EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/2113

of 23 November 2015

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 Accounting Standards 16 and 41

(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 30 June 2014, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued amendments to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 41 Agriculture entitled Agriculture: Bearer Plants. The IASB decided that plants, which are used solely to grow produce over several periods, known as bearer plants, should be accounted for in the same way as property, plant and equipment in IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, because their operation is similar to that of manufacturing.

(3) Amendments to IAS 16 and 41 imply by way of consequence amendments to IAS 1, 17, 23, 36 and 40 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards.

(4) The consultation with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group confirms that the amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41 meet the 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

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

(a) International Accounting Standard (IAS) 16 Property, Plant and Equipment is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(b) IAS 41 Agriculture is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(c) IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, IAS 17 Leases, IAS 23 Borrowing Costs, IAS 36 Impairment of Assets and IAS 40 Investment Property are amended in accordance with the amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in Article 1, at the latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting on or after 1 January 2016.

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 November 2015. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 320, 29.11.2008, p. 1).