19/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Approving its rapporteur, Piia Kauppi (EPP, Finland), the EP approved the updating of the regulation on the European accounts system, by introducing certain changes at EU level in the practices of national accounts, approved at the international level (United Nations). The Parliament amended the text so that the effect of swaps and forward rate agreements (FRA) will be taken into consideration in the future, at a time of the assessment of the situation of public...