Brussels, 23/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The ambassadors of the member states to the European Union (Coreper) on Thursday 23 July definitively approved the following five legislative acts in the field of financial services: - regulation on the registration and supervision of credit ratings agencies (EUROPE 9883); - directive modifying the directive "Basel II", introducing a minimum rate of 5% of secured assets which banks must keep on their own balance sheets (EUROPE 9896); - the directive on...