The European Commission is considering funding the European Union's financial industry watchdogs (ESMA, EBA, and EIOPA) through a levy on the financial institutions they oversee, rather than through EU and national budget contributions. Currently the watchdogs receive 60% of their funding from national supervisors and 40% from the EU budget. The Commission believes this funding model should be revised given budget constraints. A tax on banks and insurers could replace the current funding, though details like the tax rate are unclear. National governments may support the shift to an industry-funded model, but some financial industry groups oppose offloading costs onto firms. The report also examines expanding the watchdogs' powers and roles.

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2. funded by a levy on the organisations they supervise, in an attempt by the bloc's executive
body to save taxpayers' money.
The European Commission has been reviewing the three watchdogs it launched in 2011 to
make supervision of banks, markets and insurers more consistent across its 28 member
countries after the 2007-09 financial crisis highlighted failings in the way regulations were
enforced.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Banking
Authority (EBA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
(EIOPA) currently receive 60 percent of their funding from national supervisors and 40
percent from the central EU budget.
"Given EU and national budgetary constraints, the Commission considers that a revision of
the existing funding model should therefore be envisaged, ideally abolishing EU and
national contributions," a draft European Commission report seen by Reuters said.
Staffing and budgets of the three watchdogs are modest compared with regulators in the
larger member states, such as Britain's Financial Conduct Authority whose annual budget is
452 million pounds ($768.8 million). The EBA's budget for 2014 is only 33.6 million euros
($45.7 million).
However, the welter of EU rules approved to tighten supervision after the financial crisis,
such as for derivatives, and bank and insurance capital, means the watchdogs will be taking
on more responsibilities and will need extra staff and money.
The three watchdogs have about 150-200 staff each and rely heavily on national regulators
to help with their workloads.
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), a top banking lobby, has called
for ESMA in particular to have more resources . ESMA is the main regulator for credit
rating agencies and trade repositories in the EU.
The report did not give any indication of how much the tax on banks and insurers might be,
but any levy would likely be applied in direct proportion to how much supervision an
insitution requires.
Euro zone banks will also have to foot the bill for the European Central Bank's new
supervisory arm. Banks under its watch will each be asked to contribute up to 15 million
euros annually to help cover costs that are set to hit 260 billion euros next year.
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Member states could welcome the shift to industry-funded watchdogs - a common system of
financing supervision.
However, Britain's Institute of Directors, a business lobby, said it was concerned with any
attempt to offload supervision costs onto the industry, which is already paying a levy to UK
regulators.
"Abolishing both EU and national contributions would send a message that Brussels is
willing to expand its oversight powers without being willing to pay for the privilege," the
IOD said.
The report also looks at how the powers of the three EU agencies could be extended.
It said potential new areas include enforcing accounting rules, supervising the "shadow
banking" sector, settlement houses, market benchmarks, and clearing houses, a step Britain
is likely to oppose as it seeks to draw a line on more powers being centralised at the EU
level.
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The report, which is expected to be published in coming months and is subject to change,
said the three watchdogs have performed well so far and have begun to develop their own
profiles.
They should, however, give consumer and investor protection a higher priority, the report
said.
Governance of the watchdogs could be improved further to make decision making faster in
the interests of the EU as a whole, the report said, in a nod to British concerns to safeguard
the bloc's single market.
The report made no recommendations regarding the fourth EU body set up after the
financial crisis, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which is chaired by the
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. It was set up to spot system-wide risks and
has been criticised for failing to forge a clear role in the public eye.
(Additional reporting by John O'Donnell in Frankfurt; Editing by Erica Billingham)
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