Registration document 2007 - Total.com
Registration document 2007 - Total.com
Registration document 2007 - Total.com
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Statutory auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements<br />
This is a free translation into English of the statutory auditors’ report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking users.<br />
The statutory auditors’ report includes information specifically required by French law in such reports, whether modified or not. This information is presented<br />
below the opinion on the consolidated financial statements and includes an explanatory paragraph discussing the auditors’ assessments of certain significant<br />
accounting and auditing matters. These assessments were considered for the purpose of issuing an audit opinion on the consolidated financial statements<br />
taken as a whole and not to provide separate assurance on individual account captions or on information taken outside of the consolidated financial<br />
statements.<br />
This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.<br />
For the year ended December 31, 2006<br />
To the shareholders,<br />
In <strong>com</strong>pliance with the assignment entrusted to us by the Annual General Shareholder’s Meeting, we have audited the ac<strong>com</strong>panying<br />
consolidated financial statements of TOTAL S.A. for the year ended December 31, 2006.<br />
The consolidated financial statements have been approved by the Board of Directors. Our role is to express an opinion on these financial<br />
statements based on our audit.<br />
I. Opinion on the consolidated financial statements<br />
We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. Those standards require that we plan and<br />
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.<br />
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also<br />
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall<br />
financial statements presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.<br />
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and results of the<br />
Group as at December 31, 2006 in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.<br />
II. Justification of our assessments<br />
In accordance with the requirements of article L.823-9 of the Commercial Code relating to the justification of our assessments, we bring to<br />
your attention the following matters:<br />
Some accounting principles applied by TOTAL involve a significant amount of judgments and estimates principally related to the<br />
application of the successful efforts method for the oil and gas activities, the depreciation of long-lived assets, the provisions for<br />
dismantlement, removal and environmental costs, the evacuation of retirement obligations and the determination of the current and<br />
deferred taxation. Detailed information relating to the application of these accounting principles is given in the notes to the consolidated<br />
financial statements.<br />
Our procedures relating to the material judgments or estimates made by the management and which can result from the application of<br />
these accounting principles enabled us to assess their reasonableness.<br />
The assessments were made in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, and therefore<br />
contributed to the formation of the unqualified opinion expressed in the first part of this report.<br />
III. Vérification spécifique<br />
In accordance with professional standards applicable in France, we have also verified the information given in the Group management<br />
report. We have no matters to report as to its fair presentation and conformity with the consolidated financial statements.<br />
Paris La Défense, April 3, <strong>2007</strong><br />
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Appendix 1 – Consolidated financial statements<br />
Statutory auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements<br />
TOTAL – <strong>Registration</strong> Document 2006<br />
The statutory auditors<br />
KPMG Audit ERNST & YOUNG Audit<br />
Département de KPMG S.A.<br />
René Amirkhanian Gabriel Galet Philippe Diu