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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10744

5 December 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) ecofin
Ministers back OLAF reform

Brussels, 04/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 4 December, EU27 finance ministers rubberstamped without debate an agreement with the European Parliament on boosting the investigatory powers of OLAF, the EU's anti-fraud office, along with OLAF cooperation with the member states, responsibility and independence. To ensure OLAF is effective and independent, the new rules give a longer, non-renewable term of office for its director general (seven years rather than the current five, which can...

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