login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9581

17 January 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/consumers
Parliament gives green light to adoption of directive promoting informed consumer choice on integrated credit market

Brussels, 16/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The will of the European Parliament to reach an agreement on the proposed directive aiming to harmonise the rules on consumer credit within the EU triumphed, on 16 January, over the reservations of the EPP-ED group which, on the day before, had been jeopardising the chances of adoption for the compromise so patiently negotiated with the Council (see the plenary debate in EUROPE 9580). In the end flexibility on compensation for banks or lending bodies in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS