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Sharon BOWLES



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Constituencies

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  • Liberal Democrats Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
  • Liberal Democrat Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2005/05/12 - 2009/07/13

Groups

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  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2005/05/12 - 2009/07/13
  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/14 - 2009/07/19
  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member of the Bureau Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/20 - 2014/06/30

EP staff

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  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2009/07/16 - 2012/01/18
  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2012/01/23 - 2014/06/30

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2005/05/26 2007/01/14
Member of Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society 2006/01/19 2007/06/19
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis 2009/10/08 2011/07/31
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2012/01/19 2012/01/22
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2012/01/23 2014/06/30

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2005/05/26 2007/03/13
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2007/03/14 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 2009/09/16 2014/06/30

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2014/0900(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
Responsible Committee 2014/0801(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Sabine Lautenschlager as a member of the Executive Board
Committee Opinion 2013/2104(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Regional policy as a part of wider State support schemes
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/2047(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Recovery and resolution framework for non-bank institutions
Responsible Committee 2013/0901(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank: appointment of the Chair of the Supervisory Board
Responsible Committee 2013/0449(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Migration to Union-wide credit transfers and direct debits
Committee Opinion 2013/0365(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Aligning a number of legal acts with the TFEU: Commission delegated and implementing powers
Responsible Committee 2013/0327(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II): dates of transposition and application; date of repeal of certain directives
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0280(CNS) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs French outermost regions, Mayotte: exclusion from the scope of the VAT and excise duty Directives
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0269(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs EU/France Agreement: application to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy of Union legislation on the taxation of savings and administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
Committee Opinion 2013/0218(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Aligning a number of legal acts with the TFEU (Article 290, Commission delegated powers)
Committee Opinion 2013/0110(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Corporate governance: disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups
Committee Opinion 2012/2323(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Follow-up on the delegation of legislative powers and the control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers
Opinion Committee Shadow 2012/2044(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs 20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the single market
Responsible Committee 2012/0806(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Yves Mersch as member of the Executive Board
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0342(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs State aid rules: handling of complaints and gathering of information
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0169(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs): key information documents
Opinion Committee Shadow 2012/0150(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Credit institutions and investment firms: framework for recovery and resolution
Responsible Committee 2012/0110(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II): dates of transposition and application, date of repeal of certain Directives
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0029(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Securities settlement in the EU and central securities depositories (CSDs)
Committee Opinion 2011/2298(REG) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 70: interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/2289(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Quality management for European statistics
Committee Opinion 2011/2006(INL) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Insolvency proceedings in the context of EU company law
Responsible Committee 2011/0819(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Benôit Coeuré as member of the Executive Board
Responsible Committee 2011/0806(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Jörg Asmussen as member of the Executive Board
Responsible Committee 2011/0804(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Mario Draghi as President from 1 November 2011
Responsible Committee 2011/0802(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Peter Praet as member of the Executive Board, 1 June 2011
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0203(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV)
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0202(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
Responsible Committee 2011/0014(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): subscription by the EU to additional shares in the capital
Committee Opinion 2011/0007(CNS) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States in 2011
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0006(COD) JURI Legal Affairs European Supervisory Authorities: powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
Committee Opinion 2010/2021(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Power of legislative delegation
Responsible Committee 2010/0813(NLE) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Vice-President
Responsible Committee 2010/0374(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (ESA 2010)
Responsible Committee Shadow 2010/0250(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
Committee Opinion 2010/0250(COD) JURI Legal Affairs OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
Responsible Committee 2010/0205(CNS) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Value added tax VAT: refund to taxable persons established in another Member State
Responsible Committee 2008/2033(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud
Committee Opinion 2008/0217(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Credit rating agencies
Committee Opinion 2007/2239(INL) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Transparency of institutional investors
Committee Opinion 2007/2026(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Efficiency of the enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the attachment of bank accounts. Green Paper
Former Committee Opinion 2007/0249(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office. 'Telecoms Package'
Committee Opinion 2007/0143(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance - Solvency II. Recast
Committee Opinion 2006/2274(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for Europe
Responsible Committee 2006/0199(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
Responsible Committee 2006/0042(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Price policy: common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities PPPs, for their calculation and dissemination

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Olle SCHMIDT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 378
Wolf KLINZ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 246
Rebecca TAYLOR icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 93
Cecilia WIKSTRÖM icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 83
Bilyana Ilieva RAEVA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 59
Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 52
Jens ROHDE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 47
Nils TORVALDS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 36
Carl HAGLUND icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 34
Danuta Maria HÜBNER icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 29
Alexandra THEIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 27
Bill NEWTON DUNN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 24
Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 22
Jolanta Emilia HIBNER icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
Burkhard BALZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 18
Jürgen CREUTZMANN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 17
Philippe DE BACKER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Belgium Belgium 15
Krišjānis KARIŅŠ icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 15
Sylvie GOULARD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 14
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 11
Fiona HALL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 9
Syed KAMALL icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 8
Sven GIEGOLD icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Germany Germany 8
Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 7
Marian HARKIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 6
Anne E. JENSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 5
Peter SKINNER icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 5
Gunnar HÖKMARK icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 5
Andrew DUFF icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 5
Sir Graham WATSON icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Mojca KLEVA KEKUŠ icon: S&D S&D icon: Slovenia Slovenia 4
Dan JØRGENSEN icon: S&D S&D icon: Denmark Denmark 4
Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 4
Othmar KARAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 4
Sajjad KARIM icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Kay SWINBURNE icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Alexander Nuno PICKART ALVARO icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 3
Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 3
Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 3
Bendt BENDTSEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Denmark Denmark 2
Olle LUDVIGSSON icon: S&D S&D icon: Sweden Sweden 2
Saïd EL KHADRAOUI icon: S&D S&D icon: Belgium Belgium 2
Lena EK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 2
Dirk STERCKX icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Belgium Belgium 2
Sophia IN 'T VELD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Jan OLBRYCHT icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 1
Iliana IVANOVA icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 1
Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 1
Corien WORTMANN-KOOL icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Daniel DĂIANU icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 1

By types

Amendments (3136)
Opinions (16)
Plenary speeches (97)
Reports (18)
Shadow opinions (3)
Shadow reports (10)
Written declarations (2)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
1872009/0064(COD)Alternative Investment Fund Managers
1802011/0202(COD)Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
1732013/0253(COD)Single Resolution Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund: uniform rules and procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms
1712010/0250(COD)OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
1202011/0359(COD)Statutory audit of public-interest entities: specific requirements
1102013/0314(COD)Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts
962013/0306(COD)Money market funds
942013/0185(COD)Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the EU
942008/2148(INI)Lamfalussy follow up - Future structure of supervision
922012/0150(COD)Credit institutions and investment firms: framework for recovery and resolution
922008/0217(COD)Credit rating agencies
762007/0143(COD)Taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance - Solvency II. Recast
732012/0169(COD)Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs): key information documents
732012/0242(CNS)Prudential supervision of credit institutions: conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank (ECB)
662012/0029(COD)Securities settlement in the EU and central securities depositories (CSDs)
612011/0203(COD)Access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV)
592011/0296(COD)Markets in financial instruments; OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
592007/0249(COD)Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office. 'Telecoms Package'
562013/2166(INI)
492007/2238(INI)Hedge funds and private equity
372013/0110(COD)Corporate governance: disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups
372008/0191(COD)Financial markets: banks affiliated to central institutions, certain own funds items, large exposures, supervisory arrangements, and crisis management
362007/0247(COD)Electronic communications: common regulatory framework for networks and services, access, interconnection and authorisation. 'Telecoms Package'
342007/2239(INI)Transparency of institutional investors
322011/0308(COD)Company law: annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings
292010/2303(INI)Corporate governance in financial institutions
292007/0248(COD)Electronic communications: universal service, users' rights relating to networks and services, processing of personal data, protection of privacy, consumer protection cooperation. 'Telecoms Package'
282010/0251(COD)Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
272013/2277(INI)Enquiry report on the role and operations of the Troika (ECB, Commission and IMF) with regard to the euro area programme countries
272012/0244(COD)European Banking Authority (EBA): adjustment of procedural modalities
262013/0025(COD)Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
262010/0207(COD)Deposit guarantee schemes. Recast
252013/0045(CNS)Implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (FTT)
252009/0099(COD)Financial institutions: capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations; supervisory review of remuneration policies
232013/2021(INI)Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector
232008/0157(COD)Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights
222011/0261(CNS)Common system of financial transaction tax
222010/0160(COD)Credit rating agencies: supervision
222010/2074(INI)Basel II and revision of the Capital Requirements Directives (CRD 4)
222008/2154(INI)White Paper on damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules
212010/2008(INI)Derivatives markets: future policy actions
212009/0143(COD)European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA): establisment
202011/0298(COD)Markets in financial instruments. Recast
192012/2115(INI)Shadow banking
182010/2021(INI)Power of legislative delegation
152012/0175(COD)Insurance distribution. Recast
152010/2099(INI)Improving the economic governance and stability framework of the Union, in particular in the euro area
152008/0130(CNS)
142010/2302(INI)Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
142010/2075(INI)Regulation of trading in financial instruments - "dark pools" etc.
132013/2047(INI)Recovery and resolution framework for non-bank institutions
132012/0364(COD)Union programme to support specific activities in the field of financial reporting and auditing (2014-2020)
132012/0342(NLE)State aid rules: handling of complaints and gathering of information
132011/0361(COD)Credit rating agencies: integrity, transparency, responsibility, good governance and independence of activities
132010/2009(INI)Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector
132010/2006(INI)Cross-border crisis management in the banking sector
132011/2037(INI)Audit policy: lessons from the crisis
122013/0264(COD)Payment services in the internal market
122009/0142(COD)European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
122007/2261(INI)White Paper on sport
112013/0139(COD)Payment accounts: comparability of fees, account switching and access to accounts with basic features
112013/2104(INI)Regional policy as a part of wider State support schemes
112011/2071(INI)European semester for economic policy coordination
112011/0062(COD)Credit agreements: residential immovable property
112010/0199(COD)Investor-compensation schemes
112009/2177(INI)Deontological questions related to companies' management
102013/2175(INI)Long-term financing of the European economy
102013/2185(INI)Relations between the European Parliament and the national parliaments
102008/0199(COD)Deposit guarantee schemes: coverage level and the payout delay
102008/2033(INI)Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud
92008/2233(INI)Effective enforcement of judgments in the EU: the transparency of debtors' assets
82011/0006(COD)European Supervisory Authorities: powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
82010/2037(INI)Progress towards the achievement of the millenium development goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010
82010/0278(COD)Economic governance: effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area. 'Six pack'
82010/0280(COD)Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
72011/0295(COD)Market abuse
72011/2084(INI)Online gambling in the internal market
72011/2006(INI)Insolvency proceedings in the context of EU company law
72010/0232(COD)Financial conglomerates: supplementary supervision of financial entities
72008/2133(INI)Impact of counterfeiting on international trade
62011/2298(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 70: interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures
62011/0307(COD)Securities: issuers trading on a regulated market, transparency requirements
62010/0281(COD)Economic governance: prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. 'Six pack'
62009/0144(COD)European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
62009/2195(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 87a and 88: delegated acts and implementing measures
62008/2121(INI)Commission's report on the application of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
52013/0181(COD)Statistics for the macroeconomic imbalances procedure
52013/2076(INI)European Central Bank. Annual report for 2012
52012/2028(INI)Feasibility of introducing stability bonds
52010/0374(COD)European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (ESA 2010)
52011/2181(INI)Corporate governance framework for European companies
52011/0014(COD)European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): subscription by the EU to additional shares in the capital
52010/0279(COD)Economic governance: enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area. 'Six pack'
52010/0276(CNS)Economic governance: implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. 'Six pack'
52010/0035(NLE)Excessive deficit procedure: quality of statistical data
52009/2173(INI)Report on the competition policy 2008
52009/0035(COD)Company law: annual accounts of micro-entities
42013/2145(BUD)2014 general budget: all sections
42012/0084(COD)European statistics: professional independence of national statistical authorities
42010/0277(NLE)Economic governance: requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States. 'Six pack'
42009/2169(INI)Proposed interim measures for the freezing and disclosure of debtors' assets in cross-border cases
42008/2247(INI)Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts
32013/2157(INI)European semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014
32012/0298(APP)Enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax
32011/0386(COD)Economic governance: common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit in the euro area. 'Two pack'
32011/0385(COD)Economic governance: strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area. 'Two pack'
32011/2013(INI)Policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses
32009/0140(COD)Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
32008/0215(CNS)Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
32007/2201(INI)Competition: sector inquiry on retail banking
22012/2234(INI)Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
22011/0297(COD)Criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive)
22011/0092(CNS)Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework
22011/2082(INI)Future of VAT
22010/0821(NLE)Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
22010/2239(INI)Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
22008/0153(COD)Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions. Recast
22008/0082(COD)Banks and financial markets: settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems; financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims
22007/2239(INL)Transparency of institutional investors
22006/2248(INI)Capital market: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the governance of the IASB
22006/0199(COD)European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
12011/2323(INI)
12011/0360(COD)Institutions for occupational retirement provision, undertakings of collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and Alternative Investment Funds Managers: risk management
12011/0417(COD)European venture capital funds
12012/2055(INI)Access to basic banking services
12011/2010(INI)Insurance guarantee schemes
12009/2150(INI)Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation
12009/0001(COD)Financial services, financial reporting and auditing: Community programme 2010-2013 to support specific activities
12008/2026(BUD)2009 budget: Section III, Commission
12007/2287(INI)Green Paper on retail financial services in the Single Market
12008/0084(COD)Disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts
12008/2148(INL)Lamfalussy follow up - Future structure of supervision
12007/0099(COD)Access to the international road haulage market. Recast
12007/2637(RSP)Resolution on the European interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation
12007/2550(RSP)Resolution on international accounting standards
12007/2026(INI)Efficiency of the enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the attachment of bank accounts. Green Paper
12006/2270(INI)Financial services policy 2005-2010. White Paper
12006/2199(INI)Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
12006/2274(INI)Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for Europe
12005/0245(COD)Payment services in the internal market
12005/0127(COD)Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights
12006/2207(INI)Competition: damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules. Green paper
12006/2130(INI)Future of professional football in Europe
12006/2013(INL)The European private company statute
12005/0260(COD)Coordination of certain provisions in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities ('Audiovisual media services without frontiers')
12006/2081(INI)Towards further consolidation in the European financial services industry
12005/2209(INI)Competition policy. 34th 2004 report
12012/2304(INI)European Central Bank annual report for 2011
12011/2543(RSP)Resolution on preparation for the European Council meeting (23 October 2011)
12010/0204(COD)Professional cross-border transportation of euro cash by road between euro-area Member States
12011/2634(RSP)Resolution on the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
12011/0007(CNS)Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States in 2011
12009/0161(COD)Financial supervision: powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
12009/2090(INI)ECB annual report for 2008
12009/0007(CNS)Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures
12006/0042(COD)Price policy: common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities PPPs, for their calculation and dissemination
12014/0900(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
12013/0449(COD)Migration to Union-wide credit transfers and direct debits
12014/0801(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Sabine Lautenschlager as a member of the Executive Board
12013/0901(NLE)European Central Bank: appointment of the Chair of the Supervisory Board
12013/0327(COD)Taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II): dates of transposition and application; date of repeal of certain directives
12012/0806(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Yves Mersch as member of the Executive Board
12012/0110(COD)Taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II): dates of transposition and application, date of repeal of certain Directives
12011/0819(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Benôit Coeuré as member of the Executive Board
12011/0806(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Jörg Asmussen as member of the Executive Board
12011/0804(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Mario Draghi as President from 1 November 2011
12011/0802(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Peter Praet as member of the Executive Board, 1 June 2011
12010/0205(CNS)Value added tax VAT: refund to taxable persons established in another Member State
12010/0813(NLE)European Central Bank (ECB): appointment of Vice-President
12013/0280(CNS)French outermost regions, Mayotte: exclusion from the scope of the VAT and excise duty Directives
12013/0269(NLE)EU/France Agreement: application to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy of Union legislation on the taxation of savings and administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
12011/2289(INI)Quality management for European statistics
12012/2044(INI)20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the single market

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Born

1953/06/12 - Oxford

History

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    B.Sc. (Hons.), Chemical Physics with Mathematics (1974). Research into semiconductor materials and devices, Oxford University (1974-1977). Trained as a patent agent (1978-1981). UK and European Patent and Trademark Attorney, Partner in Bowles Horton (1981-2005).
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    In the Liberal Democrat Party: Secretary, Chilterns Region (1990-1995); Member of the Federal Executive and Federal Finance Committee (2000-2003); Co-Chair, International Relations Committee (2002-2005). Vice-President, ELDR aisbl (2004- ). Vice-President, Liberal International (2005-2007).
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    • B.Sc. (Hons.), Chemical Physics with Mathematics (1974). Research into semiconductor materials and devices, Oxford University (1974-1977). Trained as a patent agent (1978-1981). UK and European Patent and Trademark Attorney, Partner in Bowles Horton (1981-2005).
    • In the Liberal Democrat Party: Secretary, Chilterns Region (1990-1995); Member of the Federal Executive and Federal Finance Committee (2000-2003); Co-Chair, International Relations Committee (2002-2005). Vice-President, ELDR aisbl (2004- ). Vice-President, Liberal International (2005-2007).