COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 475/2012
of 5 June 2012
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 Standard (IAS) 1 and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19
(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 16 June 2011, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements - Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (hereinafter "the amendments to IAS 1") and to IAS 19 Employee Benefits, (hereinafter "the amendments to IAS 19"). The objective of the amendments to IAS 1 is to make the presentation of the increasing number of items of other comprehensive income clearer, and to assist the users of financial statements in distinguishing between the items of other comprehensive income that can be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss, and those that will never be reclassified to profit or loss. As to the amendments to IAS 19, they should help users of financial statements better understand how defined benefit plans affect an entity's financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The objective of the standard is to prescribe the accounting and disclosure for employee benefits.
(3)
The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that the amendments to IAS 1 and the amendments to IAS 19 meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
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 Accounting Standard (IAS) 1 Presentation of Financial Statements is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(2)
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1, IFRS 5, IFRS 7, IAS 12, IAS 20, IAS 21, IAS 32, IAS 33, and IAS 34 are amended in accordance with the amendments to IAS 1 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(3)
International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 Employee Benefits is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
(4)
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1, IFRS 8, IFRS 13, IAS 1, IAS 24, and Interpretation 14 of the Standing Interpretations Committee (SIC) are amended in accordance with the amendments to IAS 19 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
1. Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in points (1) and (2) of Article 1, at latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting on or after 1 July 2012.
2. Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in points (3) and (4) of Article 1, at latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting on or after 1 January 2013.
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, 5 June 2012.