The accounts of the Autorité des marchés financiers are prepared in accordance with the rules of the general chart of accounts. These may be adapted as proposed by the Chairman after consultation with the Board and approved by the Budget Minister.
The rates of depreciation and amortisation and the procedures for keeping inventories are laid down in the accounting and financial regulations.
The Accounting Officer draws up a financial account at the end of each financial year. The financial account comprises the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the notes to the financial statements, the trial balance at the end of the financial year, the table reconciling forecasts and actual figures and, where applicable, the balance of special accounts.
The financial account shall be prepared by the Accounting Officer and submitted by the President to the College, which shall hear the Accounting Officer. The financial account shall be approved by the College. The accounting officer shall produce the financial account and the accompanying documents by the end of the fourth month following the end of the financial year, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister responsible for the budget.
The annual report includes a presentation of the financial account and reproduces the profit and loss account and the balance sheet.