26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Adopting a report on Tuesday 24 March 2009 by Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP-ED, Finland) by 550 to 14 with 32 abstentions, the European Parliament approved a recommendation by the European Central Bank (ECB|) for a Council regulation on the collection of statistics by the ECB (consultation procedure). The ECB's recommendation amends Regulation 2533/98/EC of 23 November 1998 to update the collection of statistics through the two networks of statistics collecting bodies,...