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ECOFIN Council expected to reach political agreement on two draft financial services directives

Brussels, 23/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - At the ECOFIN Council of Tuesday 27 March, EU finance ministers will be focussing on two pieces of draft legislation on financial services. Unless something spectacular happens at the last minute, they are expected to reach agreement in principle on the draft directive amending criteria and procedures for the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increased stakes in companies in the financial sector (see Europe 9263) and preliminary agreement on the...

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(EU) EU/ECOFIN: ECOFIN Council expected to reach political agreement on two draft financial services directives
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(EU) EU/US/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs goes to Washington to enhance bilateral contacts on energy and climate
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(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission brings several infringement procedures
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission brings infringement procedures for barriers to free movement of goods
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(EU) EP/ACP: Study report invites Commission to be more flexible toward ACP concerns on economic partnership agreements
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(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Günter Verheugen speaking to environment committee confident of industry's capacity to respond to environmental and climate challenges
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Consumer protection committee supports roaming opt-in
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Positive welcome from “culture” committee to draft consolidated directive on television without frontiers
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Commission presents its European communication strategy to Parliament
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Glavakis's report slightly relaxes conditions for granting financial support for modernising fishing vessels
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Duarte Freitas Report increases aid for supplying fishery products from remote regions by €2 million
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(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sends Greece back to Court of Justice for failure to adopt new framework for broadcasting service
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to Thrane and Thrane's acquisition of Nera
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(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislation published in Official Journal
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