(8)The Commission has carried out an equivalence assessment of the public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America and the Public Company Accounting Overisght Board of the United States of America, with the assistance of the European Group of Auditors' Oversight Bodies. The assessment was carried out in the light of the requirements set out in Articles 29, 30 and 32 of Directive 2006/43/EC which govern the public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit firms of the Member States. The public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States of America meet requirements that are equivalent to those set out in Articles 29, 30 and 32 of that Directive.