NEW EU ACCOUNTING RULES DIRECTIVES EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
May 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMPROVEMENTS in clarity and openness of annual and consolidated accounts for European Union (EU) businesses have been approved by the EU Council of Ministers, the latest of a series of transparency-seeking reforms to European company law directives. This latest change amends the fourth and seventh 'accounting' company law directives, and accounting directives for banks and insurers; it is designed, said a council statement, to "enhance confidence in the financial statements and annual reports published by EU companies". ...
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