Instruction No. 26/2001 on the Year-End Documents to be Transmitted by the Regional Stock Exchange and the Central Depository / Settlement Bank to the Regional Council

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

INSTRUCTION NO. 26/2001 ON THE YEAR-END DOCUMENTS TO BE TRANSMITTED BY THE REGIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE AND THE CENTRAL DEPOSITORY / SETTLEMENT BANK TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL _________________________ Having regard to the Convention of 3 July 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 said Convention, concerning the Composition, Organization, Operation and Functions of the Regional Council; Having regard to the General Regulations on the Organization, Operation and Supervision of the Regional Financial Market of the UMOA, adopted by Decision No. 001/97 of the Council of Ministers on 28 November 1997, particularly Articles 12 to 22 thereof; Having regard to Instructions No. 2/97 and 3/97 of the Regional Council; Having regard to the deliberations of the Regional Council at its session on 27 March 2001;

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ADOPTS:

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

1. the audited annual financial statements certified by statutory auditors approved by the Regional Council, including the balance sheet, income statement and annexed statements;
2. the general report and the special report of the statutory auditors;
3. the annual management report containing elements to assess the evolution of activities and financial position, future prospects and forecast accounts of the company;
4. the minutes of the ordinary general meeting approving the financial statements for the fiscal year.

Article 2:
The documents referred to in Article 1 must reach the Regional Council within thirty (30) days following the date of holding the ordinary general meetings of the Regional Stock Exchange and the Central Depository / Settlement Bank, which are called upon to approve their fiscal year accounts.
Article 3
This Instruction shall be published.
Done in Abidjan, on 27 March 2001
For the Regional Council
The President
Lassana M. SACKO