XBRL News

Release of IFRS-GP 2005 and 2006 Taxonomy Labels in French

03 May 2007

The IASC Foundation XBRL Team is pleased to announce the release of the French translation of the complete label linkbase for the IFRS-GP (August 06) Taxonomy together with its predecessor, the IFRS-GP (May 05) taxonomy.

The Foundation appreciates the excellent work of IFRS Taxonomy Translation Working Group - XBRL France, led by Bruno Tesnière (Vice Chairman XBRL France) and supported by Gilles Maguet (Secretary General XBRL France) and Philippe Bonnin (CSOEC - XBRL France Chair).

To view and download the translations, see:

French 06: http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/translation_fr.html
French 05: http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2005-05-15/FrenchTranslationPage.html

These translations have been reviewed and are available for immediate use. Label translations are based on the IFRS French Bound Volume.

Other Features:

Together with the label linkbase the IASC Foundation XBRL Team has also built and provided for each translation:

• An English/ French Excel download of the translated labels.
  French 06:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/ifrs-gp-lab-fr-en-2006-08-15.zip
  French 05:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2005-05-15/ifrs-gp-lab-fr-en-2005-05-15.zip

• An online viewer to assist users to see the French Labels (and also the individual International French labels together with the corresponding English labels under the "Labels" Tab).
  French 06:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/abra/viewer-fr/index.html
  French 05:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2005-05-15/abra/viewer-fr/index.html

• An IFRS-GP modules manager which allows the user to select English and French label link bases together for download.
  French 06:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/itmm.html
  French 05:
  http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2005-05-15/itmm/pages/about.htm

These links access large files, so a little patience is required when using them.

Thanks
The IASC Foundation XBRL Team would like to thank the following individuals for their work in preparing and reviewing the IFRS-GP French labels:

Coordinators:
Géraud Amic, Conseil National de la Comptabilité
Alain le Bars, Conseil National de la Comptabilité

Reviewers:
Françoise Flores, Mazars
Frédéric Burband, Consultant
Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Patrick Amis, Banque de France
Brigitte Horvat, Banque de France
Ludovic Lebrun, Banque de France

Technical assistance:
Eric Jarry, CSOEC
Thomas Verdin, THEIA Partners