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  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1751/2005 of 25 October 2005 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 IFRS 1, IAS 39 and SIC 12 (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1751/2005\nof 25 October 2005\namending 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 IFRS 1, IAS 39 and SIC 12\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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, and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 certain international standards and interpretations that were extant at 14 September 2002 were adopted, including interpretation of the Standing Interpretations Committee (SIC) 12 Consolidation — Special purpose entities.\n(2)\nOn 17 December 2003 the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) published revised International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. IAS 39 establishes mainly basic principles for recognising and measuring financial assets and financial liabilities and was adopted by the European Commission by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2086/2004 as of 19 November 2004, with the exception of certain provisions on the use of the full fair value option and on hedge accounting.\n(3)\nOn 17 December 2004, the IASB published amendment to IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement — Transition and Initial Recognition of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities as part of the IASB’s initiative to facilitate the changeover to IAS/IFRS for European companies, especially these registered with the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).\n(4)\nOn 11 November 2004, the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) issued amendment to IFRIC Interpretation SIC 12 Scope of SIC 12: Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities. The Amendment deals with the current scope exclusion in SIC 12 for post-employment benefit plans and equity compensation plans (SIC-12.6). The purpose of the change in scope is to ensure consistency with the requirements of IAS 19 Employee benefits and to introduce consequential changes required by the recent adoption of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment .\n(5)\nThe Commission has concluded that the amended standard and the amended interpretation meet the criteria set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. The consultation with technical experts in the field also support that both amendments meet the technical criteria for adoption.\n(6)\nThe adoption of the amendments to IAS 39 implies, by way of consequence, amendments to IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards.\n(7)\nRegulation (EC) No 1725/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(8)\nThe amendments should exceptionally take effect for company’s financial year starting on or after 1 January 2005, i.e. from a point in time before the publication of this regulation. The retrospective application is exceptionally justified to facilitate for first time adopters the preparation of accounts in accordance with IAS/IFRS.\n(9)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 243, 11.9.2003, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 261, 13.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1073/2005 (OJ L 175, 8.7.2005, p. 3)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 363, 9.12.2004, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 41, 11.2.2005, p. 1."
    }
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