LIBERALISATION SURVEY
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLBRITISH accountants are the second most lightly regulated in the European Union (EU), with their Danish colleagues having the most freedom according to a European Commission-funded survey, promoting liberalisation in Europe's professions. Belgium, Austria and Germany - where heavy regulation is often favoured - have the union's most tightly restricted accountancy professions. Under a statistical indices developed by the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Belgian accountants have the top regulation burden of 6.3, while the laissez-faire Danes ...
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