0001752724-24-053280.txt : 20240313 0001752724-24-053280.hdr.sgml : 20240313 20240313113303 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-24-053280 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240313 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240313 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240313 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC / MD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000791718 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 260529973 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04632 FILM NUMBER: 24745004 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022-6225 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-454-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022-6225 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GERMANY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0000791718 XXXXXXXX 811-04632 true false false N-2 European Equity Fund, Inc / MD 811-04632 0000791718 5493008XBHSH29XH9329 875 Third Avenue NEW YORK 10022-6225 US-NY US 212-454-4500 DWS International GmbH Mainzer Landstrasse 11-17, Frankfurt am Main DE 60329 49-69-910-12371 Book and records related to advisory services. SS&C GIDS, Inc. 333 West 11th Street Kansas City 64105-1628 816-435-8655 Book and records related to sub-transfer agency services, shareholder services and administrative services. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. 875 Third Avenue New York 10022-6225 212-454-4500 Book and records related to administrative services. BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. 50 Post Office Square Boston 02110-1543 617-772-1818 Book and records related to administration, custody, and accounting services. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. 5201 Gate Parkway Jacksonville 32256-7284 904-279-8300 Book and records related to administrative services. Iron Mountain Incorporated 12646 NW 115th Avenue Medley 33178-3179 773-579-6210 General books and records related to Registrant. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. 100 Summer Street Boston 02110-2146 212-454-4500 Book and records related to administrative services. N N N-2 Y Fiona Flannery N/A N Walter C. 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(the "Fund"), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, 1 including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2023. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of The European Equity Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Boston, Massachusetts February 22, 2024 2