# Credit rating agencies

European Parliament procedure 2008/0217(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 6th term, committee ECON / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 375 committee amendments tabled by 19 Members between 2009-02-17 and 2009-02-18.

## What the amendments focus on

This legislative dossier establishes rules on credit rating agencies. Amendments revise recitals on ratings used by investors, borrowers, issuers and governments, the location of agencies outside the Community, the use of third-country ratings through an endorsement or equivalence regime, and the agencies' failure to reflect worsening market conditions, with some treating sovereign debt rating as a public good and a possible European public rating agency.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon BOWLES | United Kingdom | ALDE | 92 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33570.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 75 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Jana BOBOŠÍKOVÁ | Czechia | NI | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28359.md |
| Ivo STREJČEK | Czechia | ECR | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28320.md |
| Ieke van den BURG | Netherlands | PSE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4483.md |
| Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO | Spain | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28295.md |
| Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN | Finland | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40599.md |
| John PURVIS | United Kingdom | PPE-DE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/729.md |
| Werner LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1928.md |
| Kurt Joachim LAUK | Germany | PPE-DE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28222.md |
| Gianni PITTELLA | Italy | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4436.md |
| Jean-Paul GAUZÈS | France | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28193.md |
| Sahra WAGENKNECHT | Germany | GUE/NGL | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28250.md |
| Margaritis SCHINAS | Greece | PPE-DE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39315.md |
| Bilyana Ilieva RAEVA | Bulgaria | ALDE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38600.md |

## Official source documents

- PE420.151: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-420.151+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE420.203: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-420.203+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE420.206: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-420.206+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE420.208: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-420.208+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0217-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0217-COD.json

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