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05.02.2010 | Auditing
The European Commission gives green light to the co-operation of Member States with Canada, Japan and Switzerland on the exchange of audit working papers

The European Commission adopted today a decision recognising the adequacy of the auditor oversight systems in Canada, Japan and Switzerland. This will enable the exchange of audit working papers between the EU Member States' oversight authorities and their Canadian, Japanese and Swiss counterparts...

Read more:  Press release | Decision
13.01.2010 | Commissioner-designate M. Barnier
Hearing before the European Parliament

On 13 January the European Parliament held a public hearing with Michel Barnier, the new Commissioner-designate for Internal Market and Services. Kick-starting the internal market and better regulating the financial services sector were the main points elaborated upon by Michel Barnier...

Read more:  Summary | Speeches | Press briefingVideostreaming European Parliament website
09.12.2009 | Professional qualifications
Commission provides improved information and guidance on how EU rules work in practice

The European Commission has published a scoreboard offering an overview of where Member States stand in implementing the Professional Qualifications Directive into national law, as well as a "user’s guide" allowing citizens to find responses to their questions about how the Directive works...

Read more:  Press release | Scoreboard | User's guide
Single Market Award 2009
Here you can find video extracts from European Commission press conferences and public events concerning the Single Market.



Single Market Award 2009
First Single Market Award goes to a Portuguese citizen.

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MORE NEWS   ON THE AGENDA
01.02.2010|Banking
  Banking Expert Group – call for expressions of interest
28.01.2010|Infringements
  Multiple press releases
15.01.2010|Retail financial services
  Commission consults on a study on tying and other potentially unfair commercial practices
07.01.2010|Financial Services
  Commission publishes European Financial Integration Report on 2009
18.12.2009|Single Market News
  Single Markets News Issue 56 is online
17.12.2009|Single Market News
  The German and French version of issue 55 are on line
14.12.2009|Intellectual Property Rights
  Member States and the Commission mobilise to fight counterfeiting and piracy
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08.02.2010
  Conference on International Developments in Accounting and Auditing
19.03.2010
  Banking: Conference on Cross-border Crisis Management
22.03.2010
  Conference: “The State of Play in Implementation of the Services Directive”, Brussels PDF
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  Forthcoming consultations / hearings PDF
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