Brussels, 12/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a public consultation exercise on its future strategy and priorities on statutory audit in relation to non-EU countries (known as 'third countries'), which will run until 5 March 2007. The 2006 Directive on Statutory Audit (2006/43/EC), which comes into force in 2008, applies not only to EU auditors and audit firms but also to audit firms from third countries (see Europe 9199). It requires third-country audit firms...