The introduction of uniform accounting standards meets with broad approval from more than 80 percent of the companies concerned. This is the result of the current survey “IFRS für den Mittelstand” carried out by the international audit and consulting firm MAZARS together with the EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Group) and the international accounting department at the University of Münster. 1,500 companies from Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy Spain and the Netherlands participated in the survey.