22.3.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 110/58
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Amended Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market; and (EU) Directive 2015/849/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money-laundering or terrorist financing’
(COM(2018) 646 final — 2017/0230 (COD))
(2019/C 110/11)
Rapporteur-general:
Petr ZAHRADNÍK
Referral
European Parliament, 4.10.2018
Council of the European Union, 12.11.2018
Legal basis
Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Section responsible
Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion
Adopted at plenary
12.12.2018
Plenary session No
539
Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)
121/0/4
1. Conclusions and recommendations
1.9. 2. General context of the proposal and key facts
2.5. —
optimise the use of expertise and resources by centralising tasks at the European Banking Authority (EBA) related to preventing and combating money-laundering and the financing of terrorism for the whole financial market;
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clarify the scope and substance of anti-money-laundering tasks entrusted to the European Banking Authority;
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reinforce the tools for carrying out anti-money laundering tasks;
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strengthen the coordination role of the European Banking Authority when it comes to international anti-money laundering issues.
3. General comments
3.9. 4. Specific comments
4.4. Brussels, 12 December 2018.
The President of the European Economic and Social Committee
Luca JAHIER
(1) The original legislative proposal COM (2017) 536 final, 20.9.2017. Its aim was to boost the capacity of the European Supervisory Authorities to ensure convergence and effective supervision of the financial market, but did not specifically address strengthening their remit in combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
(2) OJ C 227, 28.6.2018, p. 63.