# 2018 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

European Parliament procedure 2019/2092(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 9th term, committee CONT / ECON). Stage: Procedure completed. 46 committee amendments tabled by 23 Members between 2019-12-09 and 2020-02-03.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the 2018 discharge for the European Securities and Markets Authority. The amendments address the legality of the Authority's accounts per the Court of Auditors, the principle of proportionality and its mandate, resources for tasks such as securitisation and money market funds, cooperation with the European Banking Authority, the move from London to Paris, and dividend arbitrage schemes such as cum-ex.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles BOYER | France | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197577.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Csaba MOLNÁR | Hungary | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124722.md |
| Sven GIEGOLD | Germany | Verts/ALE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96730.md |
| Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ | France | RE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197508.md |
| Stéphanie YON-COURTIN | France | RE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197581.md |
| Ondřej KOVAŘÍK | Czechia | PfE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118949.md |
| Cristian GHINEA | Romania | RE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197661.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Martina DLABAJOVÁ | Czechia | RE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124709.md |
| Lara WOLTERS | Netherlands | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5392.md |
| Andrey NOVAKOV | Bulgaria | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107212.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Markus FERBER | Germany | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1917.md |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |

## Official source documents

- PE644.880: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-644880_EN.pdf
- PE645.011: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-645011_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2019-2092-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2019-2092-DEC.json

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