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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8872

22 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial services
Charlie McCreevy raises issue of IASB's political responsibility

Brussels, 21/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with The Financial Times of 17 January, Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, questioned the way accounting standard development currently works. “It seems to me that this system is very, very complicated. I hope we shall be able to find a better one”, he said. The lack of political responsibility on the part of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), as well as its method of...

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