Press Release: Minister for Trade and Commerce raises serious reservations over EU proposals for treatment of new accounting standard

The Irish Minister for Trade and Commerce, Michael Ahern, on 1 September 2004, expressed his concerns about the proposed treatment, by the European Commission, of a new accounting standard (IAS 39) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the independent accounting standards body.

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Ireland: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Consultation Paper C/2004/01 http://www.odce.ie/en/media_consultation_notices_article.aspx?article=6a35846f-2bcb-4fad-ac34-98fd6fc700ff

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