(4)The IAS Regulation provides that, to adopt an international accounting standard for its application in the Community, it is necessary that it meets the basic requirement of the Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 on the annual accounts of certain types of companies(5) and of the Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 on consolidated accounts(6), that is to say that its application results in a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of an enterprise - this principle being considered in the light of the said Directives without implying a strict conformity with each and every provision of those Directives.