12. Stresses that auditing of accounts and disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies are vital to the sound functioning of the internal market, and that new technologies such as electronic reporting formats (e.g. XBRL) should make it possible to meet disclosure requirements economically, efficiently and swiftly; welcomes, with a view to the simplification of the First and Eleventh Company Law Directives, the aim of reducing disclosure requirements; underlines, however, that, as with other simplification measures, disclosure requirements should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by means of concrete, individual simplificati ...[+++]on measures based on thorough impact assessments; suggests that exemptions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro entities should focus on reducing administrative burdens and costs, but should not jeopardise justifiable information needs or access to finance opportunities; encourages sharing of best practices on the simplification and implementation of Community rules;

12. Stresses that auditing of accounts and disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies are vital to the sound functioning of the internal market, and that new technologies such as electronic reporting formats (e.g. XBRL) should make it possible to meet disclosure requirements economically, efficiently and swiftly; welcomes, with a view to the simplification of the First and Eleventh Company Law Directives, the aim of reducing disclosure requirements; underlines, however, that, as with other simplification measures, disclosure requirements should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by means of concrete, individual simplificati ...[+++]on measures based on thorough impact assessments; suggests that exemptions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro entities should focus on reducing administrative burdens and costs, but should not jeopardise justifiable information needs or access to finance opportunities; encourages sharing of best practices on the simplification and implementation of Community rules;

12. Stresses that auditing of accounts and disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies are vital to the sound functioning of the internal market, and that new technologies such as electronic reporting formats (e.g. XBRL) should make it possible to meet disclosure requirements economically, efficiently and swiftly; welcomes, with a view to the simplification of the First and Eleventh Company Law Directives, the aim of reducing disclosure requirements; however, underlines that, as with other simplification measures, disclosure requirements should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by means of concrete, individual simplificatio ...[+++]n measures based on thorough impact assessments; suggests that exemptions for SMEs and micro-entities should focus on reducing administrative burdens and costs, but should not jeopardise justifiable information needs;

the level of detail in the regulation of advertising.

the level of detail in the regulation of advertising.

Further changes were introduced by the change in scope of Directive on misleading and comparative advertising[5] and the repeal of the Directive 87/102/EEC on consumer credits.