19/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - Guardian of the US Treasury, the SEC or Securities and Exchange Commission, which is the United States' federal organisation for the control and regulation of financial markets, published a “black list” on its internet site on 28 June, composed of companies that have business links with countries on the State Department's list of countries that support terrorism. On its website, the SEC points out that the US authorities consider Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria as rebel states. In its annual report 2006, the SEC also gives the names of European companies active in each of these countries: HSBC, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Credit Suisse Group, HSBC Holdings, Reuters Group PLC/ADR, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Telecom Italia SA, Unilever N.V., Unilever Plc, ABN AMRO Holding NV, Aktiebolaget Volvo, Benetton Group S.p.A., BP Plc, Deutsche bank Aktiengesellschaft, Fiat S.p.A., Air France-KLM, and Cadbury Schweppes Public Ltd Co. (bc)