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5 Amendments of Othmar KARAS related to 2008/2148(INI)

Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – point c – point i – indent 2
- set up an EU early-intervention mechanism for dealing with weak and failing banks if the EU financial stability is threatened. Such a mechanism should be well-defined, clear, and able to prompt action, and financed by the financial institutions;
2008/07/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – point d
(d) Amend EU rules on deposit guarantees to introduce obligatory ex- ante schemes financed by contributions from financial institutions and administered independently of these institutions. The level of refund should be significantly increased and made available to retail clients within a clearly defined and short timeframe.deleted
2008/07/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – point g
(g) Introduce a small, special tax on financial transactions and give the Commission a mandate to strive for an international agreement committing all signatories to impose such a tax on financial transactions. Revenues should be used to finance the deposit and insurance guarantee schemes as well as risk absorbers.deleted
2008/07/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 3 – point 3.1 – point e – introductory part
(e) The colleges will decide and vote on the basis of a qualified majority voting (QMV) system based taking into account:whereby each member is granted one voting right.
2008/07/14
Committee: ECON
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 3 – point 3.1 – point e – points i to iii
(i) the relative proportion of the groups’ assets in the different college members’ Member State; (ii) the relative proportion of the group's assets to a Member State’s GDP and/or size of the financial market concerned; (iii) the relative size of the deposits placed in the different Member States.deleted
2008/07/14
Committee: ECON