Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004

of 29 December 2004

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 IASs IFRS 1, IASs Nos 1 to 10, 12 to 17, 19 to 24, 27 to 38, 40 and 41 and SIC Nos 1 to 7, 11 to 14, 18 to 27 and 30 to 33

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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 1725/2003 [2], certain international standards and interpretations that were extant at 1 September 2002 were adopted.

(2) On 18 December 2003, the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) published 13 revised International Accounting Standards and gave notice of the withdrawal of IAS 15 Information reflecting the effects of changing prices. The purpose of the revision was the further improvement of the quality and consistency of the body of existing International Accounting Standards (IASs).

(3) In general, the objectives of this improvement project were to reduce or eliminate alternatives, redundancies and conflicts within the standards, to deal with some convergence issues and to make improvements in the structure of existing IASs. Furthermore, IASB decided to incorporate existing interpretations into the improved standards in order to increase transparency and consistency and make the standards more comprehensive.

(4) The consultation with technical experts in the field confirms that the revised IASs meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, and in particular the requirement of being conducive to the European public good.

(5) The adoption of the standards of the ‘Improvement projects’ implies, by way of consequence, amendments to other international accounting standards and interpretations in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards. Those consequential amendments are affecting International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) No 1, International Accounting Standards (IASs) Nos 7, 12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 41 and interpretation by the Standard Interpretation Committee (SIC) Nos 7, 12, 13, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 32. By adoption of those standards the interpretations by the Standard Interpretation Committee (SIC) Nos 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 30 and 33 are superseded.

(6) Regulation (EC) 1725/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. the International Accounting Standards (IASs) Nos 1, 2, 8, 10, 16, 17, 21, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33 and 40 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

2. IAS 15 and SIC Nos 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 30 and 33 are deleted;

3. the adoption of IAS 1 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IAS Nos 12, 19, 34, 35 and 41 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

4. the adoption of IAS 2 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IAS 14 and IAS 34 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

5. the adoption of IAS 8 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IFRS1, IAS Nos 7, 12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 and SIC Nos 12,13, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 31 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

6. the adoption of IAS 10 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IAS Nos 22, 35 and 37 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

7. the adoption of IAS 16 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IFRS1, IAS Nos 14, 34, 36, 37 and 38 and SIC Nos 13, 21 and 32 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

8. the adoption of IAS 21 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IFRS1, IAS Nos 7, 12, 29, 34, 38 and 41 and SIC 7 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

9. the adoption of IAS 24 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IAS 30 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

10. the adoption of IAS 27 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IAS 22 and SIC 12 in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards;

11. the adoption of IAS 31 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to SIC 13 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 from 1 January 2005 at the latest.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 2004.

For the Commission

Charlie McCreevy

Member of the Commission

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[1] OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 261, 13.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2237/2004 (OJ L 393, 31.12.2004, p. 1).

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