The EU has adopted a mechanism to determine which third country accounting rules are equivalent to those of the EU.
This mechanism is established by the:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007 of 21 December 2007 establishing a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of accounting standards applied by third country issuers of securities pursuant to Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
