Blockchain Regulation in Europe: everything you need to know
Today I want to explain you everything you need to know about the Blockchain Regulation in Europe.
Recently, in fact, the executive arm of the European Union government revealed that is working on the blockchain to “support” distributed ledger-based projects.
According to this new official press release published on February 7th, the Commission is looking for growing its efforts on supporting more projects related to the distributed ledger technology (DLT).
The European Commission is “actively monitoring Blockchain and DLT developments” and is working on exploring “DLT benefits and challenges as well as fields for application in financial services”.
Also, the official press release explained that the Commission wants to “pilot projects to foster decentralised innovation ecosystems and help reshape interactions between consumers, producers, creators and among citizens, businesses and administrations to the end benefit of society”.
A task force for Blockchain Regulation
Last year, the European Parliament also created a new task force led by the Commission, to study the blockchain.
This task force has not only the goal of studying the blockchain but also to support projects related to the ledger and studying a way for a blockchain regulation.
The European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, explained:
“The Commission is already supporting distributed ledger tech-enabled projects (DECODE, D-Cent, MyHealth MyData). Support activities are going to increase in the coming months (e.g. Decentralised Data Management). A study will be launched to investigate how DLT can help in reshaping public services and preparing for EU specific DLT actions to address relevant EU challenges.”
Ansip also said that the Commission will collaborate with the Parliament to organize blockchain events and workshops.
“The Commission will organise a kick-off conference with the European Parliament on Demystifying Blockchain and a series of workshops to look at Blockchain developments and use case applications”.
source:
https://holytransaction.com/blog/2017/02/blockchain-regulation-europe.h…