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ESMA reappoints three members to its Management Board 04 July 2024 About ESMA Management Board The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has reappointed three current members to its Management Board. The appointments took place at the Board of Supervisors meeting on 3 July 2024. The members who have been reappointed are: Thorsten Pötzsch, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin);  Rodrigo Buenaventura, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) and Eduard Müller, Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) Their respective second terms will commence on 1 October 2024 and end on 31 March 2027. The Management Board, chaired by Verena Ross, Chair of ESMA, is responsible for ensuring that the Authority carries out its mission and performs the tasks assigned to it under its founding Regulation. The Management Board consists of: Verena Ross, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA); Vojtech Belling, Česká národní banka (CNB); Thorsten Pötzsch, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin); Armi Taipale, Finanssivalvonta (FIN-FSA); Vasiliki Lazarakou, Ελληνική Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς (HCMC); Rodrigo Buenaventura, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV); Eduard Müller, Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) Natasha Cazenave, European Securities and Markets Authority (non-voting); and A European Commission representative (non-voting)   Further information: Solveig Kleiveland Communications Team Leaderpress@esma.europa.eu

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 04 Jul 2024 Commission imposes provisional countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles from China while discussions with China continue Today, nine months...

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1770 of 24 June 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1709 of 17 June 2024 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1603 of 31 May 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, is travelling to Greece on 4 July and France on 5 July.

Caixabank and Others Approximation of laws Mortgage loans: the transparency of ‘floor’ clauses may be reviewed in the context of a collective action concerning the entire banking system of a country