Brussels, 27/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its annual report on EU banking structures, which reviews the main structural developments in the EU banking sector in 2005 and until mid-2006. The report, the fifth since 2002, was prepared by the Banking Supervision Committee of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It notes that there was a further decline in the number of credit institutions in 2005 (of 2.8% and 1.7% in the euro area and...