S.I. No. 294/1992 - European Communities (Credit Institutions : Accounts) Regulations, 1992

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1992-10-02
Last updated 2015-06-26
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
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This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

11 amending acts · 2015-06-26, S.I. No. 266/2015 - European Union (Credit Institutions: Financial Statements) Regulations 2015

Reform history JSON API

Substitution of original amount where price or cost unknown.

38.

Where there is no record of the purchase price of any asset acquired by a company or of any price, expenses or costs relevant for determining its cost in accordance with paragraph 36, or any such record cannot be obtained without unreasonable expense or delay, its cost shall be taken for the purposes or delay, its cost shall be taken for the purposes of paragraphs 24 to 34 to be the value ascribed to it in the earliest available record of its value made on or after its acquisition by the company.

ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING RULES

PRELIMINARY

39.—(1) The rules set out in paragraphs 24 to 38 are referred to below in this Schedule as the historical cost accounting rules.

40.

Subject to paragraphs 42 to 44, the amounts to be included in respect of assets of any description mentioned in paragraph 41 may be determined on any basis so mentioned.

ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING RULES

41.—(1) Intangible fixed assets, other than goodwill, may be included at their current cost.

( a ) at a market value determined as at the date of their last valuation; or

( b ) at a value determined on any basis which appears to the directors to be appropriate in the circumstances of the company;

but in the latter case particulars of the method of valuation adopted and of the reasons for adopting it shall be disclosed in a note to the accounts.

APPLICATION OF THE DEPRECIATION RULES

42.—(1) Where the value of any asset of a company is determined in accordance with paragraph 41, that value shall be, or (as the case may require) be the starting point for determining, the amount to be included in respect of that asset in the company's accounts, instead of its cost or any value previously so determined for that asset; and the depreciation rules shall apply accordingly in relation to any such asset with the substitution for any reference to its cost of a reference to the value most recently determined for that asset in accordance with paragraph 41.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN CASE OF DEPARTURE FROM HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING RULES

43.—(1) This paragraph applies where the amounts to be included in respect of assets covered by any items shown in a company's accounts have been determined in accordance with paragraph 41.

( a ) the comparable amounts determined according to the historical cost accounting rules; or

( b ) the differences between those amounts and the corresponding amounts actually shown in the balance sheet in respect of that item;

shall be shown separately in the balance sheet or in a note to the accounts.

( a ) the aggregate amount which would be required to be shown in respect of that item if the amounts to be included in respect of all the assets covered by that item were determined according to the historical cost accounting rules; and

( b ) the aggregate amount of the cumulative provisions for depreciation or diminution in value which would be permitted or required in determining those amounts according to those rules.

REVALUATION RESERVE

44.—(1) With respect to any determination of the value of an asset of a company in accordance with paragraph 41, the amount of any profit or loss arising from that determination (after allowing, where appropriate, for any provisions for depreciation or diminution in value made otherwise than by reference to the value so determined and any adjustments of any such provisions made in the light of that determination) shall be credited or (as the case may be) debited to a separate reserve ("the revaluation reserve").

( a ) to the profit and loss account, if the amount was previously charged to that account or represents realised profit, or

( b ) on capitalisation;

and the revaluation reserve shall be reduced to the extent that the amounts transferred to it are no longer necessary for the purposes of the valuation method used.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DENOMINATED IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

45.—(1) Subject to the following subparagraphs, amounts to be included in respect of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies shall be in Irish pounds (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up) after translation at an appropriate spot rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date.

46.—(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), any difference between the amount to be included in respect of an asset or liability under paragraph 45 and the book value, after translation into Irish pounds (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up) at an appropriate rate, of that asset or liability shall be credited or, as the case may be, debited to the profit and loss account.

CHAPTER III NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

PRELIMINARY

47.

Any information required in the case of a company by the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall be given by way of a note to the accounts, unless otherwise provided.

GENERAL

Disclosure of accounting policies

48.

The accounting policies adopted by the company in determining the amounts to be included in respect of items shown in the balance sheet and in determining the profit or loss of the company shall be stated (including such policies with respect to the depreciation and diminution in value of assets).

49.

If there are changes to the accounting policies adopted by the company from one year to the next, these changes shall be stated together with the reasons for the changes and their effect on the accounts of the company.

Sums denominated in foreign currencies

50.

Where any sums originally denominated in foreign currencies have been brought into accounts under any items shown in the balance sheet format or the profit and loss account formats, the basis on which those sums have been translated into Irish pounds (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn) shall be stated.

INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTING THE BALANCE SHEET

Share capital and debentures

51.—(1) The following information shall be given with respect to the company's share capital:

( a ) the authorised share capital, and

( b ) where shares of more than one class have been allotted, the number and aggregate nominal value of shares of each class allotted.

( a ) the earliest and latest dates on which the company has power to redeem those shares,

( b ) whether those shares must be redeemed in any event or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the company or of the shareholder, and

( c ) whether any (and, if so, what) premium is payable on redemption.

52.

If the company has allotted any shares during the financial year, the following information shall be given:

( a ) the reason for making the allotment,

( b ) the classes of shares allotted, and

( c ) as respects each class of shares, the number allotted, their aggregate nominal value and the consideration received by the company for the allotment.

53.—(1) With respect to any contingent right to the allotment of shares in the company the following particulars shall be given:

( a ) the number, description and amount of the shares in relation to which the right is exercisable,

( b ) the period during which it is exercisable, and

( c ) the price to be paid for the shares allotted.

2.

In sub-paragraph (1) above "contingent right to the allotment of shares" means any option to subscribe for shares and any other right to require the allotment of shares to any person whether arising on the conversion into shares of securities of any other description or otherwise.

54.—(1) If the company has issued any debentures during the financial year to which the accounts relate, the following information shall be given:

( a ) the reason for making the issue,

( b ) the classes of debentures issued, and

( c ) as respects each class of debentures, the amount issued and the consideration received by the company for the issue.

Fixed assets

55.—(1) In respect of any fixed assets of the company included in any assets item in the company's balance sheet the following information shall be given by reference to each such item:

( a ) the appropriate amounts in respect of those assets included in the item as at the date of the beginning of the financial year and as at the balance sheet date respectively;

( b ) the effect on any amount included in the item in respect of those assets of:

( a ) on the basis of cost (determined in accordance with paragraphs 36 and 37), or

( b ) on any basis permitted by paragraph 41;

(leaving out of account in either case any provisions for depreciation or diminution in value).

( a ) the cumulative amount of provisions for depreciation or diminution in value of those assets included under the item as at each date mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) (a),

( b ) the amount of any such provisions made in respect of the financial year,

( c ) the amount of any adjustments made in respect of any such provisions during that year in consequence of the disposal of any of those assets, and

( d ) the amount of any other adjustments made in respect of any such provisions during that year.

56.

Where any fixed assets of the company (other than listed investments) are included under any item shown in the company's balance sheet at an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 41, the following information shall be given:

( a ) the years (so far as they are known to the directors) in which the assets were severally valued and the several values; and

( b ) in the case of assets that have been valued during the financial year, the names of the persons who valued them or particulars of their qualifications for doing so and (in either case) the bases of valuation used by them.

57.

In relation to any amount which is included under Assets item 10 in the balance sheet format (Tangible fixed assets) with respect to land and buildings there shall be stated:

( a ) how much of that amount is ascribable to land of freehold tenure and how much to land of leasehold tenure; and

( b ) how much of the amount ascribable to land of leasehold tenure is ascribable to land held on long lease and how much to land held on short lease.

58.

There shall be disclosed separately the amount of:

( a ) any participating interests; and

( b ) any shares in group undertakings

that are held in credit institutions.

Reserves and provisions

59.—(1) Where any amount is transferred—

( a ) to or from any reserves,

( b ) to any provisions for liabilities and charges,

( c ) from any provision for liabilities and charges otherwise than for the purpose for which the provision was established,

and the reserves or provisions are or would but for paragraph 3 (3) of this Part of this Schedule be shown as separate items in the company's balance sheet, the information mentioned in the following sub-paragraph shall be given in respect of the aggregate of reserves or provisions included in the same item.

( a ) the amount of the reserves or provisions as at the date of the begining of the financial year and as at the balance sheet date respectively,

( b ) any amounts transferred to or from the reserve to or from the reserve or provisions during that year, and

( c ) the source and application respectively of any amounts so transferred.

Provision for taxation

60.

The amount of any provision for deferred taxation shall be stated separately from the amount of any provision for other taxation.

Maturity analysis

61.—(1) A company shall disclose separately for each of Assets items 3 (b) and 4 and Liabilities items 1 (b), 2 (b) and 3 (b) the aggregate amount of the loans and advances and liabilities included in those items broken down into the following categories:

( a ) those repayable in not more than three months;

( b ) those repayable in more than three months but not more than one year;

( c ) those repayable in more than one year but not more than five years;

( d ) those repayable in more than five years

from the balance sheet date.

( a ) repayable on demand; or

( b ) are for an indeterminate period, being repayable upon short notice.

Debt and other fixed income securities

62.

A company shall disclose the amount of debt and fixed income securities included in Assets item 5 (Debt securities and other fixed income securities) and the amount of such securities included in Liabilities item 3 (a) (Bonds and medium term notes) that in each case will become due within one year of the balance sheet date.

Subordinated liabilities

63.—(1) The following information must be disclosed in relation to any borrowing included in Liabilities item 7 (Subordinated liabilities) that exceeds 10 per cent of the total for that item:

( a ) its amount;

( b ) the currency in which it is denominated;

( c ) the rate of interest and the maturity date (or the fact that it is perpetual);

( d ) the circumstances in which early repayment my be demanded;

( e ) the terms of the subordination; and

( f ) the existence of any provisions whereby it may be converted into capital or some other form of liability and the terms of any such provisions.

Fixed cumulative dividends

64.

If any fixed cumulative dividends on the company's shares are in arrear, there shall be stated:

( a ) the amount of the arrears; and

( b ) the period for which the dividends or, if there is more than one class, each class of them are in arrears.

Details of assets charged

65.—(1) There shall be disclosed, in relation to each liabilities and off-balance sheet item of the balance sheet format, the aggregate amount of any assets of the company which have been charged to secure any liability or potential liability included thereunder, the aggregate amount of the liabilities or potential liabilities so secured and an indication of the nature of the security given.

Guarantees and other financial commitments

66.—(1) There shall be stated, where practicable:

( a ) the aggregate amount or estimated amount of contracts for capital expenditure, so far as not provided for; and

( b ) the aggregate amount or estimated amount of capital expenditure authorised by the directors which has not been contracted for.

( a ) any pension commitments included under any provision shown in the company's balance sheet; and

( b ) any such commitments for which no provision has been made;

and where any such commitment relates wholly or partly to pensions payable to past directors of the company separate particulars shall be given of that commitment so far as it relates to such pensions.

( a ) the nature of every pension scheme operated by or on behalf of the company including information as to whether or not each scheme is a defined benefit scheme or a defined contribution scheme,

( b ) whether each such scheme is externally funded or internally financed,

( c ) whether any pension costs and liabilities are assessed in accordance with the advice of a professionally qualified actuary and, if so, the date of the most recent relevant actuarial valuation,

( d ) whether and, if so, where any such actuarial valuation is available for public inspection.

( a ) have not been provided for;

( b ) have not been included in the off-balance sheet items in the balance sheet format; and

( c ) are relevant to assessing the company's state of affairs.

( a ) any parent company or fellow subsidiary undertaking of the company; or

( b ) any subsidiary undertaking of the company;

shall be stated separately from the other commitments within that sub-paragraph (and commitments within paragraph (a) shall be stated separately from those within paragraph (b)).

Off-balance sheet items: group undertakings

67.—(1) With respect to contingent liabilities required to be included under off-balance sheet item 1 in the balance sheet format, there shall be stated in a note to the accounts the amount of such contingent liabilities incurred on behalf of or for the benefit of:

( a ) any parent undertaking or fellow subsidiary undertaking, or

( b ) any subsidiary undertaking,

of the company; in addition the amount incurred in respect of the undertakings referred to in paragraph (a) shall be stated separately from the amount incurred in respect of the undertakings referred to in paragraph (b).

( a ) any parent undertaking or fellow subsidiary undertaking, or

( b ) any subsidiary undertaking,

of the company; in addition the amount incurred in respect of the undertakings referred to in paragraph (a) shall be stated separately from the amount incurred in respect of the undertakings referred to in paragraph (b).

Transferable securities

68.—(1) There shall be disclosed for each of Asset items 5 to 8 in the balance sheet format the amount of transferable securities that are listed on a recognised stock exchange and the amount of those that are unlisted.

Leasing transactions

69.

The aggregate amount of all property (other than land) leased by the company to other persons shall be disclosed, broken down so as to show the aggregate amount included in each relevant balance sheet item.

Assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than Irish pounds (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up)

70.—(1) The aggregate amount in Irish pounds (or currency in which the accounts are drawn up) of all assets denominated in a currency other than Irish pounds (or the currency used) of all liabilities so denominated, shall be disclosed.

Sundry assets and liabilities

71.

Where any amount shown under either of the following items is material, particulars shall be given of each type of assets or liability included therein, including an explanation of the nature of the asset or liability and the amount included with respect to assets or liabilities of that type:

( a ) Assets item 13 (Other assets),

( b ) Liabilities item 4 (Other liabilities).

Unmatured forward transactions

72.—(1) The following shall be disclosed with respect to unmatured forward transactions outstanding at the balance sheet date:

( a ) the categories of such transactions, by reference to an appropriate system of classification;

( b ) whether, in the case of each such category, they have been made, to any material extent, for the purpose of hedging the effects of fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates and market prices or whether they have been made, to any material extent, for dealing purposes.

( a ) format 1, item 6 or format 2, items B4 or A3 (Dealing profits or losses),

( b ) format 1, item 1 or format 2, item B1, by virtue of note (1) (b) to the profit and loss account formats (forward contracts, spread over the actual duration of the contract and similar in nature to interest).

Miscellaneous matters

73.—(1) Particulars shall be given of any case where the cost of any asset is for the first time determined under paragraph 38 of this Part of this Schedule.

Particulars of any restriction on profits available for distribution by virtue of section 224 (2) (b) (1) of the Companies Act, 1990 , must be stated.

INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTING THE PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

Separate statement of certain items of income and expenditure

74.—(1) The amount respectively provided for the purchase of the company's share capital, for redemption of share capital and for redemption of share capital and for redemption of loans shall be stated.

Particulars of tax

75.—(1) The basis on which the charge for corporation tax, income tax and other taxation on profits (whether payable inside or outside the State) is computed shall be stated.

( a ) the amount of the charge for corporation tax;

( b ) if that amount would have been greater but for relief from double taxation, the amount which it would have been but for such relief;

( c ) the amount of the charge for income tax; and

( d ) the amount of the charge for taxation payable outside the State of profits, income and (so far as charged to revenue) capital gains.

These amounts shall be stated separately in respect of each of the amounts which is shown under the following items in the profit and loss account, that is to say format 1 item 16, format 2 item A10 (Tax on profit or loss on ordinary activities) and format 1 item 21, format 2 item A13 (Tax on extraordinary profit or loss).

Particulars of income

76.—(1) A company shall disclose, with respect to income included in the following items in the profit and loss account formats, the amount of that income attributable to each of the geographical markets in which the company has operated during the financial year:

( a ) format 1 item 1, format 2 item B1 (Interest receivable);

( b ) format 1 item 3, format 2 item B2 (Dividend income);

( c ) format 1 item 4, format 2 item B3 (Fees and commissions receivable);

( d ) format 1 item 6, format 2 item B4 (Dealing profits);

( e ) format 1 item 7, format 2 item B7 (Other operating income).

Particulars of staff

77.—(1) The following information shall be given with respect to the employees of the company:

( a ) the average number of persons employed by the company in the financial year; and

( b ) the average number of persons so employed within each category of persons employed by the company.

( a ) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) (a), the number of persons employed under contracts of service by the company in that week (whether throughout the week or not); and

( b ) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) (b), the number of persons in the category in question of persons so employed;

and, in either case, adding together all the weekly numbers.

( a ) wages and salaries paid or payable in respect of that year to those persons;

( b ) social security costs incurred by the company on their behalf; and

save in so far as those amounts or any of them are stated in the profit and loss account.

Management and agency services

78.

A company providing any management and agency services to customers shall disclose that fact if the scale of such services provided is material in the context of its business as a whole.

Subordinated liabilities

79.

Any amounts charged to the profit and loss acccount representing charges incurred during the year with respect to subordinated liabilities shall be disclosed.

Sundry income and charges

80.

Where any amount to be included in any of the following items is material, particulars shall be given of each individual component of the figure, including an explanation of their nature and amount:

( a ) in format 1:

( b ) in format 2:

Miscellaneous matters

81.—(1) Where any amount relating to any preceding financial year is included in any item in the profit and loss account, the effect shall be stated.

Regulation 7

PART II FORM AND CONTENT OF GROUP ACCOUNTS

GENERAL RULES

1.—(1) Accounts shall comply so far as practicable with the provisions of Part I of this Schedule as if the undertakings included in the consolidation ("the group") were a single company.

( a ) any subsidiary undertakings of the parent company not included in the consolidation shall be treated as subsidiary undertakings of the group, and

( b ) if the parent company is itself a subsidiary undertaking, the group shall be treated as a subsidiary undertaking of any parent undertaking of that company, and the reference to fellow-subsidiary undertakings shall be construed accordingly.

2.—(1) Subject to the exceptions authorised or required by this paragraph, all the subsidiary undertakings of the parent company shall be included in the consolidation.

( a ) severe long-term restrictions substantially hinder the exercise of the rights of the parent company over the assets or management of that undertaking, or

( b ) the information necessary for the preparation of group accounts cannot be obtained without disproportionate expense or undue delay, or

( c ) the interest of the parent company is held exclusively with a view to subsequent resale and the undertaking has not previously been included in consolidated group accounts prepared by the parent company.

The reference in paragraph (a) to the right of the parent company and the reference in paragraph (c) to the interest of the parent company are, respectively, reference to rights and interests held by or attributed to the company in the absence of which it would not be the parent company

3.—(1) The consolidated balance sheet and profit and loss account shall incorporate in full the information contained in the individual accounts of the undertakings included in the consolidation, subject to the adjustments authorised or required by the following provisions of this Schedule and to such other adjustments (if any) as may be appropriate in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or practice.

( a ) from the accounts of the subsidiary undertaking for its financial year last ending before the end of the parent company's financial year, provided that year ended no more than three months before that of the parent company, or

( b ) from interim accounts prepared by the subsidiary undertaking as at end of the parent company's financial year.

4.—(1) Where assets and liabilities to be included in the group accounts have been valued or otherwise determined by undertakings according to accounting rules differing from those used for the groups accounts, the values or amounts shall be adjusted so as to accord with the rules used for the group accounts.

5.

Any differences of accounting rules as between a parent company's individual accounts for a financial year and its group accounts shall be disclosed in a note to the latter accounts and the reasons for the difference given.

6.

Amounts which in the particular context of any provision of this Part of the Schedule are not material may be disregarded for the purposes of that provision.

7.—(1) Debts and claims between undertakings included in the consolidation, and income and expenditure relating to transactions between such undertakings, shall be eliminated in preparing the group accounts.

ACQUISITION AND MERGER ACCOUNTING

8.—(1) The following provisions apply where an undertaking becomes a subsidiary undertaking of the parent company.

9.

An acquisition shall be accounted for by the acquisition method of accounting unless the conditions for accounting for it as a merger are met and the merger method of accounting is adopted.

10.—(1) The acquisition method of accounting is as follows.

In this paragraph the "identifiable" assets or liabilities of the undertaking acquired means the assets or liabilities which are capable of being disposed of or discharged separately, without disposing of a business of the undertaking.

For this purpose—

"the acquisition cost" means the amount of any cash consideration and the fair value of any other consideration, together with such amount (if any) in respect of fees and other expenses of the acquisition as the company may determine, and

"the adjusted capital and reserves" of the undertaking acquired means its capital and reserves at the date of the acquisition after adjusting the identifiable assets and liabilities of the undertaking to fair values as at that date.

( a ) there is no record of—

( b ) such records cannot be obtained without unreasonable expense or delay,

the values of the identifiable assets and liabilities and the acquisition cost shall be taken to be the values and cost ascribed to them in the earliest available record made after the acquisition of that subsidiary undertaking.

11.—(1) The conditions for accounting for an acquisition as a merger are—

( a ) that at least 90 per cent of the nominal value of the relevant shares in the undertaking acquired is held by or on behalf of the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings,

( b ) that the proportion referred to in paragraph (a) was attained pursuant to an arrangement providing for the issue of equity shares by the parent company or one or more of its subsidiary undertakings, and

( c ) that the fair value of any consideration other than the issue of equity share given pursuant to the arrangement by the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings did not exceed 10 per cent of the nominal value of the equity shares issued.

12.—(1) The merger method of accounting is as follows:

( a ) the appropriate amount in respect of shares issued by the parent company or its subsidiary undertakings in consideration for the acquisition of shares in the undertaking acquired, and

( b ) the fair value of any other consideration for the acquisition of shares in the undertaking acquired, determined as at the date when those shares were acquired,

the nominal value of the issued share capital of the undertaking acquired held by the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings.

13.—(1) Where a group of undertakings is acquired, paragraphs 10 to 12 apply with the following adaptations.

( a ) the name of the undertaking acquired or, where a group was acquired, the name of the parent undertaking of that group, and

( b ) whether the acquisition has been accounted for by the acquisition or the merger method of accounting.

15.

In relation to the resulting amounts referred to in paragraphs 10 (5) and 12 (6) of this Part of the Schedule, there shall be stated in a note to the group accounts the methods used in calculating those amounts and the reasons for any significant difference betweeen those amounts for the financial year to which the group accounts refer and the preceding financial year.

CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP

16.

If the composition of the undertakings dealt with in the group accounts has changed significantly in the course of a financial year, the group accounts must include information which makes the comparison of successive sets of group accounts meaningful.

DIFFERENCES IN TAX TREATMENTS

17.

Account shall be taken in the group accounts of any difference arising on consolidation between the tax chargeable for the financial year and for preceding financial years and the amount of tax paid or payable in respect of those years, provided that it is probable that an actual charge to tax will arise within the foreseeable future for one of the undertakings dealt with in the group accounts.

MINORITY INTERESTS

18.—(1) The formats set out in Part I of this Schedule have effect in relation to group accounts with the following additions.

( a ) either between "LIABILITIES" items 7 and 8, or

( b ) after "LIABILITIES" item 12;

and under that item shall be shown the amount of capital and reserves attributable to shares in subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation held by or on behalf of persons other than the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings.

( a ) in Format 1, between items 17 and 18; and

( b ) in Format 2, between items A11 and A12 or between items B9 and B10;

and under that item shall be shown the amount of any profit or loss on ordinary activities attributable to shares in subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation held by or on behalf of persons other than the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings.

( a ) in Format 1, between items 22 and 23, and

( b ) in Format 2, between items A14 and A15 or between items B11 and B12;

and under that item shall be shown the amount of any profit or loss on extraordinary activities attributable to shares in subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation held by or on behalf of persons other than the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings.

INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS EXCLUDED FROM CONSOLIDATION

19.—(1) The interest of the group in subsidiary undertakings excluded from consolidation under paragraph 2 (4) of this Part of the Schedule (undertakings with activities different from those of undertakings included in the consolidation), and the amount of profit or loss attributable to such an interest, shall be shown in the consolidated balance sheet or, as the case may be, in the consolidated profit and loss account by the equity method of accounting (including dealing with any goodwill arising in accordance with paragraphs 24, 26 and 28 of Part 1 of this Schedule).

JOINT VENTURES

20.—(1) Where an undertaking included in the consolidation manages another undertaking jointly with one or more undertakings not included in the consolidation, that other undertaking ("the joint venture") may, if it is not—

( a ) a body corporate, or

( b ) a subsidiary undertaking of the parent company,

be dealt with in the group accounts by the method of proportional consolidation.

ASSOCIATED UNDERTAKINGS

21.—(1) An "associated undertaking" means an undertaking in which an undertaking included in the consolidation has a participating interest and over whose operating and financial policy it exercises a significant influence, and which is not—

( a ) a subsidiary undertaking of the parent company, or

( b ) a joint venture dealt with in accordance with paragraph 20.

22.—(1) The formats in Part 1 of this Schedule shall have effect in relation to group accounts with the following modifications.

"Interests in associated undertakings"

and

"Other participating interests".

( a ) format 1, item 3 (b), (Income from participating interests), and

( b ) format 2, item B2 (b) (Income from participating interests),

shall be replaced by the following two replacement items:

23.—(1) The interest of an underaking in an associated underaking, and the amount of profit or loss attributable to such an interest, shall be shown by the equity method of accounting (including dealing with any goodwill arising in accordance with paragraphs 24, 26 and 28 of Part 1 of this Schedule).

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

24.

Any difference between:

( a ) the amount included in the consolidated account for the previous financial year with respect to any undertaking included in the consolidation or the group's interest in any associated undertaking, together with the amount of any transactions undertaken to cover any such interest; and

( b ) the opening amount for the financial year in respect of those undertakings and in respect of any such transactions arising as a result of the application of paragraph 45 of Part I of this Schedule may be credited to (where (a) is less than (b)), or deducted from (where (a) is less than (b)), (as the case may be) consolidated reserves.

25.

Any income and expenditure of undertakings included in the consolidation and associated undertakings in a foreign currency may be translated for the purposes of the consolidated accounts at the average rates of exchange prevailing during the financial year.

INFORMATION AS TO UNDERTAKING IN WHICH SHARES ARE HELD AS A RESULT OF A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OPERATION

26.—(1) The following provisions apply where the present company of a banking group has a subsidiary undertaking which:

( a ) is a credit institution of which shares are held as a result of a financial assistance operation with a view to its reorganisation or rescue; and

( b ) is excluded from consolidation under paragraph 2 (3) (c) (interest held with a view to resale).

If the accounts appended are required by law to be audited, a copy of the auditors' report shall also be appended.

( a ) an undertaking is not required to prepare for the purposes of this paragraph accounts which would not otherwise be required to be prepared, and if no accounts satisfying the above requirements are prepared none need be appended;

( b ) the accounts of an undertaking need not be appended if they would not otherwise be required to be published, or made available for public inspection, anywhere in the world, but in that case the reason for not appending the accounts shall be stated in a note to the consolidated accounts.

Regulation 10

A. COMPANIES NOT REQUIRED TO PREPARE GROUP ACCOUNTS

SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

1.—(1) The following information shall be given where at the end of the financial year the company has subsidiary undertakings.

( a ) if it is incorporated, the country in which it is incorporated;

( b ) if it is unincorporated, the address of its principal place of business.

HOLDINGS IN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

2.

There shall be stated in relation to shares of each class held by the company in a subsidiary undertaking—

( a ) the identity of the class, and

( b ) the proportion of the nominal value of the shares of that class represented by those shares.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

3.—(1) There shall be disclosed with respect to each subsidiary undertaking—

( a ) the aggregate amount of its capital and reserves as at the end of its relevant financial year, and

( b ) its profit or loss for that year.

( a ) the subsidiary undertaking is not otherwise required to publish its accounts, and

( b ) the company's holding is less than 50 per cent of the nominal value of the shares in the undertaking.

( a ) if its financial year ends with that of the company, that year, and

( b ) if not, its financial year ending last before the end of the company's financial year.

FINANCIAL YEARS OF SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

4.

Where the financial year of one or more subsidiary undertakings did not end with that of the company, there shall be stated in relation to each such undertaking—

( a ) the reason why the company's directors consider that its financial year should not end with that of the company, and

( b ) the date on which its last financial year ended (last before the end of the company's financial year).

Instead of the date required by paragraph (b) being given for each subsidiary undertaking the earliest and latest of those dates may be given.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

5.—(1) There shall be disclosed—

( a ) any qualifications contained in the auditors' reports on the accounts of subsidiary undertakings for financial years ending with or during the financial year of the company, and

( b ) any note or saving contained in such accounts to call attention to a matter which, apart from the note or saving, would properly have been referred to in such a qualification,

in so far as the matter which is the subject of the qualification or note is not covered by the company's own accounts and is material from the point of view of its members.

( a ) the company is exempt from the requirement to prepare group accounts by virtue of regulation 8 of these regulations (parent company included in accounts of larger group), and

( b ) the directors state their opinion that the aggregate value of the assets of the company consisting of shares in, or amounts owing (whether on account of a loan or otherwise) from, the company's subsidiary undertakings is not less than the aggregate of the amounts at which those assets are stated or included in the company's balance sheet.

SHARES AND DEBENTURES OF COMPANY HELD BY SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

6.—(1) The number, description and amount of the shares in and debentures of the company held by or on behalf of its subsidiary undertakings shall be disclosed.

SIGNIFICANT HOLDINGS IN UNDERTAKINGS OTHER THAN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

7.—(1) The information required by paragraphs 8 and 9 shall be given where at the end of the financial year the company has a significant holding in an undertaking which is not a subsidiary undertaking of the company.

8.—(1) The name of the undertaking shall be stated

( a ) if the undertaking is incorporated, the country in which it is incorporated;

( b ) if it is unincorporated, the address of its principal place of business.

( a ) the identity of each class of shares in the undertaking held by the company, and

( b ) the proportion of the nominal value of the shares of that class represented by those shares.

9.—(1) There shall also be stated—

( a ) the aggregate amount of the capital and reserves of the undertaking as at the end of its relevant financial year, and

( b ) its profit or loss for that year.

( a ) the company is exempt by virtue of regulation 8 of these regulations from the requirement to prepare group accounts (parent company included in accounts of larger group), and

( b ) the investment of the company in all undertakings in which it has such a holding as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is shown, in aggregate, in the notes to the accounts by way of the equity method of valuation.

( a ) the undertaking is not otherwise required to publish its accounts, and

( b ) the company's holding is less than 50 per cent of the nominal value of the shares in the undertaking.

PARENT UNDERTAKING DRAWING UP ACCOUNTS FOR LARGER GROUP

10.—(1) Where the company is a subsidiary undertaking, the following information shall be given with respect to the parent undertaking of—

( a ) the largest group of undertakings for which group accounts are drawn up and of which the company is a member, and

( b ) the smallest such group of undertakings.

( a ) if the undertaking is incorporated, the country is which it is incorporated;

( b ) if it is unincorporated, the address of its principal place of business.

B. COMPANIES REQUIRED TO PREPARE GROUP ACCOUNTS

SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

11.—(1) The following information shall be given with respect to the undertakings which are subsidiary undertakings of the parent company at the end of the financial year.

( a ) if the undertaking is incorporated, the country in which it is incorporated;

( b ) if it is unincorporated, the address of its principal place of business.

HOLDINGS IN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

12.—(1) The following information shall be given with respect to the shares of a subsidiary undertaking held—

( a ) by the parent company,

( b ) by the group;

and the information under paragraphs (a) and (b) shall (if different) be shown separately.

( a ) the identity of each class of shares held, and

( b ) the proportion of the nominal value of the shares of that class represented by those shares.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATION

13.—(1) There shall be shown with respect to each subsidiary undertaking not included in the consolidation—

( a ) the aggregate amount of its capital and reserves as at the end of its relevant financial year, and

( b ) its profit or loss for that year.

( a ) the undertaking is not otherwise required to publish its accounts, and

( b ) the holding of the group is less than 50 per cent of the nominal value of the shares in the undertaking.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS EXCLUDED FROM CONSOLIDATION

14.—(1) The following information shall be given with respect to subsidiary undertakings excluded from consolidation.

( a ) any qualifications contained in the auditors' reports on the accounts of the undertaking for financial years ending with or during the financial year of the Company, and

( b ) any note or saving contained in such accounts to call attention to a matter which, apart from the note or saving, would properly have been referred to in such a qualification,

in so far as the matter which is the subject of the qualification or note is not covered by the consolidated accounts and is material from the point of view of the members of the parent company.

FINANCIAL YEARS OF SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

15.

Where the financial year of one or more subsidiary undertaking did not end with that of the company, there shall be stated in relation to each such undertaking—

( a ) the reasons why the company's directors consider that its financial year should not end with that of the company, and

( b ) the date on which its last financial year ended (last before the end of the company's financial year).

Instead of the dates required by paragraph (b) being given for each subsidiary undertaking the earliest and latest of those dates may be given.

SHARES AND DEBENTURES OF COMPANY HELD BY SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

16.—(1) The number, description and amount of the shares in and debentures of the company held by or on behalf of its subsidiary undertakings shall be disclosed.

JOINT VENTURES.

17.—(1) The following information shall be given where an undertaking is dealt with in the consolidated accounts by the method of proportional consolidation in the case of joint ventures—

( a ) the name of the undertaking;

( b ) the address of the principal place of business of the undertaking;

( c ) the factors on which joint management of the undertaking is based; and

( d ) the proportion of the capital of the undertaking held by undertakings included in the consolidation.

ASSOCIATED UNDERTAKINGS

18.—(1) The following information shall be given where an undertaking included in the consolidation has an interest in an associated undertaking.

( a ) if the undertaking is incorporated, the country in which it is incorporated;

( b ) if it is unincorporated, the address of its principal place of business.

( a ) by the parent company, and

( b ) by the group;

and the information under paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be shown separately.

( a ) the identity of each class of shares held, and

( b ) the proportion of the nominal value of the shares of that class represented by those shares.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT HOLDINGS OF PARENT COMPANY

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