9. Reiterates that the financing of the ESAs should be reviewed; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal in the framework of the upcoming ESA review examining appropriately and proportionately calibrated fees for market participants partly replacing the contributions of national competent authorities without compromising the ESAs independence; encourages the Commission to make a proposal for the ESA review shortly; 10. Underlines that the costs of moving the European Banking Authority (EBA) from London should be borne by the United Kingdom; points out, however, that the Commission should have prepared the necessary financial allocations in the eventuality that it would have to bear the implied costs; 11. Considers that efficiency should be a critical criterion in the decision-making process on EBA relocation; in the context of the upcoming ESA review, calls on the Commission to explore all options including the structural set-up of the ESAs to realise such efficiency gains; 12. Points out that a significant part of each of the respective budgets of the ESAs is spent on renting office spaces; notes that rent prices vary considerably between ESAs; notes that EIOPA's rent is EUR 29/m² per month while ESMA's rent is EUR 52,5/m² per month; points out that the cost of renting office space should be given careful consideration when deciding about the relocation of EBA; 13. Stresses that in the field of digitalisation of financial services, particularly with regard to distributed ledger technology (DLT), a further build-up of technical expertise is needed to be better able to react to potential challenges and therefore expressly supports continued funding for the Horizontal Task Force Distributed Ledger Technology; further calls for the development of use cases for governmental application to harness the innovative potential of the technology; 14. Points out the need to ensure the adequate resources to support the Union action to fight tax fraud, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning, notably through a preparatory action on capacity building, programmatic development and communication in the context of the fight against tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax fraud, following the pilot project launched in 2016; 15. Is of the opinion that increased resources should be allocated in the framework of the 2018 Union budget in order to conduct a comprehensive and unbiased assessment of the risk posed by third countries in terms of their strategic deficiencies in the area of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing, based on criteria defined in Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 and establish a list of 'high-risk' jurisdictions; 16. Welcomes the readiness of Eurostat to improve the user-friendliness of its online data and deems therefore that the budgetary reserve adopted last year does not need to be repeated; calls on Eurostat to implement in that perspective the requirements provided for in the 2018-2020 extension of the European Statistical Programme; 17. Calls on the Commission to continue the reform of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), in particular with regard to its task and responsibilities, thereby also strengthening the Union's influence in international accounting standard-