Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1317 of 15 May 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1803 as regards International Accounting Standard 7 and International Financial Reporting Standard 7
Date: 2024-05-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: International Accounting Standards, cash flow, financial accounting, financial instrument, financial legislation








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2024/1317


16.5.2024







            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/1317
of 15 May 2024
         
amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1803 as regards International Accounting Standard 7 and International Financial Reporting Standard 7
(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 (EU) 2023/1803 (2) certain international accounting standards and interpretations that were in existence on 8 September 2022 were adopted.












(2)


On 25 May 2023, the International Accounting Standards Board issued certain amendments to International Accounting Standard 7 Statement of Cash Flows (‘IAS 7’) and International Financial Reporting Standard 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (‘IFRS 7’). The amendments introduced disclosure requirements about a company’s supplier finance arrangements.












(3)


These new requirements are to provide users of financial statements with information enabling them to assess the impact of supplier finance arrangements on a company’s liabilities and cash flows, and to understand the effect of supplier finance arrangements on a company’s exposure to liquidity risk and how the company might be affected if the arrangements were no longer available to it.












(4)


Following a consultation of the European financial reporting advisory group EFRAG, the Commission concludes that the amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 meet the conditions for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002.












(5)


Regulation (EU) 2023/1803 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
In the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2023/1803, International Accounting Standard 7 Statement of Cash Flows and International Financial Reporting Standard 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures are amended 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 2024.


Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 15 May 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/1606/2008-04-10.

(2)  
            OJ L 237, 26.9.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1803/oj.




ANNEX
Supplier Finance Arrangements

Amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7


Amendments to IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows


Paragraphs 44F–44H and their related heading and paragraphs 62–63 are added. For ease of reading, these paragraphs and their headings have not been underlined. The heading before paragraph 53 is amended.
SUPPLIER FINANCE ARRANGEMENTS









44F




An entity shall disclose information about its supplier finance arrangements (as described in paragraph 44G) that enables users of financial statements to assess the effects of those arrangements on the entity’s liabilities and cash flows and on the entity’s exposure to liquidity risk.













44G


Supplier finance arrangements are characterised by one or more finance providers offering to pay amounts an entity owes its suppliers and the entity agreeing to pay according to the terms and conditions of the arrangements at the same date as, or a date later than, suppliers are paid. These arrangements provide the entity with extended payment terms, or the entity’s suppliers with early payment terms, compared to the related invoice payment due date. Supplier finance arrangements are often referred to as supply chain finance, payables finance or reverse factoring arrangements. Arrangements that are solely credit enhancements for the entity (for example, financial guarantees including letters of credit used as guarantees) or instruments used by the entity to settle directly with a supplier the amounts owed (for example, credit cards) are not supplier finance arrangements.












44H


To meet the objectives in paragraph 44F, an entity shall disclose in aggregate for its supplier finance arrangements:






(a)


the terms and conditions of the arrangements (for example, extended payment terms and security or guarantees provided). However, an entity shall disclose separately the terms and conditions of arrangements that have dissimilar terms and conditions.










(b)


as at the beginning and end of the reporting period:






(i)


the carrying amounts, and associated line items presented in the entity’s statement of financial position, of the financial liabilities that are part of a supplier finance arrangement.










(ii)


the carrying amounts, and associated line items, of the financial liabilities disclosed under (i) for which suppliers have already received payment from the finance providers.










(iii)


the range of payment due dates (for example, 30–40 days after the invoice date) for both the financial liabilities disclosed under (i) and comparable trade payables that are not part of a supplier finance arrangement. Comparable trade payables are, for example, trade payables of the entity within the same line of business or jurisdiction as the financial liabilities disclosed under (i). If ranges of payment due dates are wide, an entity shall disclose explanatory information about those ranges or disclose additional ranges (for example, stratified ranges).














(c)


the type and effect of non-cash changes in the carrying amounts of the financial liabilities disclosed under (b)(i). Examples of non-cash changes include the effect of business combinations, exchange differences or other transactions that do not require the use of cash or cash equivalents (see paragraph 43).




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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
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62



Supplier Finance Arrangements, issued in May 2023, added paragraphs 44F–44H. An entity shall apply those amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies those amendments for an earlier period, it shall disclose that fact.












63


In applying Supplier Finance Arrangements, an entity is not required to disclose:






(a)


comparative information for any reporting periods presented before the beginning of the annual reporting period in which the entity first applies those amendments.










(b)


the information otherwise required by paragraph 44H(b)(ii)–(iii) as at the beginning of the annual reporting period in which the entity first applies those amendments.










(c)


the information otherwise required by paragraphs 44F–44H for any interim period presented within the annual reporting period in which the entity first applies those amendments.









Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures


Paragraph 44JJ is added. In Appendix B, paragraph B11F is amended.
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
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44JJ



Supplier Finance Arrangements, issued in May 2023, which also amended IAS 7, amended paragraph B11F. An entity shall apply that amendment when it applies the amendments to IAS 7.
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Appendix B
Application guidance
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NATURE AND EXTENT OF RISKS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (PARAGRAPHS 31–42)
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Quantitative liquidity risk disclosures (paragraphs 34(a) and 39(a) and (b))

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B11F


Other factors that an entity might consider in providing the disclosure required in paragraph 39(c) include, but are not limited to, whether the entity:






(a)


has committed borrowing facilities (eg commercial paper facilities) or other lines of credit (eg stand-by credit facilities) that it can access to meet liquidity needs;










(b)


holds deposits at central banks to meet liquidity needs;










(c)


has very diverse funding sources;










(d)


has significant concentrations of liquidity risk in either its assets or its funding sources;










(e)


has internal control processes and contingency plans for managing liquidity risk;










(f)


has instruments that include accelerated repayment terms (eg on the downgrade of the entity’s credit rating);










(g)


has instruments that could require the posting of collateral (eg margin calls for derivatives);










(h)


has instruments that allow the entity to choose whether it settles its financial liabilities by delivering cash (or another financial asset) or by delivering its own shares;










(i)


has instruments that are subject to master netting agreements; or










(j)


has accessed, or has access to, facilities under supplier finance arrangements (as described in paragraph 44G of IAS 7) that provide the entity with extended payment terms or the entity’s suppliers with early payment terms.











ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1317/oj
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