Commission Regulation (EC) No 1751/2005 of 25 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards IFRS 1, IAS 39 and SIC 12   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accounting, business management, capital market, financial transaction, international standard, standardised accounting system

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1751/2005

of 25 October 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 adopting certain international accounting standards in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
as regards IFRS 1, IAS 39 and SIC 12

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 (2)
certain international standards and interpretations that
were extant at 14 September 2002 were adopted,
including interpretation of the Standing Interpretations
Committee (SIC) 12 Consolidation — Special purpose
entities.

On 17 December 2003 the International Accounting
Standard Board (IASB) published revised International
Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial
Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement. IAS 39 establishes mainly
basic principles for recognising and measuring financial
assets and financial
liabilities and was adopted by the
European Commission by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2086/2004 (3) as of 19 November 2004, with the
exception of certain provisions on the use of the full fair
value option and on hedge accounting.

IAS

39 Financial

Instruments: Recognition

On 17 December 2004, the IASB published amendment
to
and
Measurement — Transition and Initial Recognition of
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities as part of
the
IASB’s initiative to facilitate the changeover to IAS/IFRS
for European companies, especially these registered with
the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Interpretations Committee

the International Financial
On 11 November 2004,
issued
Reporting
amendment to IFRIC Interpretation SIC 12 Scope of SIC
12: Consolidation — Special
Entities. The
Amendment deals with the current scope exclusion in
SIC 12 for post-employment benefit plans and equity
the
compensation plans

(SIC-12.6). The purpose of

Purpose

(IFRIC)

(1) OJ L 243, 11.9.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 261, 13.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1073/2005 (OJ L 175, 8.7.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 363, 9.12.2004, p. 1.

to ensure consistency with the
change in scope is
requirements of
and to
IAS 19 Employee
introduce consequential changes required by the recent
adoption of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment (4).

benefits

the amended
The Commission has concluded that
standard and the amended interpretation meet
the
criteria set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1606/2002. The consultation with technical experts in
the field also support that both amendments meet the
technical criteria for adoption.

The adoption of the amendments to IAS 39 implies, by
way of consequence, amendments to IFRS 1 First-time
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in
consistency between international
order
accounting standards.

to ensure

Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The amendments should exceptionally take effect
for
company’s financial year starting on or after 1 January
2005, i.e. from a point in time before the publication of
this regulation. The retrospective application is excep-
tionally justified to facilitate for first time adopters the
preparation of accounts in accordance with IAS/IFRS.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regu-
latory Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex to regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 is amended as follows:

1. The text of the Amendments to International Accounting
Standard (IAS) 39 Financial
Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement — Transition and Initial Recognition of Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities is inserted as set out in the
Annex to this Regulation.

(4) OJ L 41, 11.2.2005, p. 1.

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2. The text of the IFRIC Amendment to SIC 12 Scope of SIC 12;
Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities is inserted as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

3. The adoption of the amendments to IAS 39 implies, by way
of consequence, amendments to IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of
International Financial Reporting Standards in order to ensure
consistency between international accounting standards.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply to each financial year of a company starting on or
after 1 January 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 October 2005.

For the Commission

Charlie McCREEVY
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS

IAS 39

SIC 12

Amendments to International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition
and Measurement — Transition and Initial Recognition of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

IFRIC Amendment to SIC 12 Scope of SIC 12; Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities

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Amendments to IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement

In the Standard, paragraph 107A is added.

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION

107A. Notwithstanding paragraph 104, an entity may apply the requirements in the last sentence of paragraph AG76,

and paragraph AG76A, in either of the following ways:

(a) prospectively to transactions entered into after 25 October 2002; or

(b) prospectively to transactions entered into after 1 January 2004.

In Appendix A, Application Guidance, paragraph AG76A is added.

Application Guidance

Measurement (paragraphs 43 to 70)

N o A c t i v e M a r k e t : V a l u a t i o n T e c h n i q u e

…

AG76A. The subsequent measurement of the financial asset or financial liability and the subsequent recognition of gains
and losses shall be consistent with the requirements of this Standard. The application of paragraph AG76 may
result in no gain or loss being recognised on the initial recognition of a financial asset or financial liability. In
such a case, IAS 39 requires that a gain or loss shall be recognised after initial recognition only to the extent
that it arises from a change in a factor (including time) that market participants would consider in setting a
price.

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Appendix

Amendments to IFRS 1

The amendments in this appendix shall be applied for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. If an entity applies IFRS
1 for an earlier period, these amendments shall be applied for that earlier period.

A1. IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards is amended as described below.

In paragraph 13, subparagraphs (j) and (k) are amended, and subparagraph (l) inserted, as follows:

(j) decommissioning liabilities included in the cost of property, plant and equipment (paragraph 25E);

(k) leases (paragraph 25F); and

(l)

fair value measurement of financial assets or financial liabilities at initial recognition (paragraph 25G).

After paragraph 25F a new heading and paragraph 25G are inserted as follows:

Fair value measurement of financial assets or financial liabilities

25G Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraphs 7 and 9, an entity may apply the requirements in the last

sentence of IAS 39 paragraph AG76, and paragraph AG76A, in either of the following ways:

(a) prospectively to transactions entered into after 25 October 2002; or

(b) prospectively to transactions entered into after 1 January 2004.

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International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

IFRIC

IFRIC AMENDMENT TO SIC-12

Scope of SIC-12
Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities

REFERENCES

IAS 19 Employee Benefits
IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation
IFRS 2 Share-based Payment
SIC-12 Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities

BACKGROUND

1. Until this Amendment becomes effective, SIC-12 excludes from its scope post-employment benefit plans and equity
compensation plans (SIC-12.6). Until IFRS 2 becomes effective, such plans are within the scope of IAS 19 (as amended
in 2002).

2. IFRS 2 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. IFRS 2 will amend IAS 19 by:

(a) removing from its scope employee benefits to which IFRS 2 applies, and

(b) removing all references to equity compensation benefits and equity compensation plans.

3. Furthermore, IAS 32 requires treasury shares to be deducted from equity. When IFRS 2 becomes effective, it will
amend IAS 32 to state that paragraphs 33 and 34 of IAS 32 (relating to treasury shares) shall be applied to treasury
shares purchased, sold, issued or cancelled in connection with employee share option plans, employee share purchase
plans, and all other share-based payment arrangements.

ISSUES

4. The first matter addressed by this Amendment is the inclusion of equity compensation plans within the scope of

SIC-12.

5. The second matter addressed by this Amendment is to exclude from the scope of SIC-12 other long-term employee
benefit plans. Until the Amendment becomes effective, SIC-12 does not exclude other long-term employee benefit
plans from its scope. However, IAS 19 requires those plans to be accounted for in a manner similar to the accounting
for post-employment benefit plans.

6. Paragraph 6 of SIC-12 is amended as follows.

AMENDMENT

This Interpretation does not apply to post-employment benefit plans or other long-term employee benefit plans to
which IAS 19 applies.

7. An entity shall apply this Amendment for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. If an entity applies

IFRS 2 for an earlier period, this amendment shall be applied for that earlier period.

EFFECTIVE DATE