Traduction de «Autorités de contrôle des banques » (Français → Anglais) :

The European Commission has put forward a proposal that will tighten the procedures that Member States' supervisory authorities have to follow when assessing proposed mergers and acquisitions (MA) in the banking, insurance and securities sectors.

31. Expresses concern at the general approach taken by the Council to proposals seeking to incorporate biometric data (digital photographs and fingerprints) into visas and residence permits using an electronic chip, particularly because such data can easily be copied into centralised databases when checks are carried out; is concerned that new developments in the field of data protection, such as the possible use of biometrics, will put more demands on the supervisory authorities that are currently 'under-resourced for their wide range of tasks' (COM(2003) 265); calls on the Member States to make additional resources available for the ...[+++]data protection supervisory authorities to ensure the effective functioning of the system;

31. Expresses concern at the general approach taken by the Council to proposals seeking to incorporate biometric data (digital photographs and fingerprints) into visas and residence permits using an electronic chip, particularly because such data can easily be copied into centralised databases when checks are carried out; is concerned that new developments in the field of data protection, such as the possible use of biometrics, will put more demands on the supervisory authorities that are currently 'under-resourced for their wide range of tasks'; calls on the Member States to make additional resources available for the data protection ...[+++]supervisory authorities to ensure the effective functioning of the system;

11. To exploit synergies between banking supervision and central banking, both national banking supervisory authorities and non-supervisory central banks, including the ECB, should attend meetings of the new banking committee, with the competent supervisory authorities holding the vote.

21. Considers that there is a need to further intensify cooperation between the supervisors and central banks of all EU States - including the ECB - in order to be able to exploit mutual synergies on the one hand between the operations of the central bank as the body responsible for stability of the system as an observer of the market and supervisor of payment transaction systems and on the other hand the work of supervisors of banking systems; considers it necessary for the ECB to be assigned a role in coordinating prudential policies at European level;

Three members come from the judiciary these are public prosecutors who are seconded to the agency and the other three are financial specialists who usually come from organizations that oversee the financial sector, for example, the commission that oversees the banks or the agency that monitors the insurance sector.