Subject to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements may be drawn up on a different date from that of the annual financial statements of the consolidating company if that date is used by the majority of the undertakings included in the consolidation for their parent company financial statements.
In this case, significant events affecting the assets or liabilities of the undertakings included in the consolidation and occurring between the closing date of their balance sheet and the closing date of the consolidated balance sheet are taken into account in the preparation of the consolidated accounts.
If the closing date of the financial year of an undertaking included in the consolidation is earlier or later than the closing date of the consolidation financial year by more than three months, these are drawn up on the basis of interim accounts audited by a statutory auditor or, if there is none, by a professional auditor.