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Article 1: The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 is amended as follows:

1
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
2
IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards is amended in accordance with the amendments to IFRS 7 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2: Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in Article 1 as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting after 30 June 2011.

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 . Official Journal of the European Union

Recital 1

By Commission Regulation 2008/1126 ( 2 ) certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence at 15 October 2008 were adopted.

Recital 2

On 7 October 2010, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures –Transfers of Financial Assets , hereinafter "the Amendments". The Amendments aim to help users of financial statements better evaluate the risk exposures relating to transfers of financial assets and the effect of those risks on an entity’s financial position. Their objective is to promote transparency in the reporting of transfer transactions, particularly those that involve securitisation of financial assets.

Recital 3

The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that the Amendments meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of AIASR. In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/505/EC of 14 July 2006 setting up a Standards Advice Review Group to advise the Commission on the objectivity and neutrality of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG’s) opinions ( 3 ) , the Standards Advice Review Group considered EFRAG's opinion on endorsement and advised the Commission that it is well-balanced and objective.

Recital 4

Regulation 2008/1126 should therefore be amended accordingly.

Recital 5

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

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
AMENDMENTS TO IFRS 7 AMENDMENTS TO IFRS 7
Financial Instruments: Disclosures Financial Instruments: Disclosures
TRANSFERS OF FINANCIAL ASSETS
Paragraph 44M is added.
First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
Paragraph 39F is added.
EFFECTIVE DATE

IFRS 7
Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures – Transfers of Financial Assets
Reproduction allowed within the European Economic Area. All existing rights reserved outside the EEA, with the exception of the right to reproduce for the purposes of personal use or other fair dealing. Further information can be obtained from the IASB at www.iasb.org Reproduction allowed within the European Economic Area. All existing rights reserved outside the EEA, with the exception of the right to reproduce for the purposes of personal use or other fair dealing. Further information can be obtained from the IASB at www.iasb.org
42A
The disclosure requirements in paragraphs 42B–42H relating to transfers of financial assets supplement the other disclosure requirements of this IFRS. An entity shall present the disclosures required by paragraphs 42B–42H in a single note in its financial statements. An entity shall provide the required disclosures for all transferred financial assets that are not derecognised and for any continuing involvement in a transferred asset, existing at the reporting date, irrespective of when the related transfer transaction occurred. For the purposes of applying the disclosure requirements in those paragraphs, an entity transfers all or a part of a financial asset (the transferred financial asset), if, and only if, it either:
a
transfers the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of that financial asset; or
b
retains the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of that financial asset, but assumes a contractual obligation to pay the cash flows to one or more recipients in an arrangement.
42B
An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial statements:
a
to understand the relationship between transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety and the associated liabilities; and
b
to evaluate the nature of, and risks associated with, the entity’s continuing involvement in derecognised financial assets.
42C
For the purposes of applying the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 42E–42H, an entity has continuing involvement in a transferred financial asset if, as part of the transfer, the entity retains any of the contractual rights or obligations inherent in the transferred financial asset or obtains any new contractual rights or obligations relating to the transferred financial asset. For the purposes of applying the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 42E–42H, the following do not constitute continuing involvement:
a
normal representations and warranties relating to fraudulent transfer and concepts of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealings that could invalidate a transfer as a result of legal action;
b
forward, option and other contracts to reacquire the transferred financial asset for which the contract price (or exercise price) is the fair value of the transferred financial asset; or
c
an arrangement whereby an entity retains the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of a financial asset but assumes a contractual obligation to pay the cash flows to one or more entities and the conditions in paragraph 19(a)–(c) of IAS 39 are met.
Transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety Transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety
42D
An entity may have transferred financial assets in such a way that part or all of the transferred financial assets do not qualify for derecognition. To meet the objectives set out in paragraph 42B(a), the entity shall disclose at each reporting date for each class of transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety:
a
the nature of the transferred assets;
b
the nature of the risks and rewards of ownership to which the entity is exposed;
c
a description of the nature of the relationship between the transferred assets and the associated liabilities, including restrictions arising from the transfer on the reporting entity’s use of the transferred assets;
d
when the counterparty (counterparties) to the associated liabilities has (have) recourse only to the transferred assets, a schedule that sets out the fair value of the transferred assets, the fair value of the associated liabilities and the net position (the difference between the fair value of the transferred assets and the associated liabilities);
e
when the entity continues to recognise all of the transferred assets, the carrying amounts of the transferred assets and the associated liabilities;
f
when the entity continues to recognise the assets to the extent of its continuing involvement (see paragraphs 20(c)(ii) and 30 of IAS 39), the total carrying amount of the original assets before the transfer, the carrying amount of the assets that the entity continues to recognise, and the carrying amount of the associated liabilities.
Transferred financial assets that are derecognised in their entirety Transferred financial assets that are derecognised in their entirety
42E
To meet the objectives set out in paragraph 42B(b), when an entity derecognises transferred financial assets in their entirety (see paragraph 20(a) and (c)(i) of IAS 39) but has continuing involvement in them, the entity shall disclose, as a minimum, for each type of continuing involvement at each reporting date:
a
the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities that are recognised in the entity’s statement of financial position and represent the entity’s continuing involvement in the derecognised financial assets, and the line items in which the carrying amount of those assets and liabilities are recognised;
b
the fair value of the assets and liabilities that represent the entity’s continuing involvement in the derecognised financial assets;
c
the amount that best represents the entity’s maximum exposure to loss from its continuing involvement in the derecognised financial assets, and information showing how the maximum exposure to loss is determined;
d
the undiscounted cash outflows that would or may be required to repurchase derecognised financial assets (eg the strike price in an option agreement) or other amounts payable to the transferee in respect of the transferred assets. If the cash outflow is variable then the amount disclosed should be based on the conditions that exist at each reporting date;
e
a maturity analysis of the undiscounted cash outflows that would or may be required to repurchase the derecognised financial assets or other amounts payable to the transferee in respect of the transferred assets, showing the remaining contractual maturities of the entity’s continuing involvement;
f
qualitative information that explains and supports the quantitative disclosures required in (a)–(e).
42F
An entity may aggregate the information required by paragraph 42E in respect of a particular asset if the entity has more than one type of continuing involvement in that derecognised financial asset, and report it under one type of continuing involvement.
42G
In addition, an entity shall disclose for each type of continuing involvement:
a
the gain or loss recognised at the date of transfer of the assets;
b
income and expenses recognised, both in the reporting period and cumulatively, from the entity’s continuing involvement in the derecognised financial assets (eg fair value changes in derivative instruments);
c
if the total amount of proceeds from transfer activity (that qualifies for derecognition) in a reporting period is not evenly distributed throughout the reporting period (eg if a substantial proportion of the total amount of transfer activity takes place in the closing days of a reporting period): An entity shall provide this information for each period for which a statement of comprehensive income is presented.
i
when the greatest transfer activity took place within that reporting period (eg the last five days before the end of the reporting period);
ii
the amount (eg related gains or losses) recognised from transfer activity in that part of the reporting period; and
iii
the total amount of proceeds from transfer activity in that part of the reporting period.
Supplementary information Supplementary information
42H
An entity shall disclose any additional information that it considers necessary to meet the disclosure objectives in paragraph 42B.
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
44M
Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued in October 2010, deleted paragraph 13 and added paragraphs 42A–42H and B29–B39. An entity shall apply those amendments for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2011. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies the amendments from an earlier date, it shall disclose that fact. An entity need not provide the disclosures required by those amendments for any period presented that begins before the date of initial application of the amendments.
Appendix B
After paragraph B28, headings and paragraphs B29–B39 are added.
DERECOGNITION (PARAGRAPHS 42C–42H)
Continuing involvement (paragraph 42C) Continuing involvement (paragraph 42C)
AMENDMENT TO IFRS 1 AMENDMENT TO IFRS 1
39F
Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued in October 2010, added paragraph E4. An entity shall apply that amendment for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2011. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies the amendment for an earlier period, it shall disclose that fact.
Appendix E
Paragraph E4 and a footnote are added.
Disclosures about financial instruments Disclosures about financial instruments
( *1 ) Paragraph E4 was added as a consequence of Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7) issued in October 2010. To avoid the potential use of hindsight and to ensure that firsttime adopters are not disadvantaged as compared with current IFRS preparers, the Board decided that first-time adopters should be permitted to use the same transition provisions permitted for existing preparers of financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRSs that are included in Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7). Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets

Footnote p0: This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 November 2011.

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