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European Union - 8th Company Law Directive
DIRECTIVE 2006/43/EC
 
Article 14
Approval of statutory auditors from other Member States
 
The competent authorities of the Member States shall establish procedures for the approval of statutory auditors who have been approved in other Member States.
 
Those procedures shall not go beyond a requirement to pass an aptitude test in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration (1).
 
The aptitude test, which shall be conducted in one of the languages permitted by the language rules applicable in the Member State concerned, shall cover only the statutory auditor's adequate knowledge of the laws and regulations of that Member State in so far as relevant to statutory audits.
 
(1) OJ L 19, 24.1.1989, p. 16. Directive as amended by Directive 2001/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJL 206, 31.7.2001, p. 1).
 

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