Taking into account the potential risk and urgency in respect of the internal controls that are subsisting in the Company’s management s t ructures and business processes, the internal audit department regularly carries out audits as well as inspections and evaluations of the Company’s accounting information, internal controls and other types of operational and management activities through the application of systematic and standardized audit procedures and methods, in order to assess the Company’s internal controls and to moniter their performance, to ensure the effectiveness of the Company’s business operations and the realization of its corporate objectives and strategies.