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12/11/2008 | Rating Agencies
Commission adopts proposal to regulate credit rating agencies

This proposal is part of a package of proposals of reform to deal with the financial crisis situation. The new rules are designed to ensure that credit ratings to be used in the EU are independent, objective and of the highest quality…

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15/10/2008 | Banking
Commission sets out proposal to increase minimum protection for bank deposits to €100,000

The new rules are designed to improve depositor protection and to maintain the confidence of depositors in the financial safety net...

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15/10/2008 | Accounting
Accounting standards: Commission adopts amendments to mitigate consequences of financial turmoil

The changes to the accounting standards are intended to mitigate the consequences of the recent turbulence in financial markets. These amendments ensure that EU companies have the same flexibility as their American competitors to reclassify assets held-for-trading into the held-to-maturity category...

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18/11/2008 | Auditing
  Audit firms: Commission consults on ways to help create more market players
17/11/2008 | Single Market News
  The German and French version of issue 51 are on line
17/11/2008 | Speech of C. McCreevy
  Prudential Supervision in an Integrated Market
17/11/2008 | Speech of C. McCreevy
  The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
14/11/2008 | Accounting
  European Securities Committee votes to grant "equivalence" in relation to third country GAAPs
13/11/2008 | Speech of C. McCreevy
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13/11/2008 | Speech of C. McCreevy
  Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
05/11/2008 | Securities
  First meeting of the working party on derivatives
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