The regulatory environment on document archive and conservation varies according to geographic constraints or activity. This section offers an overview which will periodically be expanded and updated.The Swiss law on legal period for document conservation is incomplete, it is important to note that every sector may be under different obligations, for example when internationally oriented such as Sarbanes-Oxley ( SARBOX or SOX or LSO) :
- Ratified by the US Congress in 2002, the LSO set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management and public accounting firmsrequiring them to publish their financials within much shorter period of time.
- Applicable to all US public companies quoted on the SE or NASDAQ and their foreign subsidiaries.
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