# 2016 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

European Parliament procedure 2017/2173(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / ECON). Stage: Procedure completed. 48 committee amendments tabled by 17 Members between 2018-01-22 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the 2016 discharge for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The amendments alternate between granting and postponing discharge and approving closure of the accounts, address carryover rates, gender balance, an administrative inquiry into harassment allegations, publication of meeting minutes and a register of meetings with external stakeholders, whistle-blower channels, the impact of the United Kingdom's withdrawal, consumer protection, and cooperation with the other European Supervisory Authorities.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara KAPPEL | Austria | ENF | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125024.md |
| Hugues BAYET | Belgium | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125002.md |
| Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28586.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Sven GIEGOLD | Germany | Verts/ALE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96730.md |
| Thomas MANN | Germany | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1922.md |
| Miguel VIEGAS | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125100.md |
| Markus FERBER | Germany | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1917.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |

## Official source documents

- PE616.548: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-616548_EN.pdf
- PE618.261: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618261_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2173-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2173-DEC.json

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