Final plenary votes on economic and financial matters
This plenary session (22-25 April 2024), has ratified numerous informal deals reached between negotiators on files dealing with economic or financial services matters.
These deals must now also be confirmed by the Council, after which they will be published in the EU's official journal and become law.
Below are the files, which have been approved:
New EU fiscal rules (voting figures and all the information under the link)
New EU rules to combat money-laundering (voting figures and all the information under the link)
Making EU banks resilient to economic shocks and implement the international Basel standards, the texts adopted:
CRR with 424 votes to 130 and 17 abstentions,
CRD with 486 votes to 56 and 26 abstentions, can be found here.
Update of the EU rules regulating the insurance sector (voting figures and all the information under the link)
Making the EU an attractive clearing hub while addressing sectoral risks, the text adopted:
EMIR Regulation with 448 votes to 122 and 20 abstentions
EMIR Directive with 448 votes to 120 and 21 abstentions,
can be found here.
Improving SMEs' access to market-based finance, the texts adopted:
Changes to MIFID with 535 votes to 16 and 39 abstentions,
Changes to PROSPECTUS, MAR and MIFIR with 533 votes to 31 and 28 abstentions,
MVSS (multiple-vote share structure) with 353 votes to 118 and 114 abstentions,
can all be found here.
Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities (voting figures and all the information under the link)