Job vacancies at FEE: FEE is recruiting a Communication and Public Affairs Manager and a Policy Advisor. View Interested applicants should submit their motivation letter and CV to vacancy@fee.be.

 

Recognition of Professional Qualifications: The European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) has issued its opinion, view, on the proposed Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications. View The European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) has tabled a series of amendments in their Draft report. View

 

Financial Transaction Tax: The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) issued a draft recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of financial transaction tax, expressing its consent to the proposal. View

 

VAT: The European Commission has issued a report on the place of supply of goods and services carried out on board of means of transport. View

 

SME funding: The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group has issued a report to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Helping Small and Medium Sized Companies Access Funding, highlighting that two-thirds of entrepreneurs perceive that it is difficult for young entrepreneurs to access financing and setting out a number of policy recommendations. View

 

 

Making Solvency II work - preserving stability of the financial markets, 6 November 2012, Brussels: The European Parliament will host an event on Solvency II which is being organised with the Italian Banking, Insurance and Finance Federation (FEBAF) and the Association of Italian Insurers (ANIA). It will look into what needs to be done in the context of the current negotiations on Omnibus II, the EIOPA impact assessment and at the level two phase in order to secure a safe and sustainable insurance and reinsurance industry. View

 

First meeting of the OECD Global Forum on VAT, Paris, France on 7-8 November 2012: The OECD launches its Global Forum on VAT as a unique platform for a worldwide dialogue on the design and operation of VAT, notably addressing issues of double taxation and unintended non taxation. This first meeting of the OECD Global Forum on VAT is aimed at senior tax officials and representatives of international organisations and participation is upon invitation only. Academics and business representatives will also be invited to participate. For more information and contact please view.

 

European outreach event on the post-implementation review of IFRS 8, Frankfurt/Main, Germany on 13 November 2012: EFRAG and the German Accounting Standards Committee Das Deutsche Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee organise an European outreach event on the post-implementation review of IFRS 8 Operating Segments and the discussion paper, Towards a Disclosure Framework for the Notes. For detailed information please view.

 

Inheritance Tax Conference, 12 November 2012: The European Commission, together with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), organises a Conference on "Tackling EU cross-border Inheritance Tax issues" on 12 November 2012. View This event is a follow-up to the Commission's Recommendation of December 2011, to which FEE has contributed. View

 

2012 SME Assembly: Cyprus will host an Assembly on SME issues in Nicosia on 15 and 16 November 2012 bringing together SMEs; business organisations; European, national and regional government; academia and the media to discuss how to help SMEs ‘Go for Growth’. View