Under a forthcoming EU directive, any financial conglomerate operating within the Union will have to choose a main EU regulator who will be responsible for global supervision of the firm.
And the EU's forthcoming Bank Accounts Directive is also aimed at increasing the transparency of bank fees and charges so customers can easily compare accounts and switch providers, including across borders.
It was therefore very pleasing to hear that a forthcoming European Union (EU) directive included a section specifically stating that decisions by ethics committees should be given in less than 60 days for new protocols and 35 days for protocol amendments.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official and author of the forthcoming novel, "The Apocalypse Directive".
The President's forthcoming global development policy directive will support investment in game-changing innovation for health, green energy, agriculture, and other development applications.
Meanwhile, smaller firms go begging for partners.Just as big a worry is the precedent that the takeover directive sets for forthcoming reforms.
Sometimes the directives appear linked to forthcoming diplomatic obligations of the secretary of state.
Regarding the transparency of the oversight process, the ICAC releases an annual report, which includes a summary of the quality controls conducted in the previous year, along with forthcoming work programs (following art. 32 Directive 2006/43/EC).
In essence, this was Mr. Dopp's account: Mr. Spitzer, who was interviewed by Mr. Soares's staff while he was still governor, denied that he directed the gathering and release of documents about Mr. Bruno's use of state aircraft (although Mr. Spitzer said he gave an "overarching directive" that his administration should be forthcoming when responding to requests from the press).
But the European commission's daft proposal for a financial transactions tax was an important warning against complacency in this respect, and the coming months will be critical, not least because of the forthcoming review of the market in financial instruments directive.
