Official Journal
No page date
M1 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 407/2013 of 23 April 2013 L 121 44 3.5.2013
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: