Company: PBR
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001292814-25-001352
Chunk: 158

Company: PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 17
Chunk 158
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    and dismissal of our independent registered accounting firm, as well as evaluating the independence
      of our independent registered accounting firm for issuing an opinion on the financial statements 
                                  and their qualifications and expertise.                              
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–                                                 Advising                                             
    our Board of Directors on the review of our annual and quarterly consolidated financial statements,
        monitoring compliance with relevant legal and listing requirements and ensuring appropriate    
             disclosure of our economic and financial situation filed with the CVM and the SEC.        
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–                                               Advising                                           
        our Board of Directors and our management, in consultation with internal and independent   
     registered accounting firm and our risk management and internal controls units, in monitoring 
    the quality and integrity of our internal control over financial reporting systems, our audited
                  consolidated financial statements and related financial disclosures.             
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–                                           Reviewing                                         
    and submitting proposals to our Board of Directors relating to the resolution of conflicts
    between management and the independent registered accounting firm relating to our audited 
                                consolidated financial statements.                            
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–                                             Assessing                                          
    and monitoring, together with our internal management and audit area, the adequacy of actions
                             to prevent and combat fraud and corruption.                         
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–                                            Evaluating                                         
    and monitoring, jointly with our management and our internal auditors, our transactions with
    related parties, including a review, at least once a year, of all related party transactions
    and a previous analysis of related party transactions involving amounts higher than certain 
                                              levels.                                           
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–                                           Establishing                                        
     and reviewing procedures for the receipt, retention and processing of complaints regarding 
    accounting, internal control and auditing matters, including procedures for the confidential
      submission of internal and external complaints relating to the scope of the committee’s   
          activities, as well as receiving, retaining and processing any such complaints.       
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–                                          Evaluating                                       
    the parameters underlying the actuarial calculations, as well as the actuarial result of
       the benefit plans maintained by our social security foundation, Fundação Petrobras   
                                     de Seguridade Social.                                  
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–                                       Conducting                                   
    the formal evaluation of our internal audit executive manager on an annual basis.
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 With respect to the relationship of our audit committee with our independent registered accounting firm, as provided in our Bylaws, our Board of Directors is responsible for deciding, among other matters, the appointment and