EN Official Journal of the European Union L 193/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 662/2010

of 23 July 2010

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 Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 19 and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1

(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 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) On 26 November 2009, the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) published IFRIC Interpretation 19 Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments, hereinafter ‘IFRIC 19’. The aim of the IFRIC 19 is to provide guidance on how a debtor should account for its equity instruments issued in full or partial settlement of a financial liability following renegotiation of the terms of the liability.

(3) The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that IFRIC 19 meets the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/505/EC of 14 July 2006 setting up a Standards Advice Review Group to advise the Commission on the objectivity and neutrality of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG’s) opinions (3), the Standards Advice Review Group considered EFRAG's opinion on endorsement and advised the Commission that it is well-balanced and objective.

(4) The adoption of IFRIC 19 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards.

(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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 is amended as follows:

(1) International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 19 is inserted as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(2) International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Each company shall apply IFRIC 19 and amendment to IFRS 1, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, at the latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting after 30 June 2010.

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, 23 July 2010. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 320, 29.11.2008, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 33.