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Aug. 7, 2019

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Updated: July 9, 2012 (Initial publication: July 3, 2012)

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After an assessment critical rating agencies, on their role in the crisis, on the concentrated nature of the market of the notation, the report published on 18 June 2012 by the French Senate proposes a series of action to "detoxify" the system. It indicates with the same voluntarism that there is no fatality, it proposes that central banks resumed their role more firmly, that the States publish a call for tenders to encourage the emergence of a new European private actor to which the methodology will be imposed, we diversified the notes, we disciplined " ex-post" agencies by the game of responsibility, that we loosened the power of the agencies on the democratic entities, including States, that can prevent conflicts of interest.

Updated: May 10, 2010 (Initial publication: May 7, 2010)

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Updated: March 28, 2011 (Initial publication: March 11, 2011)

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David J. Dickinson is an Attorney-Advisor for the Office of Transportation and Air Quality within the Office of Air and Radiation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC. He received his J.D from George Washington University, National Law Center in Washington, D.C., and his B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Updated: Sept. 25, 2012 (Initial publication: Feb. 12, 2010)

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The European Directive of September 16th 2009 introduces a clear definition of electronic money and establishes a new prudential supervisory regime of the business of electronic money institutions.

Aug. 9, 2012

01. French constitutional Council

Updated: May 1, 2010 (Initial publication: Feb. 8, 2010)

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Updated: April 16, 2010 (Initial publication: April 12, 2010)

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Updated: May 20, 2010 (Initial publication: May 6, 2010)

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On April 27, 2010, the European Parliament’s Committee for Health voted to introduce an amendment to the European Commission’s ‘Pharmacovigilance and Prescription Medicine Package’, which would introduce a strict regime for online prescription medicine sellers.

Updated: Feb. 8, 2011 (Initial publication: Feb. 2, 2011)

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