On 28 April 2014, the European Commission announced that it had adopted five equivalence decisions which confirm that the rules in Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, Mexico and Singapore are equivalent to the EU rules on credit rating agencies. Credit rating agencies in those countries will be able to apply for EU certification so that their ratings can be used by EU financial institutions for regulatory purposes. The European Commission adopted equivalence decisions for the US, Canada and Australia in October 2012.

The announcement and provisional text of the decisions is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/rating-agencies/index_en.htm.

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