Ref. Ares(2021)3902058 - 15/06/2021
FISMA/11905 - Meeting with Eurocommerce on
forthcoming Investment protection and Facilitation
initiative
Meeting date and place
Meeting held on 12/05/2021 09:30
Participating organisation(s) representative(s)
EuroCommerce
Participant
Main issues discussed
On 12 May 2021, DG FISMA Unit
, represented by
,
and
, met with representatives of Eurocommerce upon their request. The purpose of the meeting
was to take stock of the developments in the forthcoming Investment protection and Facilitation initiative.
gave
Eurocommerce a general account of the initiative’s progress so far and informed them of the next steps in the process.
On their part, Eurocommerce welcomed the Commission’s progress in the file, expressing their overall support of the
initiative and stressing the importance of a robust legislative intervention that could effectively alleviate investors’
concerns, including codification of investors’ rights and independent Investment Board which could issue binding
decisions. Moreover, they sought a number of clarifications regarding the envisaged options on the initiative’s pillar I (
substantive rules) and pillar II (better enforcement of these rules), their content as well as the potential synergies with
other Commission work streams, including the Rule of law Report and the Single Market Enforcement Task Force.
Directorate or unit
Undefined Lead Service
Internal participants
Participant,
Requested
FISMA
(
@ec.europa.eu)
for
@
FISMA
Participant
ec.europa.eu)
FISMA
(
@ec.europa.eu)
Notetaker,
Participant
Author(s) of minutes
Validator and validation date