1.Where on its balance sheet date, a company exceeds or ceases to exceed the limits of two of the three criteria indicated in Article 11, that fact shall affect the application of the derogation provided for in that Article only if it occurs in two consecutive financial years.
2.For the purposes of translation into national currencies, the amounts in European units of account specified in Article 11 may be increased by not more than 10 %.
3.The balance sheet total referred to in Article 11 shall consist of the assets in A to E under "Assets" in the layout prescribed in Article 9 or those in A to E in the layout prescribed in Article 10.