09/03/2018 (Agence Europe) – As announced (see EUROPE 11961), the Council of the EU officially postponed from February to October 2018 the application deadline for the directive on the distribution of insurance products, on the sidelines of the Justice Council of Friday 9 March. Readers may recall that the new rules were supposed to enter into force on 23 February of this year. The European Parliament approved the modifying directive on 1 March (see EUROPE 11930). (MF)