Listed below are corporate governance codes or equivalent, by country. The status of these documents varies: some are mandatory, some are voluntary, some are proposals. In some cases these are courtesy translations provided by the relevant governing body.

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ASX Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations

Austrian Code of Corporate Governance

Directors’ Charter

CVM Recommendations on Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance: current requirements (Toronto Stock Exchange)

Corporate Governance Policy–Proposed New Disclosure Requirement and Amended Guidelines

CACG Guidelines: Principles for Corporate Governance In The Commonwealth Towards global competitiveness and economic accountability

Corporate Governance Code

Addendum to the Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Code (based on the OECD principles)

The Exchange and Corporate Governance: view on the recommendations of the Nørby Committee

ASG-ASFFI Recommendations on Corporate Governance

Recommendations of the Committee on Corporate Governance (Vienot II Report): By the Association Francaise des Entreprises Privees Afep and Mouvement des Entreprises de France Medef

Corporate Governance Rules for Quoted German Companies

Corporate Governance Code

Principles on Corporate Governance in Greece: recommendations for its competitive transformation

Code of Best Practice (Listing Rules appendix 14)

Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Companies (Listing Rules appendix 10 )

Proposed amendments to existing listing regulations (March 2003). The proposal of this revision is a result of intensive discussions and review of the World Bank’s Consultant.

Corporate Governance, Share Option and Other Incentive Schemes: By the Irish Association of Investment Managers (Mar. 1999)

Corporate Governance Code July 2002

Code of conduct

Corporate Governance Principles (Corporate Governance Forum)

Guidelines on Corporate Governance Practices by Public Listed Companies

Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance

Code on Corporate Governance March 2000

The Code of Principles of Good Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Code for Mexico

Corporate Governance Handbook (Foundation for Corporate Governance Research for Pension Funds)

Principles of Corporate Governance

Stock Exchange Code of Corporate Governance

Best Practices in Public Companies (2002)

The Corporate Governance Code for Polish Listed Companies (final proposal 2002)

Recommendations on Corporate Governance (2001)

Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Initiative for Economic Democracy in Romania: Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Code

Code of Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Code (Based on the OECD Principles)

The Governance of Listed Companies

Corporate Governance Policy – guidelines for better control and transparency for owners of companies quoted on the Swedish stockmarket (Swedish Shareholders’ Association)

Corporate Governance Directive (SWX Swiss Exchange)

Commentary on the Corporate Governance Directive

Code of Best Practice (Swiss Business Federation)

Corporate Governance

Combined Code on Corporate Governance

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002