Time

Subject

Acquis references

EC Speaker

09:00

Opening & Introduction 

DG ELARG

DG MARKT

9:15*

Free movement of capital and payments

1. Introduction

2. Internal Aspects

3. External Aspects

4. New Developments

DG MARKT (tbd)

·         EC Treaty: see in particular Articles 56-60. Protocol no. 1 (acquisition of property in Denmark), the Special Protocol on the  Åland Islands and Protocol No 6 of the Accession Treaty (acquisition of property in Malta)

DG MARKT.F.1

·         Relevant European Court of Justice case-law (a list of jurisprudence will be provided in advance of the meeting)

·         31997Y0719(03)

Communication of the Commission on certain legal aspects concerning intra-EU investment
 (OJ C 220  19.07.1997 p. 15)

·         Commission Staff Working Document: Special rights in privatised companies in the enlarged Union–a decade full of developments
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/

        capital/docs/privcompanies_en.pdf

·         Communication from the Commission “Intra-EU investment in the financial services’ sector (not yet published in the Official Journal; unofficial version available on the website of DG Internal Market and Services at:  http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/

        capital/framework/communications_en.htm)

·         31988L0361

Council Directive 88/361/EEC of 24 June 1988 for the implementation of Article 67 of the Treaty
(OJ L 178 08.07.1988 p. 5)

12:45

LUNCH BREAK

14:15

Payment systems

DG MARKT.H3

• 31997L0005
  Directive 97/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 on cross-border credit transfers
  (OJ L 043 14.02.1997 p. 25)

• 32001R2560
  Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 on cross-border payments in euro
  (OJ L 344 28.12.2001 p. 13)

15:15**

Money Laundering – I

DG MARKT.F.2

• 31991L0308
  Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering
  (OJ L 166 28.06.1991 p. 77)

·     32001L0097

Directive 2001/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2001 amending Council Directive 91/308/EEC on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering - Commission Declaration
(OJ L 344 , 28.12.2001 p. 76)

• Directive 2005/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering, and terrorist financing
  (not yet published in the Official Journal; unofficial version available on the website of DG Internal Market and Services at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/

             company/docs/financial-crime/unoffical3dir_en.pdf)

17:30

Money Laundering  – II

            European Convention of 8 November 1990 on Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the proceeds from crime

(Council of Europe, available on the website of the Council of Europe at: http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=8&CL=ENG  [Treaty No.141])

DG JLS

·          31998F0699

Joint Action 98/699/JHA of 3 December 1998 on money laundering, the identification, detection, freezing or seizure of the instruments and proceeds of crime. 

(OJ L 333 of 9.12.1998)

·         32001F0500

Council Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA of 26 June 2001 on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and the proceeds of crime

(OJ L 182 of 05.07.2001, p. 1)

·         32000F1213(01)

Protocol of 30 November 2000 drawn up on the basis of Article 43(1) of the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) amending Article 2 and the Annex to that Convention (extension of Europol's competence to money laundering in general, regardless of the type of offences from which the laundered proceeds originate)

(OJ C 358 of 13.12.2000, p.1)

18:15

Closing remarks

DG MARKT

DG ELARG

18:30

END OF MEETING