COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1174/2013
of 20 November 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standards 10 and 12 and International Accounting Standard 27
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of the international accounting standards (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (2) certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence at 15 October 2008 were adopted.
(2)
In October 2012, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published amendments to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 27 Separate Financial Statements. IFRS 10 has been amended in order to better reflect the business model of investment entities. It requires that investment entities measure their subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss account rather than consolidate them. IFRS 12 has been amended in order to require specific disclosure about such subsidiaries of investment entities. The amendments to IAS 27 also removed the option for investment entities to measure investments in certain subsidiaries either at cost or at fair value in their separate financial statements. Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27 imply by way of consequence amendments to IFRS 1, IFRS 3, IFRS 7, IAS 7, IAS 12, IAS 24, IAS 32, IAS 34 and IAS 39 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards.
(3)
The amendments to IFRS 10, IAS 27 and certain consequential amendments to other standards contain references to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments that at present cannot be applied as IFRS 9 has not been adopted by the Union. Therefore, any reference to IFRS 9 as laid down in the Annex to this Regulation should be read as a reference to IAS 39.
(4)
The consultation with the Technical Expert Group of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group confirms that the amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27 meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 is amended as follows:
(a)
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 10 Consolidated Financial Statements is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(b)
IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(c)
International Accounting Standard (IAS) 27 Separate Financial Statements is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(d)
IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS 3 Business Combinations, IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures, IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows, IAS 12 Income Taxes, IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures, IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation, IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement are amended in accordance with the amendments to IFRS 10 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Any reference to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments in the amendments referred to in paragraph 1 shall be read as a reference to IAS 39.
Article 2
Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in Article 1(1), at the latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting on or after 1 January 2014.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2013.