Brussels, 21/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - Beside the points raised in yesterday's EUROPE (pages 7 to 10), Tuesday's Ecofin Council in Brussels tackled the following subjects:
Accounting standards: Commissioner Frits Bolkestein summed up negotiations underway on international accounting standards IAS 32 and 39, highly controversial standards applicable to financial instruments. During a dinner in Brussels on Monday evening, he met the representative of the International Accounting Standards...