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04/03/2014

• Commission adopts new standards to increase transparency over bankers' pay and risk profiles European Press release Brussels, 4 March 2014 Commission The European Commission has today adopted Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on criteria to identify categories of staff whose professional activities have a material impact on an institution's risk profile (so-called ‘material risk takers’).

• Final "simplification scoreboard": 120 measures to cut red tape on EU funding European Commission Press release Brussels, 4 March 2014 The Commission has adopted its Final Simplification Scoreboard: over 120 measures to simplify the EU funding rules for Europe's businesses, towns, regions, scientists and NGOs.

• Commissioner Andris Piebalgs announces new EU support for the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda European Commission Press release Brussels, 4 March 2014 European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will announce €620 million of new EU support to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and €460 million for Rwanda for the period 2014-2020, during a visit to the Great Lakes region in Central Africa together...

• Europe more innovative but regional differences persist     European Commission Press release Brussels, 4 March 2014 Europe is closing its innovation gap with the United States and Japan but differences in performance between EU Member States are still high and diminishing only slowly.

• European Account Preservation Order: Ministers endorse Commission proposal to help business recover cross-border debts Commission MEMO Brussels, 4 March 2014 European New EU rules which will make it easier for companies to recover claims across borders have taken a big step towards adoption. Member States in the Justice Council today endorsed the compromise agreement on those rules reached with the European Parliament just a...