Publications Archive

This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years

  • cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues
  • cepPolicyBrief: Concise reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including an executive summary
  • cepInput: Impulse to current challenges of EU policies
  • cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy

 

2019

cepPolicyBrief: Artificial Intelligence for Europe – Pillar 3: Legal and ethical rules for AI

The EU promotes the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In its AI strategy, the EU also addresses the challenges and risks and demands that AI has to be “trustworthy”. Therefore, AI should be subject to appropriate legal norms and follow ethical rules.

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2019

cepInput: Road Safety Management

The EU has reformed the rules guaranteeing the safety of road infrastructure. cep provides the following assessment of the amendments that have been passed to the Road Safety Management Directive.

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2019

cepAdhoc: Posting of drivers

The EU Commission proposed a directive on the posting of drivers in 2017. In the meantime, the Council and the EU Parliament have defined their positions.

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2019

cepAdhoc: Disclosures on Sustainability

In March 2019, the EU Regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector was politically agreed. This cepAdhoc gives an overview of its main elements and assesses them.

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2019

cepInput: The EU Internal Electricity Market

EU legislation on the internal electricity market has been comprehensively reformed. cep gives the following assessment of the reform.

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2019

cepInput: The EU Green Bond Standard (GBS)

An expert group of the EU Commission plans to present recommendations on an EU standard for green bonds in mid-June. In a cepInput, the cep gives an overview of the market for green bonds in the EU and analyses the initial proposals of the expert group for the development of the standard.

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2019

cepPolicyBrief: Artificial Intelligence for Europe – Pillar 2: Adapting Education and Social Systems (Communication)

The EU-Commission wants to support the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in order to safeguard the EU's global competitiveness. For this purpose, the EU Commission proposes a three-pillar "AI Strategy". The Commission is calling on the Member States to adapt their education and social systems to the new working environment.

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2019

cepAdhoc: EU-Guidelines on Non-Financial Disclosure

In June 2019, the EU-Commission will publish final guidelines regarding the disclosure of climate related, non-financial information by large public interest companies. This cepAdhoc gives an overview of a draft version of the guidelines and analyses their legal value.

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2019

cepInput: Governance of the Energy Union

The EU has passed a new mechanism for “Governance of the Energy Union” in order to regulate energy and climate policy in the EU. It aims to achieve the EU’s energy and climate targets and to coordinate the measures of the EU and its Member States post-2021. cep provides an assessment of the new rules in an Input.

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2019

cepPolicyBrief: Assignments of Claims (Regulation)

The Commission wants to foster cross-border investment by improving legal certainty in cross-border transactions of claims.

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