Any natural or legal person who is a trader must make an accounting record of movements affecting the assets and liabilities of his business. These movements are recorded chronologically.
It must check by inventory, at least once every twelve months, the existence and value of the assets and liabilities of the company’s assets.
It must draw up annual accounts at the close of the financial year in the light of the accounting records and the inventory. These annual accounts comprise the balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes to the accounts, which form an indivisible whole.