Reform of EU Financial Rules for Competition Fine Repayments

Summary

The proposal seeks to amend EU financial rules to handle interest repayments resulting from court-ordered changes to competition fines, treating them as negative revenue to protect administrative budgets.
9 14.09.2022
Other
budget
finance
public administration
business and competition
simplification of legislation

Key points

  • The proposal addresses the financial impact of court rulings that reduce or cancel competition fines.
  • Repayments of interest due to reduced fines would be recorded as a reduction in revenue rather than an administrative expense.
  • A specific interest rate for these repayments would be set at the ECB refinancing rate plus 1.5 percentage points.
  • The changes aim to prevent massive potential claims, such as those exceeding 593 million euros in specific high-profile cases, from exhausting the administrative budget.

Speeches

1 Speech in total

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9. Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71)
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