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12 Amendments of Peter SKINNER related to 2010/2006(INI)

Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas other financial sectors should not be expected to contribute to a fund that will be used to bailout the banking sector,
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas a limited number of banks (“Systemic Banks”) represent an extremely high level of systemic risk due to their size, complexity and interconnectedness across Europe, calling for an urgent and targeted special regimethe crisis has demonstrated that banks of any size may pose systemic risks in certain circumstances,
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas insurance entities are already structured so they have internal “resolution regimes”, and should one fail it would do so over time, being put into run off closes it to new business but allows it to honour its commitments to policyholders,
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas a special regime for Systemic Bankscrisis resolution regime, in order to be effective in supporting interventions, requires a common set of rules, appropriate expertise and financial resources,
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas the fast-track special framework for Systemic Banks should evolve in the medium/long term towards a universal regime covering all banks in the Union.deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas any stability fund developed on a pan-European basis must be ring- fenced for future crises resolution only and not useable for financial interventions for crises emerging as result of ongoing problems resulting from the financial crisis of 2007/2008,
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 3
3. Attribute to the relevant supervisor the responsibility for crisis management and the approval of each bank’s contingency plan, as follows: • for Systemic Banks: the European Banking Authority (EBA) in close cooperation with the college of national supervisors and the Cross Border Stability Groups (as defined in the above- mentioned Memorandum of Understanding of June 2008); • for all other cross border non-systemic banks: the consolidated supervisor within the college, under the coordination of the EBA and in consultation with the Cross Border Stability Groups; • for local banks: the local supervisor.
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
8. Expand the crisis management minimum intervention toolbox available to supervisors, beyond the Article 136 of Directive 2006/48/EC, to include at least the powery amending the relevant sectoral legislation or introducing new sectoral legislation to:
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2
Recommendation 2 on Systemic Banks The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should aim to regulate: 1. Systemic Banks, due to their special risk profile, require to be urgently addressed by a new special regime to be known as the European Bank Company Law to be designed until the end of 2011. 2. Systemic Banks shall adhere to the new special regime which shall overcome legal impediments to effective action across borders while ensuring clear and predictable treatment of shareholders, depositors, creditors and other stakeholders. 3. The Commission shall adopt a measure setting up, before April 2011, criteria for definition of Systemic Banks based on a draft elaborated by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). 4. The ESRB shall draw, until December 2011, a list of Systemic Banks and update it on a regular basis. 5. For each of the Systemic Banks, the EBA shall lead the college of supervisors, act under normal circumstances through national supervisors and retain the ultimate decision power and a binding mediating role. 6. An EU Financial Stability Fund and a Resolution Unit shall support interventions led by the EBA (resolution or insolvency) as regards Systemic Banks.deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
• funded ex-ante by the Systemic Banks on the basis of risk-based, countercyclical criteria that takes into account the systemic risk posed by an individual bank as identified by its Risk Dashboard;
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 3 – paragraph 3 – indent 4
• conditions for eventual expansion of the scope of the Fund to include institutions beyond Systemic Banks.deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 4 – paragraph 1
1. A resolution unit shall be established within the EBA to lead the resolution and insolvency procedures for Systemic BankEU dimensions. This unit shall: • operate within the strict boundaries defined by the legal framework and the EBA’s competencies; • be a pool of legal and financial expertise specially skilled in bank restructurings, turnarounds and liquidation; • cooperate closely with national authorities on implementation, technical assistance and sharing of staff; • propose the disbursements from the Stability Fund.
2010/05/05
Committee: ECON