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The accountancy ghosts of the past, present and future

  • RPC
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 19 2011

Hardly a week has passed during 2011 without audit in the headlines

Proposed European legislation

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • September 19 2011

The commissioner for the internal market, Michel Barnier, recently outlined the steps he is proposing to take in legislation scheduled for this November, dealing with flaws in the audit market

New rules for auditors in Europe

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • March 30 2011

Michel Barnier, EU Internal Market Commissioner, has announced that new rules are likely to be introduced to clarify the auditor's role following the financial crisis

EC green paper consultation “audit policy lessons from the crisis”

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • November 22 2010

The European Commission has published the above consultation, which aims to clarify and explore the lessons from the economic crisis in relation to the audit process

Akzo Nobel ECJ judgment

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • September 14 2010

Handing down its decision in the appeal of the Akzo Nobel case today, the European Court of Justice has determined that legal professional privilege does not and should not extend to communications between in-house counsel and their business clients in EU Commission competition investigations

Rome I

  • RPC
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  • European Union
  • -
  • May 14 2010

On 17 December 2009, Regulation 5932008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations, known as 'Rome I', came into effect

European Commission adopts changes to mitigate consequences of financial turmoil

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • December 31 2008

Following unanimous consent of Member States, the Commission has adopted amendments to accounting standards

EU Recommendation on limitation of liability

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • August 19 2008

The European Commission has issued a Recommendation concerning the limitation of auditors’ liability

Akzo Nobel Chemicals Limited and Akcros Chemicals Limited v Commission

  • RPC
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  • European Union
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  • June 30 2008

In February 2003, the European Commission carried out a dawn raid of Akzo Nobel and Akcros Chemicals (the applicants) seeking evidence of anticompetitive behaviour

Claims issues drive network decisions

  • RPC
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  • European Union, USA
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  • May 30 2008

In April 2008, the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) published its study, Trans-National Organisations and Practices within the Accountancy Profession