Governance and accounts

This subtopic contains the following guidance on EU level rules relating to governance and accounts:

Accounts and reporting

  1. Practice Note: EU Accounting Directive—summary of main provisions—provides an overview of the main provisions of Directive 2013/34/EU, the EU Accounting Directive

  2. Practice Note: EU mandatory corporate sustainability reporting—covers the key mandatory EU reporting regimes requiring companies to report on sustainability and environmental social governance (ESG) matters linked to their business development, performance, and value chain as well as the environmental and social impacts of their business activities. The Practice Note covers the non-financial reporting requirements of the EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU), as amended by the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (Directive 2014/95/EU), and the sustainability reporting requirements applicable from 2024 onwards pursuant to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2464) and mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772). It also covers the linked corporate reporting requirements under the EU Taxonomy Regulation and due diligence obligations created by the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The requirements covered in this Practice Note will be relevant to practitioners

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EU adopts regulation streamlining financial services reporting requirements

The European Parliament and Council have adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/… of 8 October 2025 amending Regulations (EU) No 1092/2010, (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 806/2014, (EU) 2021/523 and (EU) 2024/1620 regarding reporting requirements in financial services and investment support (otherwise known as the Better Data Sharing Regulation). The regulation introduces new information sharing obligations between EU financial authorities including the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), Single Resolution Board (SRB), European Central Bank (ECB) and the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), implementing a 'report once' principle whereby authorities must request information from other authorities rather than directly from financial institutions where possible. The regulation requires European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to prepare a feasibility study for a cross-sectoral integrated reporting system within 60 months, establish a permanent single contact point for reporting duplicative requirements, and grants authorities discretionary powers to share anonymised information with researchers for innovation purposes. The regulation also changes InvestEU Programme reporting frequency from biannual to annual and mandates authorities to review and propose removal of redundant reporting requirements within 24 months.

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