Brussels, 01/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Friday's meeting of the Accounting Regulatory Committee, the Member States had to take position on the adoption of a controversial accounting standard, IAS39, which will in theory apply from January 2005 to the 7,000 European companies which are floated on the stock exchange. The Commission hoped to reach a large majority within the Committee, as at recent sessions only the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark opposed the solution it put forward. This...