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The paper contains the requirements for the Brexit transition phase and a free trade agreement from the viewpoint of banks and targets decisions makers on EU level.

BDI examined core themes of business law and consumer policy. The paper comprises competition, antitrust and state aid law, public procurement law and company as well as insolvency law. It also covers civil law and civil procedural law, including consumer law aspects, and consumer policy.

The UK and the EU27 member states are economically highly integrated. In 2016, for example, total German-UK trade in goods amounted to €121.6 billion. Brexit will severely disrupt these economic relations, entailing costs for both the EU27 and the UK. This paper provides the economic background to BDI‘s position paper on trade in goods. It discusses EU27-UK trade and investment relations, openness in trade, and the expected costs of Brexit.

London is the central hub for Financial Services in Europe. With the UK leaving the EU, corporate clients, bank, and insurance firms in the EU 27 need to ensure that all users have access to the same range of financial services. While reorganizing crucial market activities, financial stability must be ensured at all times. This BDI paper provides guidance on the essential political and regulatory steps.

Brexit will result in major tax-related distortions if adequate legal certainty is not provided in a future partnership between the EU27 and the UK. The most pressing requirements for new regulations in taxation are with respect to value-added tax (VAT) and (corporate) income tax (CIT). With Brexit, the common EU VAT refund system would lose its validity for business between the EU27 and the UK, with direct consequences for VAT claims.

With Brexit looking to become a reality, many decision-makers, politival experts, and stakeholders in continental Europe are asking themselves about its consequences - and to what extent their country and financial industry might be impacted. The study presents a comprehensive view on Germany’s attractiveness as a financial center, based on the answers of more than 800 participants from all segments of the country’s financial industry. It also highlights recommendations for decision makers to get Financial Germany into even better shape.

How fast could credit institutions headquartered in UK that have so far acted in Germany with a branch under the European Passport get a banking license in the case of a hard Brexit?

Which consequences will a possible Brexit have on banks in Great Britain and the rest of Europe? Currently, London is the biggest financial centre in Europe. The United KIngdom losing access to the single market will ahve far-reaching consequences on the financial sector in the British capital.

The current position paper of Deutsches Aktieninstitut on the exit negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom complements the first position paper from February 2017 and covers further relevant topics, e.g. clearing, benchmark and rating. The analyses of financial and capital market legislation and concrete examples from practice illustrate which topics deserve particular attention due to their significance for business and society in connection with the Brexit negotiations.

Die Wegzugsbesteuerung hemmt Gesellschafter von Familienunternehmen zunehmend an der Internationalisierung. Die Stiftung Familienunternehmen stellt deswegen Reformvorschläge vor, die Prof. Dr. Stephan Kudert von der Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) erarbeitet hat.

The Chief Economists of the Savings Banks Finance Group see the Brexit negotiations as a real opportunity to highlight the added value of the European unification project. The "Standpunkte der Chefsvolkswirte" cover among others the single and capital market, clearing, regulatory costs and disadvantages as well as legal clarity after Brexit.

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BVI welcomes the proposal published by the EU Commission to enhance the supervisory arrangements for EU and third-country CCPs in the interest of further market integration, financial stability and a level-playing field.

This VDMA position paper describes the specific consequential damage from Brexit for the mechanical engineering industry in the following areas: (I) trade in goods and services, (II) the UK as a production location – competition, (III) the UK as an integral part of value-added chains, and (IV) free movement of persons. Throughout the paper, the VDMA recommends and urges the UK and the EU to take action to prevent the consequential damage, where already possible in an exit agreement or at a later stage in a future partnership and free trade agreement.

Brexit negotiations should not further weaken the European Union. Strive for a comprehensive partnership, investment and trade agreement. Avoid burdens through customs payments and in future regulation.

Dem  „Länderindex  Familienunternehmen“  liegen  konzeptionell  die  Standortanforderungen  von  Unternehmen zu Grunde, bei denen unabhängig von der Rechtsform die mehrheitliche Kontrolle durch eine  Familie  ausgeübt  wird. Es  geht  hierbei  vor  allem um Unternehmen, die im industriellen Bereich ein Umsatzvolumen von mindestens 100 Millionen Euro aufweisen. Die Spezialstudie  der  aktuellen  Ausgabe  beschäftigt  sich  mit  dem  Thema  „Außenhandel“  und  beleuchtet die Einflüsse und Risiken, denen die Standorte des Länderindex ausgesetzt sind. Hierbei wird auch der aktuell im Vordergrund stehende Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der EU („Brexit“) thematisiert.