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Council Directive 2014/102/EU of 7 November 2014 adapting Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council            on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings,            by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Council Directive 2014/102/EU                     

# of 7 November 2014

# adapting Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated                        financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require                              adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its                              Annexes, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall, to that end, adopt the necessary                              acts if the original act was not adopted by the Commission.

(2)The relevant types of Croatian undertakings should be inserted in Annexes I and II to Directive 2013/34/EU of the European                              Parliament and of the Council(1) in order to provide for the relevant scope of application of the coordination measures provided for by that Directive in                              Croatia. The scope of amendments should be limited to technical adaptations required by reason of the accession of Croatia.

(3)Directive 2013/34/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

Directive 2013/34/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive                        by 20 July 2015. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.                  

Member States may provide that the measures referred to in the first subparagraph are first to apply to financial statements                     for the financial years beginning on 1 January 2016 or during the calendar year 2016.                  

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference                     on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.                  

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field                        covered by this Directive.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

P. C. Padoan                            

## ANNEXU.K.

Directive 2013/34/EU is amended as follows:

in Annex I, the following is inserted after the entry for France:
                -  ‘in Croatia:                                   dioničko društvo, društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću;’;                                  

in Annex II, the following is inserted after the entry for France:
                -  ‘in Croatia:                                   javno trgovačko društvo, komanditno društvo, gospodarsko interesno udruženje;’.                                  

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Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated                              financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament                              and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).