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EC Statement: Michel Barnier comments on IMF report on financial-stability taxes

( April 21, 2010, 14:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The International Monetary Fund's pending report on banking-industry taxes to support financial stability is in line with the European Commission's plans, said Michel Barnier, internal market and services commissioner, in a statement prepared in response to questions from reporters today in Strasbourg, France. Barnier last weekend presented to European Union finance ministers the idea of having national governments raise crisis-resolution funds from levies on banks. (The comment follows in French.)Le FMI s'apprête à se prononcer dans le rapport qu'il doit remettre au G20, sur la question des contributions du secteur financier aux coûts associés aux interventions des gouvernements lors des crises financières....

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