Brussels, 25/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has proposed to the Council and Parliament amending the European Accounting directive (fourth and seventh directives on "company law"). It would be a question of introducing the possibility for companies to include in their balance sheets certain assets and liabilities "at their fair value" (current market value), as opposed to their "historic value" (ie. initial purchasing cost). This possibility aims to enable EU companies to...