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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial services

Strong support from three European banking associations for ECB's Target2Securities programme

Brussels, 02/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Three pan-European banking associations, the European Banking Federation (EBF), the European Savings Banks Group (ESBG) and the European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB) have expressed 'strong support' for the European Central Bank (ECB)'s Target2Securities (T2S) programme, noting in a press release that T2S would bring 'substantial benefits to the market as a whole and to banks as users of settlement services'. T2S would establish a single entry...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Above all, Poland wants to define shared values - In support of banning abortion and homosexual propaganda
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(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EU defence ministers welcome start of troop withdrawal from Bosnia-Herzegovina
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(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: G4 talks in London and Geneva
(EU) EU/TRADE: Launch of investigation into granting of compulsory licences for recordable CDs in Taiwan
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Quito wants another panel to rule on its dispute with EU over bananas
(EU) EU/INDIA/AGRICULTURE: Ms Fischer Boel on “business trip” to India to promote high-quality European agricultural products
(EU) EU/JHA/PNR: Commission hopes to reach agreement with US within timescale
(EU) EP/JHA/UNITED STATES: Baroness Ludford calls on Council and Commission to respond to Mr Bellinger comments
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Sony/BMG joint-venture in recorded music sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/VISAS:
(EU) EP/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: European Parliament's legal department says Member States cannot join EPLA
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Strong support from three European banking associations for ECB's Target2Securities programme
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission publishes report on importance of polar regions for climate change and the environment
(EU) EU/CANADA: Canada calls for EU tuna fishing to be halved
(EU) EU/EQUALITY:
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(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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