Links on Corporate Governance

European Union

• Commission/DG Internal Market: Directors’ Remuneration
• Commission/DG Internal Market: Independent Directors and Board Committees
• Commission/DG Internal Market: European Corporate Governance Forum
• Eul-Lex: Communication Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union - A Plan to Move Forward, Com (2003) 284 final [FR] [DE] (May 2003)
• Commission: Memo Action Plan on “Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union” [FR] [DE] (21 May 2003)
• DG Internal Market: Synthesis of the responses to the commission’s communication (Nov. 2003)
• Commission, DG Internal Market: Company Law and Corporate Governance [FR] [DE]
• Winter Group Report: A modern regulatory framework for company law in Europe (November 2002)
• Commission: Press release 4 November 2002
• Winter Group: A Modern Regulatory Framework for Company Law in Europe: A Consultative Document of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts (April 2002)
• Winter Group: Report of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts on Issues Related to Takeover Bids (January 2002)
• Commission: Comparative Study of Corporate Governance Codes Relevant to the European Union and its Member States (March 2002)
• Commission: Discussion of Individual Corporate Governance Codes (March 2002)
• DG ECOFIN: Issues in Corporate Governance (March 2004)
• Parliament :OEIL: Company Law Perspectives in the European Union
• Parliament: Draft report on the Communication Modernising company law and enhancing corporate governance in the European Union [Report MEP Fiorella Ghilardotti] (March 2004)

Governments

• Belgium: Report of the Belgian Commission on Corporate Finance (1998)
• Germany: German Panel on Corporate Governance-Corporate Governance Rules for Quoted German Companies (January 2000)
• UK: Hamper Report - Committee on Corporate Governance Final Report (January 1998)
• UK: Cadbury Commission-Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance (December 1992)
• United States: Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection (2002)
• India: Report of the Task Force on Corporate Excellence through Governance (2000), Dept.of Company Affairers, Govt of India
• India: Report of the Committee on Regulation of Private Companies and Partnerships Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs Government of India (2003).

International Organisations

• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): Corporate Governance
• World Council for Corporate Governance (WCFCG): website
• Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF): website
• OECD: Principles of Corporate Governance (Revised -January 2004)
• OECD: Survey of Corporate Governance Development in OECD Countries (Jan. 2004)
• OECD: Corporate Affairs-Activities on Corporate Governance
• OECD: Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• OECD Business Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance-Improving Competitiveness and Access to Capital in Global Markets, Report to the OECD (Millstein Report) (April 1998)
• World Bank: Corporate Governance in Private Sector Development
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Sound Business Standards and Corporate Practices (September 1997)

Industry Federations

• Movement des Enterprises de France (MEDEF) and Association Francoise des Enterprises Private (AFEP): Recommendations of the Committee on Corporate Governance (Viennot Report II) [FR] (July 1999)
• Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO/FEB): Corporate Governance-Recommendations from the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (1998)
• The European Federation of Accounts: FEE Calls for European Coordination of Oversight of the Audit Profession (15 September 2003)
• Orgalime: Comments on the Commission’s plan to Modernising European Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union (7 October 2003)
• Orgalime: Creation of a European Private Company (24 October 2002)
• Confederation of Indian Industry, Desirable Corporate Governance: A Code (April 1998)

NGOs

• World Council for Corporate Governance (WCFCG): Web site
• International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN): Web site
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI): Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union-A Plan to Move Forward
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Jens F.Koke and Luc Runabout: Does Good Corporate Governance Lead to Stronger Productivity Growth? Evidence from Market-Oriented and Block holder-Based Governance Regimes (March 2003)
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Klaus J.Hopt: Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance after Enron (November 2002)
• European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) and Partners: Corporate Governance, Innovation and Economic Performance in the EU
• Center for European Reform: Closing the delivery deficit: The Future of Economic Governance in the EU (May 2002)
• Economist Intelligence Unit and KPMG: Corporate Governance: The New Strategic Imperative (2002)
• Euro Shareholders: Corporate Governance Guidelines (February 2000)