Brussels, 08/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - In the early evening of Tuesday 9 April, the Irish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers and representatives of the European Parliament are due to meet to try and reach agreement on the revised EU accounting directives.
The new rules will include transparency requirements similar to those in force in the United States on payments made by the European extractive industry to the governments of countries outside the EU (see EUROPE 10793). The EP and...