Op 20 april 2010 heeft zich op het door BP geleaste olieboorplatform Deepwater Horizon, gelegen in de Golf van Mexico, een explosie voorgedaan met doden en gewonden tot gevolg. Tevens is schade aan het milieu ontstaan. VEB heeft BP in 2015 gedagvaard voor de rechtbank Amsterdam en op de voet van art. 3:305a BW een… Lees meer »
Cette semaine les membres de l’association des juristes de Langue Française, Henri Capitant, étaient invités en France au Conseil d’Etat, à la Cour Constitutionnelle, à la Cour d’Appel de Paris et à la Sorbonne. Ce fut une semaine instructive et amusante au cours de laquelle le thème de la solidarité dans le droit de l’indemnisation… Lees meer »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final guidelines on how national competent authorities (NCAs) should review risk factors, as required by the new Prospectus Regulation (PR). The guidelines aim to encourage more appropriate, focused and streamlined risk factor disclosures for securities, which is presented in an easy to analyse, concise and comprehensible form…. Lees meer »
On 28 March 2019 the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Radboud University Nijmegen organized a congres on “Sustainability and Financial Markets”. Among the speakers was a representative of the European Commission. He elaborated on the commission’s action plan on sustainable finance. This action plan was adopted in March 2018 and sets out a comprehensive… Lees meer »
On 13 March 2019 the Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities ( ESA’s; ESMA, EIOPA and EBA) published its decision in the Nordic banks’ appeals from the decisions of the Board of Supervisors of ESMA in the “shadow ratings” cases The appeals were brought by four Swedish banks, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Skandinaviska… Lees meer »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published on 16 January 2019 its annual report on the application of accepted market practices (AMP) in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). AMPs are a defence against allegations of market manipulation. In particular, dealings in financial markets which are carried out for legitimate reasons and in conformity… Lees meer »
On 2 October 2018 the Commission brought an action for failure to fulfil obligations before the Court of Justice. The Commission argues that (i) by lowering the retirement age and applying that new retirement age to judges appointed to the Supreme Court up until 3 April 2018 and (ii) granting the President of the Republic… Lees meer »
The Court of Justice alone has jurisdiction to determine whether the legality of the ECB’s decision opposing the acquisition by Fininvest and Mr Berlusconi of a qualifying holding in Banca Mediolanum is affected by any defects vitiating the preparatory acts by the Banca d’Italia. The Court ruled that the ECB has exclusive competence to decide… Lees meer »
Mr Ilmārs Rimšēvičs, Governor of the Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia), was suspended from office by a decision of the Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs (Office for the prevention and combating of corruption, Latvia) because he is suspected of having traded in influence for the benefit of a Latvian bank. The actions brought by Mr… Lees meer »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a statement on 19 December 2018 to remind firms, providing investment services, of their obligations to provide clients with information on the implications of the United Kingdom’s (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU) on their relationship with clients and on the impact of Brexit-related measures… Lees meer »
