The European Commission has warned that it will be months before it decides whether to support a radical overhaul of accounting rules on how banks and other financial institutions value their assets

A sweeping overhaul of financial supervision across Europe moved closer when the European Commission unveiled new rules it hoped would prevent a repeat of the worst financial crisis in decades

The European Commission will investigate the proposed German capital investment law for venture capital companies on concerns that it may breach EU state aid rules

The Rt Hon Baroness Ashton, for it is she yesterday formally announced her acceptance of he rules governing her appointment to the European Commission. SOLEMN UNDERTAKING BEFORE THE COURT OF JUSTICE BY A NEW MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Formal sitting of 2 February 2009 Following the resignation of Mr Peter Mandelson from his duties as a member of the European Commission, the Council of the E...

The European Commission has quickly published guidance on state aid to beleaguered financial institutions. The Communication from the Commission ‘The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis’ is available at: The timely Communication builds on the ECOFIN principles, and it tries to steer...

The European Commission plans to renew the limited exemption from standard competition rules that covers the sector, but it also wants to scrap the exemptions for two widespread practices

29th January 2009. The European Ombudsman has censured the European Commission over its failure to register the vast majority of its documents.

Brussels 05th May: Today Members of the European Parliament must go to a vote to prevent the European Commission from limiting public access to EU documents which it is required to do under its own laws.

The European Commission in Brussels says the €35bn in aid for the mortgage bank from Berlin is consistent with European rules

Despite its intensive work on state aid rules and decisions related to the financial and economic crisis, the Commission has launched two measures aiming at general state aid reform. The European Commission has published a State Aid Simplification Package, which consists of two parts. For a quick view, see press release State aid: Commission adopts Simplification Package to accelerate state aid de...