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New Publications in EBI WPS:

  • WPS 203: “Climate Risk’s assimilation in Bank Regulation – Law’s Internal Dialogue amidst Uncertainty” by David Ramos Muñoz (29 January 2026)

  • WPS 204 (Jointly): The “Report on Simplification of EU Financial Law” (30 January 2026)

  • 3rd Edition of WPS 170 (2024): “Towards a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the euro area: A primer on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation of the EU co-legislators “on the establishment of the digital euro”” Christos Gortsos (10 February 2026)

New Publication:
The EBI Report on the “Simplification of the EU Financial Law” (16 January 2026)
INVITATION to a legal and regulatory dialogue:
“Building  Resilient Capital Markets in a Digital Era” (in person)
13 March 2026 (Madrid)
Invitation: CALL FOR PAPERS:
NAIL Conference 2026: “AI, Finance & Law: Innovation, Integrity, and the Future of Markets” (in person)
2 & 3 July 2026 (Hamburg)
NEW PUBLICATION in the “EBI Studies in Banking and Capital Markets Law”: 
Navigating Legal Frontiers in the EU Banking Union and Beyond –
Examinations from the SRB Legal Conference 2024 (2025)
by Karl-Philipp Wojcik and Tim Wittenberg

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EBI Regulatory Report #249

EBI Report onEconomic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:International, EU and Euro Area Levels(7 March 2026) Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Download Report #249   Key developments during the week 2-6 March

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March 9, 2026
Reports

EBI Regulatory Report #248

EBI Report onEconomic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:International, EU and Euro Area Levels(27 February 2026) Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Download Report #248   Key developments during the week 23-27 February

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March 2, 2026
Reports

EBI Regulatory Report #247

EBI Report onEconomic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:International, EU and Euro Area Levels(22 February 2026) Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Download Report #247   Key developments during the week 16-20 February

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February 24, 2026
Reports

EBI Regulatory Report #246

EBI Report onEconomic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:International, EU and Euro Area Levels(13 February 2026) Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Download Report #246   Key developments during the week 9-13 February

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February 17, 2026
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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 204

“Report on Simplification of EU Financial Law“ by Christos Gortsos, Filippo Annunziata, David Ramos Muñoz, Thomaz de Arruda, Milena Mitrovic, Fabian Schinerl, Emilios Avgouleas, Ross Buckley, Seraina Grunewald, Bart Joosen, Rosa M. Lastra, Edgar Loew, Matthias Lehmann, Ruth Plato-Shinar, Michele

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February 11, 2026
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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 203

“Climate Risk’s assimilation in Bank Regulation – Law’s Internal Dialogue amidst Uncertainty“ by David Ramos Muñoz was published on 29 January 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 203. Climate change is humanity’s greatest challenge for the XXIst century. Its effects

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February 11, 2026

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