This study on the functioning of retail electricity markets for consumers in the EU is the follow up to the first market study conducted in 2009/2010, and published by the European Commission in 2010. The objectives of the current study are to investigate if a well-functioning electricity market...

Objectives, scope and main tasks In July 2014, Ipsos, London Economics and Deloitte were commissioned to conduct the 2nd consumer market study on the functioning of retail electricity markets for consumers in the European Union (EU). This study is the follow up to the 1st market study, published...

On 26 November 2014, a Regulation was adopted which requires a new form of short, standardised consumer‐friendly information (a "Key Information Document" or KID) to be provided to retail investors when buying Packaged Retail and Insurance‐based Investment Products (PRIIPs). The Regulation...

In the years up to the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, financial globalisation accelerated and eventually peaked. Among other measures, inward foreign direct investment flows into the EU27 increased over sevenfold from close to €60bn in 2004 to over €430bn in 2007. Over the...

At the present time, there exist only two indirect mechanisms for a company wishing to move cross-border its registered office within the EU without having to wind up the company in its home country. The company can either adopt the legal form of a Societas Europaea if it is a public company or...