The EBA updated its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting of liquidity coverage ratios (LCR) for EU credit institutions. The updated ITS includes new templates and instructions for credit institutions so as to ensure compliance with the European Commission's Delegated Act adopted in October 2014. In addition the ITS outline all the necessary steps needed for the calculation of the ratio. The amended ITS are only applicable to credit institutions and not to investment firms and will only become applicable following publication in the EU Official Journal.

Analysis GA&P | July 2015 1 Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings has replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000. This new Regulation, which will apply to insolvency proceedings opened after 26 June 2017 (art. 86), contains relevant changes. In this paper we will address one of the most significant: the inclusion of specific rules concerning the treatment of insolvency proceedings of the members of a group of companies (new discipline contained in Chapter V of the Regulation, comprising arts.

Análisis GA&P | Julio 2015 1 N. de la C.: En las citas literales se ha rectificado en lo posible —sin afectar al sentido— la grafía de ciertos elementos (acentos, mayúsculas, símbolos, abreviaturas, cursivas...) para adecuarlos a las normas tipográficas utilizadas en el resto del texto. El Reglamento (UE) 2015/848 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 20 de mayo del 2015, sobre procedimientos de insolvencia, ha venido a sustituir al Reglamento (CE) 1346/2000, de 29 de mayo.

Following on from our recent blog on ‘How the UK General Election Might Influence the Recast Insolvency Regulation’ and whether the UK will still be part of the EU in 2017 when it comes into force, we consider the ‘hokey cokey’ of the upcoming EU referendum.

The European Parliament has approved a proposal by the European Commission to modernise the current European rules on insolvency.  The new rules would ensure that cross-border insolvency procedures become more efficient and effective, creating a business-friendlier environment in Europe and promoting economic growth. The rules apply where a debtor undergoes an insolvency procedure included in appendix A to the regulation. For the Netherlands, this will be bankruptcy, suspension of payments, or the debt restructuring scheme for natural persons.

Análisis GA&P | Julio 2015 1 N. de la C.: En las citas literales se ha rectificado en lo posible —sin afectar al sentido— la grafía de ciertos elementos (acentos, mayúsculas, símbolos, abreviaturas, cursivas...) para adecuarlos a las normas tipográficas utilizadas en el resto del texto. 1. La empresa (los grupos) y su posible viabilidad económica como referencia regulatoria 1.1.

1.  The characterisation of art. 1(1) ERIP and role of the Annex

Análisis GA&P | Julio 2015 1 N. de la C.: En las citas literales se ha rectificado en lo posible —sin afectar al sentido— la grafía de ciertos elementos (acentos, mayúsculas, símbolos, abreviaturas, cursivas...) para adecuarlos a las normas tipográficas utilizadas en el resto del texto. 1.

On Monday 13 July 2015 the Eurozone Finance Ministers stated that they have entered into an understanding for further funds to be made available to Greece under the rules of ESM (combined with a more or less state controlled Greek trust fund for assets to be privatized) to avoid structuring a temporary Grexit. Such understanding is conditional upon the Greek parliament passing certain legislation on 15 July 2015.

As Europe is facing a severe economic and social crisis, the European Union is taking action to promote economic recovery, boost investment and safeguard employment. The economic crisis has a direct effect on people, jobs and businesses. It has led to an increase in the number of failing businesses. In the period between 2009 and 2011, an average of 200,000 firms went bankrupt per year in the European Union. About 25% of these bankruptcies have a cross-border element. About 50 % of all new businesses do not survive the first five years of their life.