The unification of EU Company Law moves forward continuously, and the 8th Directive concerning statutory auditing is part of EU Company Law.

欧盟公司法的统一是不断向前推进的，有关法定审计的第8号公司法指令是欧盟公司法的组成部分。

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But they resisted statutory underpinning or an auditing role for another statutory body.

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The Guardian, whose editor Alan Rushbridger was at the meeting, reported on Wednesday that the editors had not signed up "to seven recommendations that proposed a role for Ofcom or some other statutory body in auditing the work of the regulator".

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