Recital 1

(1)Articles 11 and 27 of Directive 78/660/EEC and, by way of reference, Article 6 of the Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 on consolidated accounts(3) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Eighth Council Directive 84/253/EEC of 10 April 1984 on the approval of persons responsible for carrying out the statutory audits of accounting documents(4) specify thresholds expressed in euro for the balance sheet total and the net turnover, at or below which Member States may grant derogations from certain provisions of those Directives.