Oversight Boards
Following the Enron scandal some countries removed or limited auditors' rights to self-regulation and set up independent, not-for-profit organisations to regulate the conduct of auditors. (In the EU it is compulsory to have a dedicated supervisory authority, cf. 8th European Directive).
- International
- The Public Interest Oversight Board provides oversight of the standards-setting bodies within the International Federation of Accountants
- France
- Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes (HCCC)
- Germany
- German Auditor Oversight Commission (in German: APAK)
- Ireland
- Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
- United Kingdom
- Professional Oversight Board
- United States
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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