Press Release: Commodity dealers: Council agrees to extend exemption

On 23 March 2016, the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) agreed, on behalf of the Council of the European Union, to extend an exemption for commodity dealers until 31 December 2020 under an EU regulation on bank capital requirements.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards exemptions for commodity dealers http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-amending-regulation-eu-no-575-2013-as-regards-exemptions-for-commodity-dealers/

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