on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs).This CEG will be made up of a maximum of eighteen members, who will represent market participants, retail investors, academics and independent experts.The mandate of the CEG will be for a period of one year.A list of candidates who meet the criteria set out in this call will be drawn and the final selection of the members will be done in consultation with the Executive Directors of the three European Supervisory Authorities.Application procedure and closing dateRelevant stakeholders meeting the required selection criteria and wishing to apply for a position on the CEG are invited to submit, in English: a completed application form (see Annex 1 of this call), and a detailed curriculum vitae (CV), preferably in the EU CV format - the link to the template for this is: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-instructions Unclear or incomplete applications will not be considered.Applications must be submitted by email using the application form by no later than 23:59 GMT on 15 December 2014 to the following email addresses: timothy.shakesby@eiopa.europa.eu

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