Brussels, 27/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - In the absence of Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, it was left to his Economic and Financial Affairs colleague Joaquin Almunia to present the state of progress of the code of conduct, which the clearing and settlement industry adhered to in November 2006 (see EUROPE 9301), to EU Finance Ministers. Peer Steinbrück, current President of the Ecofin Council, praised the Commission's “extraordinary” work.
Set up at the end of 2006, the...