Instruction No. 26/2001 on End-of-Year Documents to be Transmitted to the Regional Council

WEST AFRICAN MONETARY UNION
REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC SAVINGS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS

INSTRUCTION NO. 26/2001 ON END-OF-YEAR DOCUMENTS THAT THE REGIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES AND THE CENTRAL DEPOSITORY / SETTLEMENT BANK MUST TRANSMIT TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ______ Having regard to the Convention of July 3, 1996 establishing the Regional Council for Public Savings and Financial Markets, hereinafter referred to as the Regional Council, Having regard to Article 25 of the Annex to the said Convention, concerning the Composition, Organization, Operation and Powers of the Regional Council, Having regard to the General Regulations relating to the Organization, Operation and Control of the Regional Financial Market of the UMOA, adopted by decision No. 001/97 of the Council of Ministers of November 28, 1997, particularly its Articles 12 to 22, Having regard to Instructions 2/97 and 3/97 of the Regional Council, Having regard to the deliberations of the Regional Council at its session of March 27, 2001, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DECIDES:

Article 1:
The Regional Stock Exchange of Securities and the Central Depository / Settlement Bank shall annually transmit to the Regional Council the following documents:

1. the annual financial statements certified by auditors approved by the Regional Council, including the balance sheet, income statement and supplementary notes;
2. the general report and the special report of the auditors;
3. the annual management report containing the elements allowing an assessment of the evolution of the activity and financial situation, future prospects and the company's forecast accounts;
4. the minutes of the deliberations of the ordinary general meeting approving the accounts of the financial year.

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Article 2:
The documents referred to in Article 1 must reach the Regional Council within thirty (30) days following the date of the holding of the ordinary general meetings of the Regional Stock Exchange of Securities and the Central Depository / Settlement Bank called upon to approve the accounts of their financial year.

Article 3
This instruction shall be published.
Done in Abidjan, on March 27, 2001
For the Regional Council
The President
Lassana M. SACKO