Weekly update of EU Regulatory news for FEE Members
IESBA Proposes Change to Code of Ethics Definition of Those Charged with Governance: The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has released for public exposure a Proposed Change to the Definition of “Those Charged with Governance” in the IESBA Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code).
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Review of IFRS 8: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) began the public part of its review of IFRS 8 Operating Segments by publishing for comment a Request for Information on the effect of implementing the standard. The review seeks feedback on whether the standard is functioning as intended, as well as more practical information on the challenges and costs associated with implementing the standard. The Request for Information is open for comment until 16 November 2012.
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European SME Week 15 - 21 October 2012: Coordinated by the European Commission, the campaign of the European SME Week promotes enterprise across Europe in line with the
Small Business Act for Europe. It aims to provide information on what the EU and national, regional and local authorities are offering as support to micro, small and medium-sized businesses. To learn more about the European SME Week,
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OECD releases reports on automatic exchange and tax confidentiality: Furthering its efforts to strengthen international tax co-operation, the OECD has issued two new reports on automatic exchange and tax confidentiality. The report on automatic exchange of information,
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Events
FEE Conference - Corporate reporting of the future, Brussels, Tuesday, 18 September 2012: Don’t miss out this unique opportunity and help shape how business will report in the future! This high level conference will bring European decision makers and relevant stakeholders including preparers, users, analysts, global standard setters and regulators together to discuss the future of corporate reporting. As places are limited, attendance is upon invitation only. Should you be interested in attending, please submit your interest indicating your name, title and organisation to
conference@fee.be. The draft programme is now available from the FEE website:
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2nd UEAPME European SME Convention on 1 October 2012 - registrations are open: With the support of the European Commission, UEAPME will organise its 2nd “European SME Convention” in Brussels on 1 October 2012. The aim is to take stock of the financial proposals of the European Commission for the 2014-2020 programming period on cohesion policy, on the “Horizon 2020” programme for R&D and innovation and on the “COSME” programme for the competitiveness of SMEs.
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5th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, 4 – 6 October 2012, Berlin:The Conference will focus on the future of CSR by exploring whether more collaboration between relevant global entities can bring more consistency across different institutions. About 100 international representatives from science, business, politics and governmental as well as non-governmental organisations will gather in Berlin to discuss the role and impact of CSR on corporate, manager and stakeholder behaviour.
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