On Monday, 20 November, delegates met with Emmanuel Rocher, Director, International Affairs, French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority; Roxana de Carvalho, Head of Governance and External Affairs, European Securities and Markets Authority; Jérome Reboul, Managing Director, Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate, French Financial Markets Authority and Christophe Bories, Head of the Economic Financing, Direction Directorate-General of the Treasury, French Government. On Tuesday, 21 November delegates met with Jonás Fernández (S&D, ES); Markus Ferber (EPP, DE); Eero Heinäluoma (S&D, FL); Georgios Kyrtsos (RE, EL); Luděk Niedermayer (EPP, CZ); Lídia Pereira (EPP, PT); Ondřej Kovařík (RE, CZ) and Isabel Benjumea (EPP, ES).
Advancing financial services and sustainability across France and the EU
From Monday, 20 November to Tuesday, 21 November, AmCham EU visited Paris and Strasbourg, France to discuss several financial services topics including the Capital Markets Union Implementation, the Banking Union, digital finance and payments. While in Paris, delegates met with representatives from the European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, General Directorate of the French Treasury, the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority and French Financial Markets Authority. On the second day of the trip, delegates met with the Rapporteurs and Shadow Rapporteurs on leading financial service files to discuss the current developments, as well as how to ensure effective cross-border regulation.
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Discussing financial services with policymakers in Paris and Strasbourg
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Maintaining quality in EFRAG's draft simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards
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