L 28328 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.10.2001 DIRECTIVE 2001/65/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 September 2001 amending Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC and 86/635/EEC as regards the valuation rules for the annual and consolidated accounts of certain types of companies as well as of banks and other financial institutions THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2)(g), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (%), Whereas: (1)  Article 32 of the Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 on the annual accounts of certain types of companies (%) requires the items shown in the annual accounts to be valued on the basis of the principle of purchase price or production cost. (2)  Article 33 of Directive 78/660/EEC authorises Member States to permit or require companies to revalue certain assets, to value certain assets at replacement cost or to apply other methods that take into account the effects of inflation on the items shown in the annual accounts. (3)  Article 29 of the Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 on consolidated accounts (°) requires assets and liabilities to be included in consolidated accounts to be valued in accordance with Articles 31 to 42 and Article 60 of Directive 78/660/EEC. (4)  Article 1 of Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consol- idated accounts of banks and other financial institu- tions (°) requires assets and liabilities to be valued in accordance with Articles 31 to 42 of Directive 78/ 660/EEC, except when Directive 86/635/EEC provides otherwise. (5 The annual and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings are prepared in accordance with Council Directive 91/674/EEC of 19 December 1991 on the () O] C 311, 31.10.2000, p. 1. () O] C 268, 19.9.2000, p. 1. (’) Opinion of the European Parliament of 15 May 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 30 May 2001. () OJ L 222, 14.8.1978, p. 11. Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/60/EC (O] L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 65). () OJ L 193, 18.7.1983, p. 1. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. () O] L 372, 31.12.1986, p. 1. annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings (7). The amendments to Directives 78| 660/EEC and 83/349/EEC do not concern the provisions of Directive 91/674/EEC, but the Commission may bring forward similar proposals to amend that Directive after having consulted the relevant advisory committee. (6)  The dynamic nature of international financial markets has resulted in the widespread use of not only traditional primary financial instruments such as shares and bonds, but also various forms of derivative financial instru- ments such as futures, options, forward contracts and swaps. (7)  Leading accounting standard setters in the world are moving away from the historical cost model for the valuation of these financial instruments towards a model of fair value accounting. (8)  The Communication of the Commission on Accounting harmonisation: a new strategy vis-a-vis international harmonisation called for the European Union to work to maintain consistency between Community accounting directives and developments in international accounting standard setting, in particular within the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC). (9)  In order to maintain such consistency between interna- tionally recognised accounting standards and Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC and 86/635[EEC, it is neces- sary to amend these Directives in order to allow for certain financial assets and liabilities to be valued at fair value. This will enable European companies to report in conformity with current international developments. (10)  This amendment to Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC and 86[635[/EEC is in line with the Commission's communication to the European Parliament and the Council of 13 June 2000 on the EU financial reporting strategy which proposes the use of recognised inter- national accounting standards for the preparation of consolidated financial statements by listed companies. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the applica- tion of the international accounting standard dealing with the recognition and measurement of financial instruments. () O] L 374, 31.12.1991, p. 7.