Brussels, 07/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - After a brief meeting focussing mainly on energy taxation, the ECOFIN Council drew to a close on Tuesday afternoon in Brussels. As expected, it endorsed political agreement on the directive on market manipulation and insider dealing (see EUROPE of 3 May, p.7) and the directive on financial conglomerates (see below). The Council adopted a conclusions documents for the Latin American Summit on 17/18 May which EUROPE will be returning to.
Commissioner...