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This excerpt taken from the PBR 20-F filed Jun 30, 2005. REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Executive Board and Stockholder of PETROBRAS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE COMPANY
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of PETROBRAS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE COMPANY and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows, for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of PETROBRAS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE COMPANY and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
ERNST & YOUNG Auditores Independentes S/S
Paulo José Machado Partner
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 14, 2005
F-143
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