07/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 2 December, the Council formally adopted the "Transparency" directive defining the content and regularity of financial information which must be submitted by companies floated on the stock exchange. Political agreement was reached on the text last May (see EUROPE of 13 May), when the Council took up all of the European Parliament's first reading amendments. The definitive adoption of the directive had to...