14/09/2009
Auditing of accounts: EU proposes cooperation agreements with Canada, Japan and Switzerland
The European Commission on 11 September unveiled a draft resolution which, recognizing the adequation of the relevant authorities in member countries in compliance with the directive related to legal review of accounts, would allow member states to exchange audit documents with Canada, Japan, and Switzerland. The adequation clause grants the ability for authorities of a country outside the European Union to meet requirements set out by article 47 of the directive on legal control of accounts, and then to conclude reciprocal agreements over the operational details with supervisory audit organisations in member states for an exchange, between qualified authorities, of audit documents or other pertinent documents, so long as they preserve the confidentiality of all documents of this type which the non-EU government authority would receive from EU member states.
