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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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INTERNAL CONTROL ANDRISKMANAGEMENT
•account classifi cations are checked. The key control points
concern the preparation and validation of the statement of
changes in equity and the statement of cash fl ows.
Internal control procedures confi rm the existence and value of assets
and liabilities. To this end:
•each subsidiary is responsible for implementing procedures
providing an adequate level of internal control;
•internal control procedures generally consist of defi ning levels
of responsibility for authorising and checking transactions, and
segregating tasks to help ensure that all transactions are justifi ed.
In addition, integrated statutory and management reporting
systems have been developed to guarantee the completeness of
transaction data recorded in the accounts;
•all of the subsidiaries apply International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) with regard to recognition principles,
measurement and accounting methods, impairment and
verifi cation;
•the Management Control and Accounting unit performs checks
and analyses.
7. Report of the Statutory Auditors on the internal control procedure
Statutory Auditors’ report, prepared in
accordance with article L.225-235 of the
French Commercial Code (Code de commerce),
on the report prepared by the Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of the Company Schneider
Electric SA.
This is a free translation into English of a report issued in French and it is provided
solely for the convenience of English- speaking users. This report should be read in
conjunction with and construed in accordance with French law and professional
standards applicable in France.
To the Shareholders,
In our capacity as statutory auditors of SchneiderElectricS.A. and in
accordance with articleL.225-235 of the French commercialcode
(CodedeCommerce), we hereby report on the report prepared by
the Chairmanofyourcompany in accordance with articleL.225-68
of the Frenchcommercialcode (CodedeCommerce) for the year
ended December31,2010.
It is the Chairman’sresponsibility to prepare and submit for the
SupervisoryBoard’s approval a report on the internal control and
risk management procedures implemented by the company and
to provide other information required by articleL.225-68 of the
Frenchcommercialcode (CodedeCommerce) relating to matters
such as corporate governance.
Our role is to:
•report on any matters as to the information contained in the
Chairman’s report in respect of the internal control and risk
management procedures relating to the preparation and
processing of the accounting and fi nancial information, and
•confi rm that the report also includes the other information
required by article L. 225-68 of the French commercial code
(CodedeCommerce). It should be noted that our role is not to
verify the fairness of this other information.
We conducted our work in accordance with professional standards
applicable in France.
Information on the internal control and risk
management procedures relating to the preparation
and processing of accounting and financial
information
The professional standards require that we perform the necessary
procedures to assess the fairness of the information provided in
the Chairman’sreport in respect of the internal control and risk
management procedures relating to the preparation and processing
of the accounting and financial information. These procedures
consist mainly in:
•obtaining an understanding of the internal control and risk
management procedures relating to the preparation and
processing of the accounting and fi nancial information on which
the information presented in the Chairman’sreport is based, and
of the existing documentation;
•obtaining an understanding of the work involved in the preparation
of this information and of the existing documentation;
•determining if any material weaknesses in the internal control
procedures relating to the preparation and processing of
the accounting and fi nancial information that we would have
noted in the course of our work are properly disclosed in the
Chairman’sreport.
On the basis of our work, we have no matters to report on the
information relating to the company’s internal control and
risk management procedures relating to the preparation and
processing of the accounting and fi nancial information contained
in the report prepared by the Chairman of the SupervisoryBoard in
accordance with articleL.225-68 of the Frenchcommercialcode
(CodedeCommerce).
Other information
We confirm that the report prepared by the Chairman of
the Supervisory Board also contains the other information
required by articleL.225- 68 of the Frenchcommercialcode
(CodedeCommerce).
Courbevoie and Neuilly-sur-Seine, February 16, 2011
The Statutory Auditors
French original signed by
Mazars Ernst & Young et Autres
David CHAUDAT Yvon SALAÜN
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