Brussels, 04/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 3 July, the European Parliament plenary session approved changes to the operating rules for OLAF (the European anti-fraud office) unveiled by the European Commission in March 2011 after seven years of work and a compromise deal endorsed by the Council of Ministers in first reading in December 2012 (see EUROPE 10744), but did not amend the compromise to grant OLAF greater powers vis-a-vis closed investigations.
The changes are...