Contains the lectures that were delivered for the specialized course on ""Current Developments in European Integration"" at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, from February to May 1992.
Contents:
Perspectives of the EMU after Maastricht, Jean-Victor Louis; the project of a European central bank, Jean-Victor Louis; the free provision of financial services in the perspective of a single currency - implications for banks, Peter Praet; economic aspects of the second banking directive on investment services in the securities field, Dick Heremans; general introduction to the second banking directive and the proposal for a directive on investment services, Wulf-Henning Roth; the role of the national authorities in the implementation of the directives, J.-L. Duplat; external aspects of the second banking directive, Nikolaus Boemcke; concentrations in the financial services sector and recent developments in EC law, Jaques Steenbergen.