Press Release: Financial reporting: Commission proposes requirement for listed companies to use International Accounting Standards by 2005

On 13.2.01, the European Commissions presented a proposal for a Regulation that would require all EU companies listed on a regulated market, including banks and insurance companies, to prepare consolidated accounts in accordance with International Accounting Standards (IAS). This requirement would enter into force at the latest in 2005. Member States would have the option to extend this requirement to unlisted companies and to the production of individual accounts. The Regulation would help eliminate barriers to cross-border trading in securities by ensuring that company accounts throughout the EU are more transparent and can be more easily compared.

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