Procedure
Virtual currencies
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VON WEIZSÄCKER Jakob (S&D)
Summary
This own-initiative dossier concerns virtual currencies. The amendments revise recitals and provisions defining virtual currencies (VCs) and distributed ledger technology (DLT), referencing Bitcoin, the FATF guidance and the EBA, addressing transaction costs for payments and cross-border remittances, financial inclusion, the resilience of payment systems and micropayments, volatility and speculation, control by national central banks, the role of cash, and risks such as money laundering, terrorist financing and tax fraud.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled22 Mar 2016 – 30 Mar 2016
- Procedure completed
169
Amendments
distinct, in window
37
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
22 Mar 2016 – 30 Mar 2016
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
37 Members · by amendment count1
Antanas GUOGA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇹 Lithuania
19(11 solo)
2Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
17(13 solo)
3Ashley FOX
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
16(16 solo)
4Petr JEŽEK
ALDE · 🇨🇿 Czechia
16(16 solo)
5Miguel VIEGAS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
11
6Fabio DE MASI
Non-attached · 🇩🇪 Germany
11
7Renato SORU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
11(1 solo)
8Molly SCOTT CATO
Greens / EFA · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10(10 solo)
9Andrea COZZOLINO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
10
10Liisa JAAKONSAARI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇮 Finland
10(4 solo)
11Nicola DANTI
Renew Europe · 🇮🇹 Italy
10
12Kaja KALLAS
ALDE · 🇪🇪 Estonia
8
13Marc TARABELLA
Non-attached · 🇧🇪 Belgium
8
14Bernard MONOT
EFDD · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
15Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇭🇺 Hungary
7(2 solo)
16Burkhard BALZ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
6(2 solo)
17Pina PICIERNO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
6
18Neena GILL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5(5 solo)
19Andreas SCHWAB
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
5
20Eva KAILI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇷 Greece
4(4 solo)
21Marco ZANNI
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
4
22Marco VALLI
EFDD · 🇮🇹 Italy
4
23Jonás FERNÁNDEZ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
4(4 solo)
24Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
4(4 solo)
25Marlene MIZZI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇲🇹 Malta
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