Norwegian listed companies are required to use international accounting standards - IFRS - in the consolidated accounts (in the EU/Norwegian regulation version). If a listed company is not required to issue consolidated accounts, it is required to use IFRS in the separate accounts. Otherwise, Norwegain companies are allowed to use IFRS (in the EU/Norwegian regulation version) in the consolidated accounts and separate accounts. Certain entities in the finance sector like banks, insurance companies etc. have industryspecific regulations, which for the most part require such companies the use of IFRS. The tax rules in Norway is a separate set of rules, independant from the accounting regulation. Because Norway is only part of the European Ecconomic Area, and not the EU, the legal process for the IFRS regulation has an extra layer. The IFRS regulation has to put into force as a part of Norway law. This is done by a separate bylaw (in Norwegian) to the Norwegian Accounting Act. The bylaw currently does not show the IFRS-standards in consolidated text. However: