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2011

12.2011 Postal Services Study on intra-community cross-border parcel delivery (FTI Consulting - December 2011)
 
  Postal Services Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services (Rand EUROPE 2011)
 
11.2011 Auditing Study on the effects of the implementation of the "acquis" on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts including the consequences on the audit market
 
10.2011 Securities Feasibility Study for a pan-European storage system for information disclosed by issuers of securities
 
06.2011 Securities Effects of possible changes to the Market Abuse Directive PDF
 
05.2011 Financial Services Monitoring prices, costs and volumes of trading and post-trading services PDF
 
03.2011 Insurance EIOPA Report on the fifth Quantitative Impact Study (QIS5) PDF
 
  Industrial Property Study on the quality of the patent system in Europe PDF
 
02.2011 Industrial Property Study on the Overall Functioning of the European Trade Mark System
 

2010

11.2010 Free movement of Capital

“Analysis of development in the field of direct investment and M&A” – 2010 – by London Economics

 
11.2010 Postal Services

Main developments in the postal sector (2008–2010) (Copenhagen Economics: November 2010)

 
11.2010 Postal Services Study on the External Dimension of the EU Postal Acquis PDF
 
10.2010 Postal Services Study on the external dimension of the EU postal acquis (WIK-Consult/Jim Campbell) PDF
 
10.2010 Free movement of Capital “Review of the transitional restrictions maintained by Bulgaria and Romania with regard to the acquisition of agricultural real estate” – 2010 – by CEPS PDF
 
09.2010 Retail financial services Study on the Costs and Benefits of Potential Changes to Distribution Rules for Insurance Investment Products and other Non-MIFID Packaged Retail Investment Products PDF
 
  Retail financial services Study on interest rate restrictions in the EU PDF
 
08.2010 Enforcement of rights Study report on rapid information exchange on counterfeiting and piracy PDF
 
07.2010 Retail financial services Study on the Costs and Benefits of Policy Actions in the Field of ensuring access to a Basic Bank Account PDF
 
04.2010 Enforcement of rights Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member States (Netherlands, Poland, UK)  PDF
 
04.2010 Banking Study on the feasibility of reducing obstacles to the transfer of assets within a cross border banking group during a financial crisis
 
02.2010 Enforcement of rights Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member Statespdf, prepared by Hunton & Williams, Brussels
 

2009

12.2009 Company law Study on the operation and the impacts of the Statute for a European Company
 
  Company law Study on the Application of the Anti- Money Laundering Directive PDF
 
  Services Directive Study on business practices applying different condition of access based on the nationality or the place of residence of service recipients PDF
 
  Financial Services Cross-sectoral study on terminology as defined in the EU financial services legislation PDF
 
11.2009 Insurance Retail Insurance Market Study PDF
 
  Retail financial services Study on the costs and benefits of different policy options for mortgage credit
 
  Enforcement of rights Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member States  PDF
 
09.2009 Banking
Study on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive (Directive 2006/48/EC and Directive 2006/49/EC) PDF

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09.2009 Company law Study on Monitoring and Enforcement practices in Corporate Governance in the Member States
 
09.2009 Postal services The role of regulators in a more competitive postal market (WIK-Consult GmbH: September 2009)
 
08.2009 Postal services The evolution of the european postal market since 1997 (ITA Consulting GmbH and WIK Consult GmbH: August 2009)
 
07.2009 Auditing

Study on the Evaluation of the differences between International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and the standards of the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

 
06.2009 Auditing

Study on the costs and benefits of an adoption of the ISAs in the EU

 
06.2009 Investment Funds

UCITS Disclosure Testing Research Report

 
05.2009 Company Law European Foundation

Feasibility study
 
03.2009 Financial Services Evaluation of the economic impact of the FSAP PDF
 
01.2009 Retail financial services Study on credit intermediaries in the internal market PDF
 

2008

12.2008 Company law Feasibility Study on a European Foundation Statute
 
10.2008 Investment Funds The retailisation of non-harmonised investment funds in the European Union PDF
 
09.2008 Retail financial services Study on the role and regulation of non-credit institutions in EU mortgage markets PDF
 
09.2008 Postal services Final report PDF
Country sheet summaries PDF
Full country sheets
 
06.2008 Securities Study on the Impact of the Prospectus Regime on EU Financial Markets PDF
 

2007

07.2007 Investment funds

Study on “investment funds in the European Union: comparative analysis of use of investment powers, investment outcomes and related risk features in both UCITS and non-harmonised markets”

 

2006

10.2006 Investment funds

Current trends in the European Asset Management Industry

 
09.2006 Investment Funds

Potential cost savings in a fully integrated European investment fund market

 

Older studies: see 'Economic reports'