(3)IFRS 1 should make it possible to achieve comparability over time both within the IFRS financial statements of a first-time adopter and as between the financial statements of different enterprises adopting IFRSs for the first time on a given date, because both current and comparative figures are based on the same set of standards existing at the time of first time application of IAS. Achieving comparability as between first-time adopters and enterprises that already apply IFRSs is, however, a secondary objective, given the fact that the number of first-time adopters in 2005 will largely exceed that of the 200 to 300 EU companies already applying IAS/IFRSs.