40. Calls on authorities to investigate serious allegations of corruption in the mining sector and to prosecute, freeze funds or refuse to allow transactions to proceed where appropriate; calls for assessments of corruption risks to include looking at the process of asset confiscation, and the resale of confiscated assets, the involvement of individuals or companies as intermediaries in ‘flipping concessions’ (particularly where these intermediaries have known relationships with the governing authorities), the sale of assets at under value, and the sale of assets without tender (particularly where the assets are of key economic importan ...[+++]ce or where tenders are otherwise the norm); calls on authorities to ensure that the end-buyers of these assets are held accountable for the intermediaries they have partnered with;

40. Calls on authorities to investigate serious allegations of corruption in the mining sector and to prosecute, freeze funds or refuse to allow transactions to proceed where appropriate; calls for assessments of corruption risks to include looking at the process of asset confiscation, and the resale of confiscated assets, the involvement of individuals or companies as intermediaries in ‘flipping concessions’ (particularly where these intermediaries have known relationships with the governing authorities), the sale of assets at under value, and the sale of assets without tender (particularly where the assets are of key economic importan ...[+++]ce or where tenders are otherwise the norm); calls on authorities to ensure that the end-buyers of these assets are held accountable for the intermediaries they have partnered with;

18. Approves the European Council's decision to allow more flexibility in applying fair value rules given the current 'exceptional market circumstances'; points out, however, that there is a need to tackle in the future the series of weaknesses relating to the way different accounting systems set a value on assets on balance sheets and to address more generally the issue of the market volatility created by the current system of 'fair value';

19. Welcomes the proposal of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for the valuation of hedge fund portfolios and looks forward to its widespread introduction; notes that the valuation of illiquid assets is currently work in progress;

In the cases referred to in the second and third indents of the first subparagraph, in choosing a prudent rate of interest, account may be taken of the currency in which the contract is denominated and corresponding assets currently held and where the undertaking's assets are valued at their current value, the anticipated yield on future assets.

There are valuation rules for assets, financial fixed assets, securities held by credit institutions, transferable securities, loans and advances, variable-yield securities*, and assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency.