(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 8 December 2016, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published Annual Improvements to International Financial Reporting Standards 2014-2016 Cycle (the annual improvements), in the framework of its regular improvement process which aims at streamlining and clarifying the standards. The objective of the annual improvements is to address non-urgent, but necessary, issues discussed by the IASB during the project cycle on areas of inconsistency in International Financial Reporting Standards or where clarification of wording is required.

(3)

Following the consultations with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group, the Commission concludes that the amendments to International Accounting Standard (IAS) 28 and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1 and IFRS 12 meet the 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 IASB set the effective date of the amendments to IFRS 12 as from 1 January 2017. Therefore, the provisions of this Regulation should apply retroactively to ensure legal certainty for the issuers concerned and consistency with other accounting standards laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008.

(6)

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

(a)

IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(b)

IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;

(c)

IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.